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

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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US deports SS 'murder pits guard'

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 21:57
related countries: Poland, United States

The US deports to Austria a former SS man connected to the Nazi killing of some 8,000 Jews in occupied Poland.
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Ordeal over

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 20:49

Tensions ease after week of Fritzl trial horror in Austria
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Austrian Fritzl sentenced to life

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 16:18

The Austrian man who locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children, Joseph Fritzl, is jailed for life.
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Fritzl jury considers its verdict

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 10:24

Austrian Josef Fritzl says he regrets his actions, as the jury in his murder and rape trial considers its verdict.
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Josef Fritzl admits all charges

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 18:56

Austrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children there, pleads guilty to all charges.
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Psychiatrist to testify on Fritzl

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 6:05

The jury in the trial of Austrian Josef Fritzl, charged with crimes against children kept in a cellar, is to hear from a psychiatrist.
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Fritzl's face is caught on camera

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 20:09

Josef Fritzl shows his face to the media for the first time at his incest trial in Austria as an early verdict is predicted.
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Fritzl hears daughter's testimony

Monday, March 16th 2009, 22:10

Austrian Josef Fritzl is quizzed over video testimony from the daughter he has admitted raping and fathering children with.
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Fritzl admits rape, denies murder

Monday, March 16th 2009, 13:49

Austrian Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children, admits rape but not murder.
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In the spotlight

Sunday, March 15th 2009, 23:44

All cameras on Austria as Fritzl trial begins
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Opec keeps oil output unchanged

Sunday, March 15th 2009, 15:47
related places: Vienna

Oil ministers from the 12 Opec countries meeting in Vienna have decided to keep oil production at current levels.
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Austria smashes child porn ring

Friday, March 13th 2009, 15:12

Austrian police say they have broken an internet child porn ring spanning 170 countries and involving nearly 1,000 people.
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Switzerland eases banking secrecy

Friday, March 13th 2009, 14:49
related countries: Luxembourg, Switzerland

Switzerland makes concessions on banking secrecy, but insists it will protect account holders from "unjustified watching".
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UN debates drug policy's impact

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 9:33
related places: Vienna

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meets in Vienna, amid criticism that its policies have fuelled organised crime.
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Austrian Fritzl 'to plead guilty'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 23:48

Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years, is likely to plead guilty, his lawyer says.
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German charged over ski death

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 18:14
related countries: Germany

A German state governor is charged with manslaughter over a collision on an Austrian ski slope in which a woman died.
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Pope rescinds priest's promotion

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 17:47

Pope Benedict formally rescinds the promotion of an Austrian conservative priest whose appointment led to protests.
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Fritzl-based play opens in Vienna

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 9:14
related places: Vienna

A comedy inspired by the case of Josef Fritzl, accused of kidnap and incest, debuts in the Austrian capital.
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Austrian satire

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 9:09

Vienna play studies media frenzy over Fritzl abuse case
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