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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

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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

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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

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Sweden's Eurovision head warns over competition costs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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'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

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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

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Austria lodges legal complaint over German-US spy scandal

A German spy scandal deepens with the news that Austria has filed a legal complaint over suspicions that Germany’s intelligence services helped

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hurricane force winds batter Europe

Hurricane force winds have battered parts of northern Europe leaving at least five people dead in weather related incidents. In Germany two forestry

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Jansrud wins overall downhill title

The men’s downhill title went to Kjetil Jansrud, who kept his composure to clinch the 10th World Cup win of his career and the seventh this winter

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