Central Europe on flood alert, thousands evacuated

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 14:48

River levels shot up to dangerous levels across central Europe as heavy rains have caused floods and landslides.

I worried my nationality would hurt career, says Christoph Waltz

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 13:52

Christoph Waltz almost gave up on his Hollywood dream when he was told he was likely to be cast as a Nazi for the rest of his life because of his Austrian and German heritage.

Dead Boston bomber suspect was in Austria

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:58

The elder of the two brothers allegedly behind the Boston marathon bombings twice attended boxing training events in Austria, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Austrian party fires spokesman for SS postings

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 16:07

Austria`s far-right Freedom Party has fired the spokesman for its Vienna branch for reportedly posting quotes from wartime Nazi marching songs on Facebook.

Protests outside US Embassy in Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 14:38

A demonstration was held outside the US Embassy in Sri Lanka Thursday against the US sponsored resolution scheduled to be discussed at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Vienna public vote against Olympic Games bid

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 14:33

Over 70 percent of the Viennese population has voted against a potential 2028 Summer Olympic Games bid, the high cost of the event thought to be the main deterrent.

Austrian co to buy 43.6% stake from ORL promoters for Rs 230cr

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 23:56

"Orient Abrasives, S G Rajgarhia along with other promoters of ORL have entered into a share purchase agreement today with Dutch US Holding, Netherlands, an entity owned by RHI AG, Austria for sale of 5.24 crore shares held by them in the company (aggregating 43.62 percent) at a price of Rs 43 per share," ORL said in a BSE filing.

Former Austrian minister convicted of corruption

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 00:32

A court found a former Austrian interior minister and EU lawmaker Ernst Strasser guilty of corruption, rejecting his arguments that he thought British reporters were actually US intelligence agents.

Austria`s ice cream killer gets life sentence

Last Updated: Friday, November 23, 2012, 08:40

An Austrian ice cream parlour owner has been found guilty of killing her ex-husband and a boyfriend.

Austria: Small plane crashes, 6 killed, 2 injured

Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 23:50

Police say a twin-engine Cessna plane has crashed in western Austria, killing six people and injuring two others.

Suzlon subsidiary REpower bags windfarm project in Austria

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 18:26

Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems Thursday said it has signed a 25.6-MW contract with Windkraft Simonsfeld to supply eight turbines for its windfarm project in Austria.

2014 World Cup qualifiers: Germany defeat Austria 2-1

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 08:47

Germany were made to work hard for their 2-1 victory over Austria in Vienna as Joachim Low`s side earned a second straight win in their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.