http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1524-austria.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1524-austria.html http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2161752-flood-damages-austrian-unesco-heritage-site.html VIENNA (AP) — A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty. The storm late Tuesday turned the placid village creek into a torrent that flooded the village square, tearing up cobble stones in its wake. Houses and a hotel are pa... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2161752-flood-damages-austrian-unesco-heritage-site.html 2013-06-19T13:39:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2160394-austrian-construction-company-its-insolvent.html VIENNA (AP) — Alpine Bau GmbH, one of Austria's biggest construction companies, says it is insolvent. In making the announcement Tuesday, the company said it is seeking a reorganization plan that would allow parts of the conglomerate to continue functioning. A statement issued by Alpine said it was not possible to reorganize internally, "despite significa... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:19:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2160394-austrian-construction-company-its-insolvent.html 2013-06-18T21:19:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2152190-stemme-shines-isolde-wagners-love-story.html VIENNA (AP) — Can watching two people suffer for four hours be enjoyable? The Vienna State Opera makes it happen with its new production of "Tristan and Isolde." Richard Wagner's ultimate love story of tragic passion, deceit and death often ends up as an evening of tedium, or worse, kitsch. But with thoughtful directing, some wonderful voices and staging ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:57:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2152190-stemme-shines-isolde-wagners-love-story.html 2013-06-14T14:57:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2150510-un-asks-austria-to-delay-pullout-golan.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping department asked Austria Thursday to delay its full troop withdrawal from the Golan Heights until at least the end of July to keep key positions manned and ensure a smooth transition with incoming troops. Austria announced it would pull out its 377 peacekeepers from the 911-member U.N. force after fighting from ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:52:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2150510-un-asks-austria-to-delay-pullout-golan.html 2013-06-13T22:52:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2149116-joke-jester-wanted-austrian-hotel.html VIENNA (AP) — Wanted: A jester. Wallflowers need not apply. It's no joke. An Austrian hotel is advertising for a modern-day court fool, who is communicative, extroverted, musical, creative and imaginative. Applicants are asked to bring — and play — their musical instrument during the job interview. Also welcome: creative costumes. The successful candidate... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:56:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2149116-joke-jester-wanted-austrian-hotel.html 2013-06-13T12:56:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146084-un-chief-syria-spillover-threatens-golan-truce.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that spillover from Syria's civil war threatens a 40-year-old cease-fire between Syria and Israel in the disputed Golan Heights and recommended bolstering the vulnerable U.N. peacekeeping force there by more than 300 troops. Ban's recommendation, made in a report to the Security Council on We... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:26:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146084-un-chief-syria-spillover-threatens-golan-truce.html 2013-06-12T19:26:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146746-report-rampant-child-abuse-ex-home-vienna.html VIENNA (AP) — Children at a former city-run home in Vienna were rampantly abused, with some of them raped and subjected to other forms of sexual exploitation both by caregivers and outsiders, an Austrian investigative commission said Wednesday. The commission also documented cases of physical and psychological abuse in a 344-page report summarizing the re... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:53:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146746-report-rampant-child-abuse-ex-home-vienna.html 2013-06-12T15:53:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2142272-austrian-un-troops-to-golan-pullout.html VIENNA (AP) — An official says Austria will begin withdrawing its 377 U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights on Wednesday. The Austrian Defense Ministry official says the first contingent to return home will be support staff, meaning the observation posts normally staffed by Austrian troops will continue to be manned for now. The off... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:10:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2142272-austrian-un-troops-to-golan-pullout.html 2013-06-10T19:10:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2140174-luiten-wins-lyoness-open-2nd-european-tour-win.html ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Joost Luiten of the Netherlands won the Lyoness Open by two shots for his second European Tour title. After holding a three-stroke lead overnight, Luiten shot a 71 in the final round Sunday to finish at 17-under 271 on the Diamond Country Club course. "It's a great feeling, it's been a great week," said Luiten, whose previous wi... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:33:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2140174-luiten-wins-lyoness-open-2nd-european-tour-win.html 2013-06-09T16:33:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2139014-italy-protests-vienna-pub-making-fun-mobs-dead.html ROME (AP) — Italy has complained to Austrian authorities on Saturday about a Vienna pub selling sandwiches named after Italians slain by Sicilian mobsters. The foreign ministry said that Italy's charge d'affaires in Vienna "intervened to sensitize" local authorities, including the city of Vienna and the economy ministry, after a menu of the Don Panino pub... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:05:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2139014-italy-protests-vienna-pub-making-fun-mobs-dead.html 2013-06-08T20:05:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2138800-luiten-shoots-67-to-defend-lead-lyoness-open.html ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Joost Luiten of the Netherlands carded a 5-under 67 Saturday to extend his lead at the Lyoness Open to three strokes and put himself in contention for his second European Tour title. Carrying a one-stroke lead overnight, Luiten bogeyed two of his first five holes but recovered with seven birdies, including three in a row from th... