Austria

Austria

• Swiss appoint 2 Austrians to key Alpine team jobs

  The Swiss ski federation has appointed two Austrians to key jobs after a disastrous World Cup season ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The Swiss ... 

• Turkey arrests extremist wanted by Germany

  An Islamic extremist wanted by Germany for allegedly calling for terrorist attacks on Europe has been arrested in Turkey and Berlin is negotiating his ... 

• Anti-gay Austrian priest stopped from preaching

  Austria's Roman Catholic church is forbidding a priest from preaching to his flock at Easter Mass because of his comments against homosexuals and ... 

• Austrian ski coach Kriechbaum to lead women's team

  Jurgen Kriechbaum has been appointed head coach of Austria's women's Alpine skiing team, taking over from Herbert Mandl. The federation says ... 

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  Oscar winner gets Austria geriatric society prize

  It isn't an Oscar or any other film industry prize, but Austrian director Michael Haneke says he is grateful for his award from the Austrian Society ... 

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  American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII

  Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather's prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. 

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  Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win

  Tina Maze got the anger out her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin. 

• Energy drink producer says it is being blackmailed

  Energy drink producer Red Bull says it is being blackmailed, with the perpetrators threatening to place cans of its product contaminated with feces ... 

• UN official urges US to fight new marijuana laws

  The head of the U.N. drug watchdog agency is urging U.S. federal officials to challenge the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana ... 

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  Svindal wins WCup downhill title as race canceled

  Aksel Lund Svindal won his first season-long World Cup downhill title on Wednesday without even racing, then all but conceded the bigger prize of the ... 

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  Austrian cardinal's mom doesn't want him as pope

  Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is one of the favorites for the papacy, but at least one Catholic from his country doesn't think he's qualified 

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  Reichelt, Hoefl-Riesch lead downhill training runs

  The two favorites to win World Cup downhill titles, Aksel Lund Svindal and Tina Maze, had solid practices on Tuesday ahead of their decisive races. 

• Vienna residents reject 2028 Summer Olympic bid

  Vienna is dropping plans to bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics after a vast majority of residents rejected the idea in a referendum. Vienna Mayor ... 

• Vienna residents reject 2028 Summer Olympics bid

  Vienna is dropping plans to bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics after a vast majority of residents rejected the idea in a referendum. Vienna Mayor ... 

• Harnik back in Austria squad for WCup qualifiers

  Striker Martin Harnik will return to the Austria team for this month's World Cup qualifiers against Faeroe Islands and Ireland. Harnik, who was out ... 

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  Morales: 'imperialists' behind Chavez death

  Bolivian President Evo Morales is blaming "imperialists" for the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Morales said Tuesday that "if they can't ... 

• Austrian police find 5.4 million smuggled smokes

  Austrian police have confiscated 5.4 millon smuggled cigarettes worth more than €1 million. The cigarettes were found by financial police in a ... 

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  Austria marks annexation by Germany 75 years ago

  In shockingly graphic detail at ceremonies marking Austria's annexation by Germany 75 years ago, the son of an anti-Nazi activist on Monday recounted ... 

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  Kostelic wins WCup slalom, Hirscher takes globe

  Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom Sunday, while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the discipline title after his sole ... 

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  Fenninger beats Maze to win women's World Cup GS

  Tina Maze just keeps setting records on the World Cup, even on days when she doesn't win. Maze finished second to Anna Fenninger of Austria on ... 

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  Ligety wins World Cup GS title with race to spare

  Ted Ligety cemented his status as the world's top giant slalom skier on Saturday by winning his fifth race of the season and clinching the World Cup ... 

• Nordic Combined World Cup Results

  Results Friday from a Nordic combined World Cup event at the Lahti Ski Games: (Ski jumping, and 10 kilometers cross country ... 

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  Going to hell in style: 'Don Giovanni' in Vienna

  The tenor wandered off, the corpse didn't rise as planned, and the lead soprano dissed her own performance. But "Don Giovanni" still managed to go to ... 

• Report: Turk refused gym membership in Austria

  Politicians are urging the chamber of commerce in a western Austrian province to investigate complaints from a young man with Turkish roots that he ...