December 5, 2023
Traffic came to a standstill on a road in central Austria on Saturday, December 2, as a heavy snowfall disrupted travel, according to reports. This footage was released by the volunteer fire department for Gaishorn am See, which is located in the Austrian state of Styria. The fire department said it helped to tow around
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It is uncertain whether Austria will be able to use the Ukrainian pipeline on its own from 2025. The European Union has repeatedly criticised the Alpine republic for depending on energy supply from Moscow. ADVERTISEMENT Austria is reportedly considering bypassing Ukraine’s scheduled end to Russian gas transits to secure future supplies. The plan would see
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Britain’s Conservative government has long harboured plans to process asylum applications in Rwanda, but the courts have ruled it unlawful. ADVERTISEMENT The British and Austrian governments have signed a new deal to work more closely to combat migration, as Vienna looks to set up a ‘Rwanda-style’ system for processing asylum applications. Speaking in the Austrian
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A who’s who of leading American Jewish organizations and one of Israel’s top counterterrorism experts on Sunday appealed to the U.S., Germany and Austria to issue citizenship to the over 200 hostages held by the terrorist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The U.S.- and EU-designated terrorist organization Hamas took the hostages as part of
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A historic proposal by the Austrian Ministry of Justice sees €33m set aside to compensate those who were wrongly convicted – but critics say the amount on offer is not enough. ADVERTISEMENT The Austrian government is set to pay tens of millions of euros in compensation to gay people who were persecuted or convicted of
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EGG, Austria: In idyllic western Austria, Ingo Metzler’s goat breeding farm with its striking light wood paneling and big glass facades sets itself apart, aiming to survive in a sector in crisis. “Architecture is a way of expressing our innovative approach and our values,” says Metzler, 58, who took over and spruced up the family
READ MOREWork started Monday on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station, a project meant to make it unattractive as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. The decision on the future of the building in Braunau am Inn, a town on Austria’s
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A British tourist has plummeted 300 feet to his death in Austria while climbing an aerial ladder that is popular in Instagram photos, reports say. The 42-year-old — whose name has not been publicly revealed — plunged into a valley in the Dachstein Mountains near Salzburg, Austria, last Tuesday, according to the Mirror. The website
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A bus coach traveling through Austria on Tuesday went off the road and crashed on its side, killing a woman and injuring 20 other passengers, Austria’s APA agency reported. The accident took place near the village of Micheldorf in Carinthia state in central Austria. The coach was on its way from Berlin via Linz in
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In Austria, a tragic incident unfolded at Salzburg’s Hellbrunn Zoo when a rhinoceros attacked a married couple who both worked as zookeepers. The woman died in the attack, and the man suffered severe injuries while attempting to save her, according to authorities. The female victim, a German citizen from Bavaria, had been tasked that day
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