ARTICLES RELATING TO AUSTRIA

Camels, llamas storm football field

2013-05-06 21:51

Camels and lamas have stormed an Austrian football field, forcing the unscheduled break in a girls' match.

Hotelier stuck in lift for four days

2013-04-19 22:19

A hotelier in rural Austria was stuck in a lift for four days but skills acquired on a Swedish military survival course helped him pull through, police say.

Austria peacekeepers to assess presence

2013-04-12 22:01

Austrian UN peacekeepers, fearing their safety due to fighting in Syria, will assess on a daily basis if they can stay to monitor a truce between Israel and Syria, Austria's foreign minister says.

Austria to examine bank secrecy rules

2013-04-09 18:11

Austria is ready to loosen bank secrecy rules regarding foreign holdings and close tax evasion loopholes, says Chancellor Werner Faymann.

My son's no pope - candidate's mum says

2013-03-13 21:04

Many parents would be delighted to have their son become pope - not so Eleonore Schoenborn, mother of Austrian candidate Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn.

Horsemeat scandal: Allegations of cruelty

2013-02-21 09:01

A new row over the treatment of horses farmed in the Americas has erupted as the fallout from Europe's horsemeat scandal spreads far outside the continent.

Horsemeat scandal spreads to Austria

2013-02-15 17:50

Austria pulled a beef tortelloni dish distributed by German chain Lidl from the shelves after a food safety agency found traces of horsemeat in the product.

5 injured in head-on Austria train crash

2013-01-21 14:04

Two packed commuter trains have collided head-on in the morning rush-hour in the Austrian capital Vienna, leaving five people seriously hurt, emergency services say.

Ethiopia: 2 held over Austrian murder

2013-01-11 11:04

Police in Ethiopia have arrested two people in connection with the murder of an Austrian tourist on a rafting trip, a government official says.

Whitewater tourist killed in Ethiopia

2013-01-07 17:49

A 27-year-old Austrian tourist has been killed in Ethiopia when his group was attacked during a whitewater rafting trip on the Nile.

Bus driver hands in pensioner's €390 000

2012-12-06 22:12

An honest bus driver has hit the headlines in Austria after handing over to police €390 000 in cash that an old lady had forgotten on his vehicle.

Christmas trees dumped in garden

2012-11-24 17:05

An early seasonal delivery had gone wrong in Austria when a truck was involved in a crash and dumped 14 tons of Christmas trees in a resident's garden.

Ice-cream lady in gruesome murder trial

2012-11-19 15:37

A woman described as "singularly cold-blooded" has gone on trial in Austria accused of murdering two men and setting their sawn-up body parts in concrete in the cellar of her ice-cream parlour.

Cafe's mirror allows peeks into restroom

2012-10-22 15:55

An Austrian artist has installed a one-way mirror in a Vienna cafe that allows men to peek from their restroom into the ladies room.

Granny, 82, takes on bank robber, 62

2012-10-17 13:02

An 82-year-old Austrian grandmother has taken on a bank robber who was armed with a gun and a home-made bomb, say reports.

Jump from edge of space delayed

2012-10-09 14:46

An Austrian daredevil's bid to make an unprecedented leap from the edge of space, setting records as he breaks the speed of sound in freefall above New Mexico, has been delayed by weather.

100 birds killed after flying into car

2012-10-01 16:04

A mass collision between a flock of starlings and a car on a stretch of Austrian expressway has left up to 100 of the birds dead and the driver shaken but unhurt.

Austria: Outcry over anti-Semitic cartoon

2012-08-20 15:30

The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is under fire from the Jewish community and politicians after posting on Facebook an apparent anti-Semitic caricature.

'Hero' lied about capturing 2m snake

2012-07-26 14:59

An Austrian applauded for capturing a boa constrictor he said he discovered on a riverbank has admitted he made up the story to get rid of a pet snake he couldn't handle, says a group.

FBI to help relook at Kampusch case

2012-07-13 19:08

Austria is enlisting the help of the FBI to see whether mistakes were made in the investigation of the kidnapping of schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch.

Austrian police seize cache of garlic

2012-06-27 19:31

Perhaps they were trying to keep a horde of vampires at bay, but police in Vienna say they are perplexed after stopping trucks transporting 9.5 tons of fresh garlic.

Austria, Slovenia settle sausage spat

2012-06-15 22:10

Austria said Friday that it has reached a compromise with Slovenia over a spat that had threatened to force Vienna's sausage stands to change the name of one of their most popular offerings.

Austrian city puts pigeons on the pill

2012-05-31 22:37

What works for humans might as well work for birds, so thinks the Austrian city of Linz, which has confronted the problem of too many pigeons by feeding them contraceptive pills.

Vienna hosts Life Ball

2012-05-20 13:56

Nearly 40 000 people dressed in colourful costumes attended this year's Life Ball, Vienna's glitzy annual Aids charity, with actress Milla Jovovich and former US president Bill Clinton among those adding to the star factor.

