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Van der Bellen and Hofer neck and neck ahead of Austrian run off vote

Alexander van der Bellen, an independent candidate, is neck and neck with Norbert Hofer, from the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) ahead of a re-run of Austria’s run-off presidential…

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Can 'Trump effect' fuel far-right presidential win in Austria?

Taking hope from Donald Trump’s US election triumph, Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is eager to surf a tide of anti-establishment populism sweeping the West and win this Sund

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All you need to know about Austria's presidential election

Europe could lurch further to the right when Austrians go to the polls on Sunday, December 4, to choose a new president.

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Fu Ban and Fu Feng greet the world from Vienna

Vienna Zoo has officially unveiled the names of two baby pandas born in August.

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Alpine skiing: Pinturault wins World Cup season opener in Soelden

After Lara Gut kick-started the new women’s World Cup season with victory on Saturday, Sunday saw the men take to the slopes on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden, Austria, for a giant slalom…

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Defending champion Lara Gut wins World Cup opener in Soelden

Switzerland’s Lara Gut began the new Alpine Skiing World Cup season in style by dominating the opening Giant Slalom in Soelden, Austria.

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'Hitler's house' to be torn down

The house Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in is to be demolished by Austrian authorities.

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'Balkan route' leaders meet in Vienna to tackle migration crisis

The so-called Balkan migration route has been the focus of attention at a summit in Vienna of leaders from affected countries.

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The rise of the European right

This week on Insiders we investigate why hard-line right-wing parties are making gains in Europe.

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Jean-Yves Camus on Europe's shift to the right

Insiders speaks with political expert Jean-Yves Camus on the shift in Europe towards the right.

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Austria's rise of the right

Austria has been glued to a never-ending story of a highly controversial presidential election campaign since early this year.

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Fortress Europe builds barriers to stem the refugee flow

As Europe faces the most significant people movement since the Second World War the landscape of the continent is changing.

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Austria: driver who ran over crowds 'thought he was being chased'

A man accused of driving his car into a crowd of pedestrians in Austria has gone on trial in the town of Graz.

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Trial begins in Austria of driver who "deliberately" drove car into crowds

The trial of a man suspected of killing three people and wounding 108 others after driving his car into crowds, begins in Graz in Austria today.

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Austria presidential re-run could come unstuck over glue

Austria’s presidential election re-run is quite literally on the verge of coming unstuck.

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Vienna zoo confirms panda cub twins are 'a boy and a girl'

It is official!

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German launches knife attack on passengers on board an Austrian train

A 60-year-old German man carried out a knife attack on passengers on a regional train in Vorarlberg, Austria seriously wounding two people.

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Two injured in knife attack on Austrian train

A 60-year-old German man has been arrested after two people suffered knife wounds on an Austrian train.

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Iannone wins maiden MotoGP race in Austria

Andrea Iannone won the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg for his very first Moto GP victory.

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Foreign languages and the complexities of bilingualism

In this episode of Learning World we look at the importance of learning languages.

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