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

Former Libyan minister 'drowned'

Monday, April 30th 2012, 12:59
related countries: Libya

Former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem died by drowning, according to preliminary post-mortem results in Austria.
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Libya ex-minister dead in river

Sunday, April 29th 2012, 20:26
related countries: Libya
related places: Vienna

The body of former Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem is found in the River Danube near the Austrian capital, Vienna, police say.
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Mexico Aztec headdress to go home

Saturday, April 28th 2012, 2:53
related countries: Mexico

Austria could lend Mexico a headdress reputedly worn by the Aztec emperor Moctezuma after the Mexican Senate changes its rules on relics.
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VIDEO: Sausage row in Austria and Slovenia

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 5:34
related countries: Slovenia

A row has broken out between Austria and Slovenia over the name of a sausage.
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Famous Vienna street renamed

Saturday, April 21st 2012, 14:51

Famous Vienna street is renamed over anti-Semite controversy
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Austria in sausage fight

Friday, April 13th 2012, 23:32
related countries: Slovenia

A row breaks out between Slovenia and Austria over the name of a sausage - and it is a matter for the EU.
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Pope rebukes Austrian dissidents

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 12:22

In unusually strong remarks, Pope Benedict XVI condemns a group of Austrian priests for questioning key church teachings.
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Hitler parents' tombstone removed

Friday, March 30th 2012, 13:59

The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents in Austria is removed, to end its use as a pilgrimage site for right-wing extremists.
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Mozart piece uncovered in Austria

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 17:39

A previously unknown piano composition by Mozart, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, is uncovered in Austria.
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VIDEO: 'Space' skydiver's test jump a success

Friday, March 16th 2012, 23:21

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has successfully completed a test jump from 71,500ft (22km) above New Mexico, before he attempts the highest skydive in history later this year.
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Dutch prince 'may never wake up'

Friday, February 24th 2012, 15:48
related countries: Netherlands

Dutch Prince Johan Friso, injured in an avalanche last week, is in a coma and may never regain consciousness, doctors treating him in Austria say.
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VIDEO: Dutch prince injured in avalanche

Saturday, February 18th 2012, 2:08
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Lech

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is seriously injured in an avalanche while on a skiing holiday in the Austrian resort of Lech.
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Dutch prince struck by avalanche

Friday, February 17th 2012, 20:50
related countries: Netherlands

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is treated for serious injuries after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Lech.
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Moody's warns on UK credit rating

Tuesday, February 14th 2012, 9:12
related countries: Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom

Moody's puts the credit rating of the UK, France and Austria on "negative outlook" and downgrades the ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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VIDEO: Skydiver: My mum's still scared

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 17:42

An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
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Skydiver planning 36km record bid

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 1:03

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
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Austria row at 'new Jews' remark

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 19:35

Austria's President withdraws an award from a far-right leader who allegedly likened his supporters to Jews under the Nazis.
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'Far-right' Vienna ball condemned

Friday, January 27th 2012, 21:26
related places: Vienna

Protesters in Austria marking Holocaust Remembrance Day condemn organisers of a ball, which was expected to be attended by far-right leaders.
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Vienna ball dropped from UN list

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 16:35

The Viennese ball is dropped from a UN list of Austrian cultural traditions after protests over one ball's links to far-right politics.
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VIDEO: Close-up: Vienna's coffee house culture

Sunday, January 15th 2012, 0:12
related places: Vienna

Why Vienna's coffee houses are Unesco-listed
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Heavy snow blankets West Austria

Monday, January 9th 2012, 12:49
related countries: Switzerland

Heavy snow blocks road and rail services to Austria's western province of Vorarlberg, close to the Swiss border.
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VIDEO: Heavy snow causes chaos in Austria

Sunday, January 8th 2012, 16:22

Heavier than usual snowfall and high winds have caused chaos on roads and railways in many areas of Austria.
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VIDEO: Snow blocks Austrian travel routes

Sunday, January 8th 2012, 12:01

Heavier than usual snowfall and high winds have caused chaos on roads and railways in many areas of Austria.
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Unusually heavy snow hits Austria

Saturday, January 7th 2012, 16:46

Heavier than usual snowfall in many parts of Austria has left villages and tourist resorts cut off, and part of a major railway route has also been shut.
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VIDEO: Austria's mothballed nuclear power station

Wednesday, January 4th 2012, 0:35
related places: Vienna, Zwentendorf

Bethany Bell visited the Zwentendorf atomic power plant near Vienna which never went online.
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Michael's illness 'touch and go'

Friday, December 23rd 2011, 15:44
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London, Vienna

Singer George Michael says he is lucky to be alive after his bout of severe pneumonia, but admits he is still "very weak".
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Sick George Michael shelves tour

Friday, November 25th 2011, 17:18
related places: Vienna

Singer George Michael cancels the remaining dates of his tour while he is treated in Vienna for "severe" pneumonia, his publicist confirms.
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Sick George Michael cancels shows

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 16:37

George Michael has postponed a series of concerts, including two weekend shows in Cardiff, after being taken to hospital in Austria with pneumonia.
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