Lorenzo Insigne gave Napoli a thrilling 3-2 win away to Salzburg in the Champions League on Wednesday after Dries Mertens twice gave the Serie A side the lead only for Norwegian teenager Erling Haaland to equalize for the Austrian champions each (...)
Austria forward Marko Arnautovic scored twice as his side, helped by some dreadful defending, routed hapless Latvia 6-0 in their Euro 2020 Group G qualifier on Friday to revive their hopes of qualifying for the finals.
Bottom side Latvia, without a (...)
Austria's acting Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner did not rule out a snap parliamentary election after Werner Faymann quit as head of the government, but said on Tuesday he expected to reach agreement in coalition talks with the Social Democrats, (...)
Move over Mozart. Toes in Salzburg are tapping to a new beat as residents finally embrace the Hollywood musical that put them on the map nearly half a century ago.
Playing for the first time in this haughty town of opera lovers, “The Sound of (...)
AlHijjah 6, 1432, Nov 2, 2011, SPA -- Chinese President Hu Jintao concluded a four-day visit to Austria. During the visit, Hu held a number of meetings with his Austrian counterpart President Heinz Fischer and other senior officials to discuss (...)
A senior Austrian law enforcement official says former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is being extradited to his homeland, according to AP.
Austrian police detained Sanader on Dec. 10 after Croatian authorities issued an international arrest (...)
An avalanche has killed at least five people in Austria, police were quoted as saying by the Austrian news agency APA.
Rescue teams were alerted Thursday by a mobile phone call from a survivor who managed to free himself after hours trapped in (...)
The huge musical puzzle that is Mozart is about to be expanded by two potentially important pieces.
More than two centuries after his death, two additional works have recently been identified as being composed by the Austrian master. While the (...)
A leading German politician is
badly hurt and a woman is dead after they collided while
skiing in central Austria, AP reported.
Police said the accident involved Dieter Althaus, premier
of the German free state of Thueringen, and a woman (...)
Traffic police saved three ducklings by closing
off one of Austria's main motorways, Salzburg police reported
Thursday, according to DPA.
During morning traffic, police found that the young birds were
"marching in single file" in the direction (...)
A second string Spain side came from a goal down to beat 2004 champion Greece 2-1 in their final game in Group D at the European Championship on Wednesday.
Striker Daniel Guiza headed the winner two minutes from time when he met a cross from Sergio (...)
Champion Greece was knocked out of Euro 2008 after losing 1-0 to Russia in their Group D match on Saturday.
Russia scored the only goal in the 33rd minute when Greece keeper Antonis Nikopolidis ran out to try to clear the ball leaving Konstantin (...)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first international goal for more than two-and-a-half years to send Sweden on the way to a 2-0 Euro 2008 victory over defending champion Greece on Tuesday.
The striker, who last found the net for his country in October (...)
Greece will be eager to prove its surprise 2004 triumph was no fluke when it launches its European Championship title defense against Sweden on Tuesday.
The Greeks, who sailed through qualification, are targeting at least a place in the last eight (...)
Austria's conservative Peoples Party (OVP)
elected Finance Minister and Deputy Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer, 51,
as its new party chairman on Saturday.
Molterer was unopposed and gained 97 per cent backing in the vote
at an extraordinary party (...)
TWO WORKERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN A FRESH TRANSPORT HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN
AUSTRIA, AUSTRIA'S APA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED.
THE HELICOPTER WAS EN ROUTE TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A NEW
CABLEWAY NEAR KAPRUN IN THE SALZBURG (...)
The European Union's foreign
ministers were to take stock Friday of international
efforts to get Iran to resolve concerns over its nuclear
program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has referred Iran
to the U.N. Security Council. U.N. (...)
The European Union vowed on Friday not to soften demands that Hamas moderate its stance on Israel as foreign ministers sought ways to ensure the stand-off did not hit EU aid to ordinary Palestinians.
The 25-nation bloc is providing short-term (...)
European Union foreign policy chiefs urged the bloc on Friday to work with Islamic states on a joint U.N. resolution to help ease tensions caused by a row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, according to Reuters.
The call came as the head of the (...)
At least two people were killed
Saturday and as many as 10 others injured in a train
accident in Austria's Salzburg province, authorities said.
Rescue workers were on the scene working to free three
people trapped in the wreckage, the Austria (...)
At least one skier is dead and two persons missing Saturday after several avalanches in the Austrian alps, police and Austria media reported.
According to the police, the first avalanche was caused midday in western Vorarlberg province by a skier (...)