”Austria” News

Officials: Captive family in Austria reunited

AMSTETTEN, Austria - In an "astonishing" scene, members of an Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest and imprisonment met for the first time at a clinic where psychiatrists are helping them recover, authorities said Tuesday.
04 30 2008 2:35PM (...more)

Kosovo teen wants family back in Austria

VIENNA, Austria - Clutching a teddy bear, a 15-year-old Kosovo girl who had threatened to kill herself unless her family was reunited in Austria pleaded Friday for the return of her deported father and four siblings.
10 13 2007 9:46AM (...more)

Denise Karbon of Italy wins 4th straight World Cup giant slalom

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic - Italy 's Denise Karbon won her fourth consecutive giant slalom Saturday after beginning the season with just one World Cup victory.
01 6 2008 1:35PM (...more)

Austrian police arrest seven in Chechen murder case

VIENNA (AFP) – Austrian police have arrested seven suspects in the case of a Chechen gunned down in broad daylight in Vienna two weeks ago, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspects, all Chechen males aged 20 and older, were arrested
01 30 2009 2:46AM (...more)

Austria up in arms over school kissing ban

VIENNA (AFP) – The decision by a headmaster in Austria to ban kissing from his school made front-page news Thursday as outraged pupils and politicians slammed the move as medieval and excessive. Siegfried Biermair, the head
12 6 2008 11:36PM (...more)

Austria fans petition for Austria-free Euro 2008

VIENNA (Reuters) - Thousands of Austrian football fansdismayed at their national side's poor showing ahead ofco-hosting Euro 2008 are petitioning for their team to bewithdrawn from the tournament.
09 26 2007 10:03PM (...more)

Austria's Haider 'drunk' in fatal crash

VIENNA (AFP) - Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider had consumed more than three times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed his car and was killed last weekend, his party said Wednesday.
10 16 2008 4:58AM (...more)

Haider doing more than twice speed limit in fatal crash

VIENNA (AFP) - Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider was driving at more than double the speed limit when he crashed and died this weekend, court officials said on Sunday.
10 13 2008 4:10PM (...more)

Austrian skier Schild will miss World Cup season after breaking leg

INNSBRUCK, Austria - Austrian ski star Marlies Schild will miss the upcoming World Cup season after breaking her left leg in a training crash Thursday.
10 10 2008 2:42PM (...more)

Former boxing champion Edip Secovic stabbed to death in Austria

VIENNA, Austria - Edip Secovic, a former WAA boxing champion, died early Tuesday in a knife fight at his own pub. He was 50.
08 27 2008 9:17AM (...more)