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:48:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2138800-luiten-shoots-67-to-defend-lead-lyoness-open.html 2013-06-08T15:48:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136760-russia-offers-peacekeepers-golan-heights.html MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin offered on Friday to send Russian troops to the Golan Heights to replace the Austrians who are withdrawing from the U.N. peacekeeping force that monitors the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces. "Naturally, that will happen only if the regional powers show interest in our proposal and if the U.N. secretary-gen... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:59:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136760-russia-offers-peacekeepers-golan-heights.html 2013-06-07T21:59:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2137584-austria-beats-sweden-2-1-world-cup-qualifier.html VIENNA (AP) — First-half goals by David Alaba and Marc Janko helped Austria beat Sweden 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier Friday, leaving the fight for second place behind Group C favorite Germany wide open. Sweden looked in control of the match for the opening 25 minutes before conceding two goals within six minutes. Alaba scored from the penalty spot after S... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2137584-austria-beats-sweden-2-1-world-cup-qualifier.html 2013-06-07T21:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2136072-hezbollah-backed-syrian-troops-press-offensive.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters pressed forward with their offensive in the country's opposition-held heartland on Friday, taking two small villages and entering a third near a strategic town that was captured by the government earlier this week, while the U.N. asked donor countries for $5.2 billion in humanitarian aid as it predicted the number of r... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:04:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2136072-hezbollah-backed-syrian-troops-press-offensive.html 2013-06-07T20:04:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2136400-luiten-leads-68-2nd-round-lyoness-open.html ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Joost Luiten of the Netherlands shot a 4-under 68 Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the third round of the Lyoness Open. Luiten holed three birdies on both the front and back nine, offset by two bogeys, to sit at 11-under 133. He is one shot in front of Paul Waring of England (67), Callum Macaulay of Scotland (66) and Eduard... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:58:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2136400-luiten-leads-68-2nd-round-lyoness-open.html 2013-06-07T17:58:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136242-budapest-prepares-floods-danube-waters-rise.html BERLIN (AP) — The crest of the flood-swollen Danube River surged toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Friday, while communities along the Elbe in Germany braced for high water as the river churned toward the North Sea. Elsewhere in central Europe, communities were beginning to count the cost of devastating floods that have hit Germany, Austria, Swi... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:50:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136242-budapest-prepares-floods-danube-waters-rise.html 2013-06-07T17:50:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2133768-syrian-rebel-offensive-golan-jolts-israel.html QUNEITRA, Golan Heights (AP) — Syrian rebels briefly seized control of a border crossing along the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Thursday, prompting the withdrawal of a major Austrian peacekeeping contingent and heightening fears in Israel that it could soon be dragged into the neighboring country's civil war. From the Israeli side of the Golan, Syr... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:25:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2133768-syrian-rebel-offensive-golan-jolts-israel.html 2013-06-06T23:25:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2134560-un-urgently-troops-golan-force.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations is urgently looking for troops to replace Austrian peacekeepers who are regrettably withdrawing from the U.N. force on the Golan Heights. Ban condemned an attack Thursday which injured two peacekeepers in the force which monitors the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces in t... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:31:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2134560-un-urgently-troops-golan-force.html 2013-06-06T18:31:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2133636-tom-lewis-leads-1st-round-lyoness-open.html ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — England's Tom Lewis put himself in contention for his first European Tour top-10 finish in two years by shooting a 9-under 63 in the opening round of the Lyoness Open on Thursday. His flawless round earned him a two-stroke lead over Joost Luiten of the Netherlands. Fellow Englishmen Graeme Storm, Richard McEvoy and Simon Dyson a... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:33:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2133636-tom-lewis-leads-1st-round-lyoness-open.html 2013-06-06T17:33:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2130542-director-salzburg-fest-heads-to-la-scala.html MILAN (AP) — Alexander Pereira will arrive at the Milanese opera house La Scala as general manager in 2015 with a unique set of work experience that may be just what's called for as European cultural institutions are squeezed financially: top Olivetti computer salesman, trained singer and veteran artistic director of the Zurich Opera and Salzburg Festival. ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:55:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2130542-director-salzburg-fest-heads-to-la-scala.html 2013-06-05T22:55:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday. Iran is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop nuclear programs ... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:31:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html 2013-06-04T19:31:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118020-opec-to-meet-amid-iran-saudi-tensions.html VIENNA (AP) — Once the symbol of oil dominance, OPEC faces new challenges as its members gather for a ministerial meeting this week on how much crude to pump. For the 12 oil ministers from countries ranging from Venezuela to Nigeria and Iran, the formal focus of Friday's get-together is to determine production levels. The consensus in the markets is that ... Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118020-opec-to-meet-amid-iran-saudi-tensions.html 2013-05-30T18:01:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2118466-austrian-drives-flaming-car-to-fire-station.html VIENNA (AP) — Some Austrian firefighters didn't have to leave their station to deal with a recent alarm. The blaze came to them instead. Fireman Roland Brandl says that colleagues were doing chores at the station in the town of Pregarten Wednesday when a car sped in with flames shooting from beneath it. One man grabbed an extinguisher and doused the fire.... Thu, 30 May 2013 13:05:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2118466-austrian-drives-flaming-car-to-fire-station.html 2013-05-30T13:05:32Z