Jean Michel Stoullig

An Austrian girl held captive for eight years after being kidnapped as a 10-year old has been found while her presumed abductor committed suicide, police believe, resolving one of the country’s longest-running mysteries. Austrian police said on Thursday that a young woman found wandering in a Vienna suburb the day before had been identified by her family as the kidnapped girl.

Viennese dog owners can now get a "driving licence for dogs" under a new initiative by city officials who thought man’s best-friend’s best friend could do with a bit of brushing up on canine conduct. Though voluntary, this new licence has both written and practical "driving" tests to assess the owner’s competence.