News: Austria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Austria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Austria: news

Rival presence

Monday, December 14th 2009, 1:11

Austria's campaign against Father Christmas
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Santa bores

Monday, December 14th 2009, 1:11

Austria's campaign against Father Christmas
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Skier Maier announces retirement

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 12:45

Austrian ski star Hermann Maier announces his retirement, blaming physical problems for his decision.
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Celtic fail to gain Rapid revenge

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 20:54

Celtic are unable to avenge a controversial defeat in 1984 as Rapid Vienna secure a 1-1 Europa League draw in Glasgow.
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Live text - Europa League

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 16:30

Everton come from behind to beat BATE Borisov 2-1 in Minsk, Fulham beat Basle 1-0 and Celtic are held 1-1 at home by Rapid Vienna in the Uefa Europa League.
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O'Neill devastated by Euro exit

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 22:57

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is left to rue his side's poor finishing as they are denied a place in the Europa League by Rapid Vienna.
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Vienna knock Villa out of Europe

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 20:56

Aston Villa are denied a place in the Uefa Europa League after Rapid Vienna knock them out of the competition on the away-goals rule.
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'Still not free'

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 18:21

Austria cellar girl Kampusch, three years after escape
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Hidden Gobi Desert relics found

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 17:25
related countries: Mongolia

Rare Buddhist artefacts hidden in the Gobi Desert for seven decades are found by Austrian-Mongolian treasure hunters.
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New piano music penned by Mozart is discovered

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 15:33
related places: Salzburg

Two piano pieces are identified as the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, experts in the Austrian city of Salzburg say.
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Fritzl moved to long-term prison

Wednesday, June 3rd 2009, 15:13

Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who raped and imprisoned his daughter, is moved to a special prison to serve his life sentence.
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Punjab riots after Vienna killing

Monday, May 25th 2009, 15:36
related countries: India
related places: Vienna

Riots break out across Indian Punjab after a preacher from an Indian sect is killed by a rival Sikh group at a temple in Austria.
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In pictures

Monday, May 25th 2009, 11:55
related places: Vienna

Sikh riots erupt across Punjab after killing of preacher
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Sikh man dies after Vienna clash

Monday, May 25th 2009, 4:58
related places: Vienna

A Sikh guru dies after an attack on worshippers at a temple in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which left another 15 injured.
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Gun battle in Vienna Sikh temple

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 13:11
related places: Vienna

At least nine people are injured in a shooting incident at a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
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Czech plan for tunnel direct to the sea - 400km away - is unearthed

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 1:17
related countries: Czech Republic

The former communist Czechoslovakia had planned an underground rail link under Austria to the Adriatic Sea, a newspaper says.
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Arrests in Austria camp attacks

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 15:21
related places: Ebensee

Five youths are arrested after shouting Nazi slogans at people visiting the former Ebensee concentration camp in Austria.
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Six killed in Austrian avalanche

Monday, May 4th 2009, 6:45

At least six people have been killed by an avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden, rescue services say.
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Border cut that sparked an exodus

Saturday, May 2nd 2009, 0:08
related countries: Hong Kong

Two decades are marked since Hungarian guards removed border barriers with Austria, signalling the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Austria frees 'murder pits guard'

Friday, March 20th 2009, 18:13
related countries: United States

A former SS man alleged to have helped exterminate 8,000 Jews is freed by Austria, a day after being extradited from the US.
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