Austria News

In this photo made available by the Austrian army, on Friday, March 12, 2010, a man holds a wartime photo, made from U.S. bombers, showing open graves and bodies.

Three ministers from a monastery in northern Austria have been dismissed after they were accused of sexually and physically abusing pupils in the 1980s, the head abbot revealed on Thursday.

It is the first time that this quantum process using trapped ions has been demonstrated in detail.

Two former members of the famed Vienna Boys' Choir say they were sexually abused by their supervisors, a top Austrian newspaper reported Thursday, as allegations of misconduct against children in Austria spread beyond the Roman Catholic Church.

REMAINS of Nazi victims, including US and British air force pilots, are believed to be buried under army barracks in the southern Austrian town of Graz, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

Set in the valley of Zillertal in Tirrol, Austria, not only is the scenic town of Mayrhofen a top destination for the ski season, it's also a delight during the summer months too, thanks to an abundance of flora and fauna.

Cases of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergymen surfaced in Austria on Tuesday, as a boarding school in the Mehrerau abbey confirmed anonymous accusations and a victim spoke out in Salzburg.

Jermaine Jackson is planning a Michael Jackson tribute concert in London this summer, to mark the anniversary of the King of Pop's death.

A far-right candidate for Austria's presidential election has brought the country's dark past to the surface once more, after denouncing a law banning Nazi groups and Holocaust denial.

VIENNA, Austria -- State Prosecutor Helmut Jamnig said on Thursday that Austrian authorities are investigating former Croatian General Vladimir Zagorec for his alleged help in defrauding the troubled Austrian bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria.

Vienna travel agency Siesta IT-Reisen and Vienna's so-called "jumbo group" of travel agencies reported today that no Austrians had been hurt in the Chilean earthquake.

Raimund Abraham, an Austrian-born architect known for his powerfully enigmatic drawings and fierce idealism, and whose narrow, blade-like 2002 Austrian Cultural Forum in New York is among the most forceful pieces of architecture built anywhere in the last decade, was killed early Thursday when the car he was driving collided in downtown Los Angeles ...

A Croatian student who bought a textile firm for 2.3 million Euros could have been acting on the orders of an Austrian company, it has been claimed.

Kim Jong Ryul, who spent 16 years under cover in Austria, also described how the "great leader" who died in 1994 and his son and successor Kim Jong Il spent millions pampering and protecting themselves with Western goods a ' everything from luxury cars, silk carpets and exotic foods, to monitors that can detect heartbeats of people hiding behind ...

Jet Support Services, Inc. , the world's largest, independent provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for the business aviation industry, recently announced Avcon Jet of Vienna, Austria, as its new sales representative for JSSI throughout Eastern Europe and Russia.

Czech Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek met two lobbyists on May 12, 2006, and four weeks later the first military contract on the purchase of Pandur vehicles was signed, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes today.

Austrian far-right presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz drew sharp criticism from the country's Jewish organizations Tuesday - who highlighted her controversial stance on Holocaust deniers.

Su's performance at the prestigious Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, was so well received that he was approached backstage by admirers asking for his future performance schedule.

Five people wound up in a hospital in Tulln, Lower Austria, yesterday after two ambulances collided at a junction, according to police.

Sexual abuse of boys by Roman Catholic clergy and the growing exodus of Catholics from the Church are expected to dominate discussion at a conference of Austrian bishops starting today .