The windowless space had no heating, no hot water, no sunlight or fresh air, but it was Elisabeth Fritzl’s home and that of her children for 24 years.
Austria has decided not to lift its banking secrecy following talks with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Peaks in anti-Semitic sentiment in Europe have tracked worsening tensions in the Middle East, an EU agency said in a working paper on Monday.
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/ 21 February 2009
Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Vienna remains a spy haven, swarming with foreign agents who think nothing of killing in broad daylight.
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/ 22 December 2008
Many of Wolfsthal’s young people have been drawn to Vienna in search of work, leaving a dwindling, predominantly older population.
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/ 13 November 2008
Austrian Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children by her, has been charged with the murder.
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/ 23 October 2008
Josef Fritzl, the man who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children, has told a psychiatrist he was ”born to rape”.
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/ 11 October 2008
Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident.
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/ 21 September 2008
SA and Japan have both set their sights on the top job at the International Atomic Energy Agency, when the current chief Mohamed ElBaradei steps down.
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/ 15 September 2008
An Austrian hunter tried to shoot down a parked car, mistaking it for a wild boar near Schmiedrait, in eastern Austria, news agency APA reported.
Vienna’s hospitals said on Tuesday they were banning popular Crocs plastic clogs, often worn by nursing staff.
Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held hostage in a cellar by her father for 24 years, has begun to tell her story to prosecutors.
The family of Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl has been able to enjoy outdoor activities and even leave the clinic where they are staying.
”Football was the winner” is one of the most over-worn cliches in the game but it happened to be true about Spain’s victory in Euro 2008.
Spain ended their 44-year wait for a major international title with a 1-0 victory over Germany at the Euro 2008 final in Vienna on Sunday.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday that he still believed in South Africa as the World Cup host, but also said he had a ”plan B”.
The battle for the Euro 2008 title is encapsulated by the duel between Michael Ballack and Cesc Fabregas, where the German captain’s power is pitted a
If Spain expects the same generosity from Russia in the semifinals that it received in the teams’ first match of the tournament, it must think again.
Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties after a goalless Euro 2008 quarterfinal on Sunday to end their shoot-out hoodoo and reach the last four.
The last two minutes of Croatia’s Euro 2008 loss to Turkey will torment Croatia coach Slaven Bilic for the rest of his life.
Russia set up a Euro 2008 quarterfinal with coach Guus Hiddink’s native Netherlands after a deserved 2-0 win over Sweden in Group D on Wednesday.
Germany dashed the dreams of Austria on Monday, beating the hopeful co-hosts of Euro 2008 1-0 in and dumping them out of the tournament.
David Villa scored a superb stoppage-time winner to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Sweden on Saturday and a place in the Euro 2008 quarterfinals.
Croatia underlined their growing reputation as Euro 2008’s most dangerous dark horses by stunning tournament favourites Germany 2-1 on Thursday.
The Netherlands lit up Euro 2008 on Monday with a landmark performance to stun world champions Italy 3-0, while their wonderful fans delivered an example of colourful, noisy but peaceful support.
Brawling fans, acts of drunken vandalism and the sight of supporters being dragged off to police cells have marked the start of Euro 2008.
Europe’s top international football competition kicks off on Saturday, with Switzerland and Austria set to host a friendly, wide open competition.
A United Nations nuclear watchdog team will visit Syria on June 22 to 24 to pursue an investigation into United States intelligence alleging that Damascus secretly built an atomic reactor, the agency’s chief said on Monday. The alleged reactor site was destroyed in an Israeli air raid last September and Washington handed over intelligence to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Twenty-three days, 16 countries, 31 matches and countless events, concerts and exhibits are sure to keep fans busy during the European football championships in Austria and Switzerland from June 7 to 29. Each of the eight host cities has planned large public viewing areas capable of accommodating tens of thousands of fans.
With yob insurance, football-shaped cakes and 100 life-size statues of former soccer hero Hans Krankl, joint host Austria is gearing up for Euro 2008 in its own special way. In a country better known for mountains and Mozart than midfielders, gradual preparations for the three-week tournament are taking on a distinct Austrian flavour.
An Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years insisted he is ”no monster”, but that he could have killed his daughter and her children without anyone knowing, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Josef Fritzl’s claims were published as the 73-year-old was interviewed by prosecutors for the first time.
Austrian police say the man who held his daughter prisoner for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had no accomplices and planned his crime too meticulously to have been caught any earlier. Josef Fritzl (73) has admitted to keeping his daughter locked in a windowless bunker, repeatedly sexually assaulting her and later imprisoning their children.