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Austria

Vienna airport security workers probed for people trafficking

Thirteen security workers at Vienna International Airport are under investigation. Police suspect they were involved in a people trafficking network

26/05/2015

Austria

14-year-old Austrian jailed over Vienna train station bomb plot

A teenage boy from Austria has pleaded guilty to planning to bomb a Vienna train station. The 14-year-old downloaded bomb making instructions onto

26/05/2015

Austria

Eurovision: behind the scenes in Vienna

Sweden won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in a thrilling finale that saw 28-year-old Måns Zelmerlöw go head-to-head with Russia’s

24/05/2015

Austria

Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest with 'Heroes'

Sweden have won Eurovision for the sixth time thanks to Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes. His passionate rendition, combined with the most

24/05/2015

Austria

Sweden win Eurovision 2015 with 'Heroes'

Sweden have won Eurovision for the sixth time thanks to Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes. His passionate rendition, combined with the most

23/05/2015

Austria

Sweden's Eurovision head warns over competition costs

23/05/2015

Austria

Eurovision Song Contest set to celebrate its diamond jubilee in Vienna

Tuning up for a musical jamboree in Vienna. The city that gave the world the elegance of the Blue Danube waltz was reverberating to the sound of

23/05/2015

Culture news

Eurovision Song Contest enters the final countdown

Te remaining ten acts have been selected to go into Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest after a thrilling second semi-final in Vienna

22/05/2015

Austria

Eurovision Song Contest finalists decided

As if this Saturday’s three hour final wont be thrilling enough, the last of 27 participating nations in the Eurovision Song Contest were selected on

22/05/2015

Culture news

Pop 'n' Roll Eurovision spreads happiness in Vienna

The Eurovision Song contest is up and running in Vienna with the first semi-final. The qualified countries from the first semi-final of 2015 are

20/05/2015

Austria

Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Vienna with first semi-final

The Eurovision Song Contest has officially kicked-off in Vienna with the first semi-final. Sixteen acts pulled out all the stops to avoid

20/05/2015

Austria

Austria hosts Europe's biggest AIDS research charity event

Vienna’s City Hall Square was transformed into a mythical world of pagan rites and fantastic spectacle on Saturday as the city hosted Europe’s

17/05/2015

Austria

'Gay traffic lights' introduced in Vienna

Austria’s capital is gearing up to host the Eurovision song contest by turning the city into a beacon of tolerance. Across Vienna, special traffic

13/05/2015

Austria

Ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp

A ceremony in Austria has marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp. A huge parade was lead by the Austrian

10/05/2015

Austria

Austria: Court refuses to extradite Ukrainian billionaire Firtash to US

An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the US on corruption charges. A judge in Vienna said American

01/05/2015

Austria

Vienna court to rule on Ukrainian oligarch's extradition

The future of Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s most prominent billionaires will be decided today in Austria. A Vienna regional criminal court is to

30/04/2015

Austria

Austria celebrates 70 years of the 2nd Republic

Austria is celebrating 70 years since the foundation of the 2nd Republic. The Austrian and German presidents were among officials attending a

27/04/2015

Austria

Vienna: former Kazakhstan intelligence chief and bodyguard in court over banker deaths

The former chief of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service and a former bodyguard have appeared in court in Vienna, accused of aiding the abduction and

14/04/2015

Austria

Facebook: Data privacy case begins in Vienna

A landmark data privacy case against social media giant Facebook has opened at a civil court in Vienna. The group ‘Europe versus Facebook’ claims the

09/04/2015

Sport

Knee injury rules Bayern's David Alaba out for seven weeks

Bayern Munich’s versatile left-back David Alaba has been ruled out for around seven weeks with a torn knee ligament. The German Bundesliga champions

01/04/2015

Sport

FIFA presidential race: Blatter under fire

FIFA president Sepp Blatter endured heavy criticism of his leadership when he attended the Uefa Congress in Vienna on Tuesday. The 79-year-old, who

25/03/2015

Sport

The craft of Kraft as Austrian leads World Cup ski jump table

Germany’s Severin Freund leapt to his sixth victory of the season in the World Cup ski jump in Kuopio, Finland. In an event moved to a normal size

10/03/2015

Austria

Austrian panel rules against returning Beethoven Frieze to Jewish heirs

An Austrian panel has ruled that one of Gustav Klimt's most famous works should not be returned to the heirs of its original Jewish owners.

07/03/2015

Austria

Austria Islam law revised amid international criticism

In Austria, controversial revisions to a century-old law on Islam have received parliamentary approval. The changes mean the employment of Islamic

25/02/2015

Austria

Austrian men become first in the world to have bionic hands

A bionic hand, a groundbreaking operation and the power of thought. Three Austrian men have made medical history. They have been given robotic hands

25/02/2015

World

Meeting of minds: what we can learn from intercultural exchanges

Sometimes we learn more about people from other cultures by meeting them than we do by reading about them. In this edition of Learning World Maha Barada presents three stories that reinforce this idea

13/02/2015