Austria News

Relatives of one of China's best loved painters are suing a hotel for 100,000 GBP compensation after they hung 12 copies of the artist's work in their loo.

A Vienna hospital is searching for long-retired staff who might hold clues to a man's claim that he was deliberately infected with malaria when he was a psychiatric patient nearly half a century ago.

Forget the clichd promise of red roses and chocolates, the Tirol Tourist Board has some different suggestions for couples to share some fun times together.

The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is taking a public relations beating after refusing to apologise for likening anti-fascist protesters to a Nazi mob and his supporters to Jews.

Head of Austrian Freedom Party FPOe Strache delivers a speech during the party's new year's gathering in Salzburg VIENNA - The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is taking a public relations beating after refusing to apologize for likening anti-fascist protesters to a Nazi mob and his supporters to Jews.

Head of Austrian Freedom Party Heinz-Christian Strache delivers a speech during the party's new year's gathering in Salzburg, January 21, 2012.

The Green Building Group , an H.I.G. Europe portfolio company headquartered in Graz, Austria, has acquired a majority stake in Lumar , a Slovenian manufacturer of prefabricated houses.

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Waiting for Sunrise, By William Boyd John Walsh http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/waiting-for-sunrise-by-william-boyd-6298411.html?origin=internalSearch Friday 03 February 2012 At first sight, Lysander Rief, standing on the corner of the Augustiner Strasse in 1913 Vienna, looks like a hero.

Eamon Gilmore, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, said the reason had to do with cost cutting, and was unrelated to a row between Ireland and the Vatican regarding co-operation with a child sex abuse inquiry.

WMI's 'Strabag SE: Company Profile and SWOT Analysis' report utilizes a wide range of primary and secondary sources, which are analyzed and presented in a consistent and easily accessible format.

A Jordan Humble is a senior at the University of Vermont majoring in biology and has made theA Dean'sA list every semester.

An artwork, titled Floor Cake, 1962, by Swedish-born artist Claes Oldenburg is on display during a press view of the exhibition 'Claes Oldenburg The Sixties' at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna, Austria, 02 February 2012.

The first settlement in Alaska was established by Russian whalers and fur traders in 1784.

Sustainable future use of outer space, possible dangers from asteroids, space debris mitigation and disaster management will be key agenda items at the 49th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space , which takes place in Vienna, Austria, from 6 to 17 February.

The People's Party keeps refusing to disassociate itself from the Freedom Party following FP leader Heinz-Christian Strache's controversial comparisons with the Nazi era.

In the 90s Patrick Pulsinger was a kingpin of the Austrian electronic-music scene, both as a producer and a label owner , so I was surprised late last year to see his name on a new recording from contemporary classical label Col Legno .

Temperatures of minus 30 degrees have been predicted for Saturday morning in parts of Austria, which with the wind chill factor will be minus 40 degrees in some places.

Pop veteran George Michael has impressed doctors with the speed of his recovery following a potentially-deadly bout of pneumonia last year.

PLASTICS NEWS STAFF Feb. 3 -- About six months later than anticipated, CarbonLite Industries LLC has opened its $58 million bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in Riverside, Calif.