Austria News

By Thomas Hochwarter Almost two thirds of Austrians are satisfied with incumbent president Heinz Fischer, a new poll has shown just days after the 71-year-old announced he would run for a second term in office.

Following today's meeting at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, with the nine national football associations named last week by German authorities as having domestic league matches under investigation, and based on the information that a number of European fixtures were also being investigated, UEFA General Secretary, Gianni Infantino, issued ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of diseases and conditions than scientists originally thought.

VP Salzburg boss calls for Fischer competition. Salzburg. A-VP leaders in Salzburg have backed A-VP Lower Austria governor Erwin PrA ll's calls for the party to nominate its own candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.

Naturalisations down 26.5 per cent. Vienna. The number of naturalisations in Austria fell in the first three quarters of this year, it was announced.

Initially referred to as Wichita , Cameron Diaz 's action movie with Tom Cruise , Knight & Day continues filming scenes, now in Europe.

President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist.

By Thomas Hochwarter Swine flu has claimed its second victim on Austrian soil after a 41-year-old German died in a Salzburg hospital last night .

Vienna, Austria, Nov 19, 2009 .- The Austrian Bishops' Conference responded to new legislation which provides for the country's recognition of same-sex partnerships, saying that the law was 'neither appropriate nor necessary, because the existing provisions for civil rights already grant appropriate protections.' According to the AFP, the new ...

AsiaUniversalBank OJSC has announced that it established a representation in Vienna, Austria.

Actor Tom Cruise stars in a film out Christmas Day that might be the biggest risk of his career.

Nearly sensible dining , the Viennese way VIENNA -- A visit to Vienna I made some years ago turned into a three-day sugar high as I went, like a bee from flower to flower, from one great cafe to another, eating almost nothing but classic Viennese pastries.

A 2-year-old panda who charmed his way into the hearts of Austrians is headed to China.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited his native Austria. Local broadcaster ORF reports that the former bodybuilder and actor spent Tuesday night in a hotel in the southern city of Graz after visiting the grave of his parents and eating a typically Austrian dinner that included Wienerschnitzel.

France has the Eiffel Tower and Burgundy and Beaujolais, while England has Big Ben and its beers and ales, and just as the waltz is wedded to Vienna, Gruner Veltliner is synonymous with Austria.

Everybody loves a race to the wire, even when the result is a tie. The great irony is the ultraprecise clocks that could result from this competition could probably break any tie.

By Thomas Hochwarter The chief executive of Austrian private broadcaster Puls 4 will join Red Bull's ServusTV next year, it emerged today .

For the first time, it has been possible to measure electron density in individual molecular states using what is known as the photoelectric effect.

Michael Haneke's Palme D'or winner offers a spellbinding tale of bigotry and brutality in a pre-Great War rural German community, says Philip French Numerous novelists, dramatists and film-makers have been attracted to the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War to give their work a touch of nostalgia, irony or historical ...

By David Rogers Casinos Austria chief Karl Stoss has called for stronger controls on gambling.