Gravestone of Hitler's parents removed

2012-03-30 21:06

The gravestone of Adolf Hitler's parents in the Austrian village where he lived as a child has been removed after it became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the local pastor tsays.

 

Camels, llamas storm football field

2013-05-06 21:41

Camels and lamas have stormed an Austrian football field, forcing the unscheduled break in a girls' match.

Kampusch's kidnapper acted alone - probe

2013-04-15 17:25

The man who kidnapped Austrian Natascha Kampusch, in a case that made headlines worldwide in 2006, had acted alone, a new international probe has revealed.

Austrian anti-gay priest back in pulpit

2013-04-11 18:26

An Austrian Catholic priest banned from the pulpit for calling Islam "the worst thing ever" and gays "perverts" is free to preach again, say reports.

Anti-gay priest stopped from preaching

2013-03-22 22:11
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Austria's Roman Catholic Church has forbidden a priest from preaching to his flock at Easter Mass because of his comments against homosexuals and Muslims.

Austria far-right loses power

2013-03-04 10:03

Austria's far-right has lost power in its late leader Joerg Haider's stronghold of Carinthia after losing in a state election.

Nudes check out nudes at Austrian museum

2013-02-19 18:20

These museum goers didn't just leave their coats at the coat check. They handed over their shirts, trousers and underwear. Everything, in fact, except their shoes and socks.

Austrian right-wing network busted

2013-01-24 15:01

Police say they have broken up a network of extreme rightists implicated in dozens of crimes and are holding 10 suspects for questioning.

Neutral Austria to vote on army's future

2013-01-18 13:04

Austrians will decide whether to maintain compulsory military service or switch to a professional army in a referendum that has split the small, neutral country.

Austria: 3 guilty of glorifying Nazism

2013-01-11 11:02

An Austrian court has convicted a leading neo-Nazi and two accomplices of glorifying Nazism through a website and sentenced them to prison terms of up to nine years.

Hungry dog starts fatal house fire

2013-01-03 18:45

A dog left home alone in Austria started a major house fire by switching on an electric hotplate with its paw while pinching food temptingly perched on top, say police.

Students take Facebook gripes to court

2012-12-05 18:04

An Austrian student group plans to go to court in a bid to make Facebook, do more to protect the privacy of its hundreds of millions of members.

'Ice lady' admits killing husband, lover

2012-11-20 12:00

A former ice-cream parlour owner has confessed to shooting, sawing up and freezing both her ex-husband and her lover, and burying them under the cellar of her store in Vienna.

Skydiver Baumgartner fined for road rage

2012-11-06 17:39

Austrian daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner has been convicted and fined for a road rage case in which he punched a lorry driver in the face.

'Bored' boy, 9, burns down supermarket

2012-10-19 18:18

A 9-year-old Austrian boy is responsible for starting a fire that destroyed a supermarket, police say following a four-month investigation.

Daredevil set for death-defying skydive

2012-10-09 19:21

An Austrian daredevil is making last-minute preparations for a death-defying skydive from a balloon 37km over the New Mexico desert, after delays due to winds earlier in the day.

Countdown to skydiver's supersonic jump

2012-10-09 12:00

Extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner is set to end five years of preparation with a death-defying 37km free fall into the New Mexico desert.

Tourist plane crashes in Austria

2012-09-30 14:20

A small tourist plane has crashed in Austria's Alpine Tyrol region, leaving 6 people dead, all of them Austrians.

Faith groups unite on circumcision

2012-07-28 16:34

A row over religious circumcision in Austria that has spread from Germany made more waves after a joint call by Jews, Muslims and Christians.

600-year-old linen bra found

2012-07-18 22:28

An Austrian has found bras from the 15th century, 500 years before the garment was thought to be invented.

Child porn: Austria sweep nets 272

2012-07-04 16:53

Austrian police have identified 272 suspects in the country as part of an investigation of internet-based child pornography involving 141 nations.

Man-made 'island' - yours for $6.5m

2012-06-25 19:38

An Austrian firm has come up what it hopes is the next big thing for the mega-rich: a man-made, floating "island" with a list price of $6.5m, the company's founder says.

Chinese secretly copy Austrian town

2012-06-04 14:53
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Deligates from the Austrian town of Hallstatt were both chuffed and disappointed to find out Chinese developers had built a replica of their village without permission.

Dad shoots son at school, kills himself

2012-05-25 18:01

An Austrian father shot and severely injured his seven-year-old son at the boy's school Friday before killing himself, police said.

Return of Khoisan remains a milestone - minister

2012-04-20 18:02

The return of the remains of Khoisan couple Klaas and Trooi Pienaar to South Africa is a milestone for the country, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.

Austrian saws off own foot to avoid work

2012-03-26 20:49

An unemployed Austrian man has sawn his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work.

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