http://www.mail.com/locations/1524-austria.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1524-austria.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102700-vienna-official-looted-nazi-goods-returned.html VIENNA (AP) — An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ago. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny said 5,880 art works, books and other objects have been returned since 1999. Mailath-Pokorny say... Wed, 22 May 2013 13:13:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102700-vienna-official-looted-nazi-goods-returned.html 2013-05-22T13:13:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058262-oldest-concentration-camp-survivors-dies.html VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian organization that tracks the fate of Nazi concentration camp inmates says that one of the oldest known survivors has died aged 107. The Mauthausen Committee said Thursday that Leopold Engleitner died April 21. After refusing to renounce his faith as a Jehovah's Witness, he survived three concentration camps and forced labor betwe... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058262-oldest-concentration-camp-survivors-dies.html 2013-05-02T15:06:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038828-un-detects-signs-nkorea-nuke-test.html VIENNA (AP) — A U.N. agency tasked with looking for signs of nuclear explosions says its monitoring stations have detected radioactive gases that could be linked to North Korea's Feb. 12 test. CTBTO says stations in Japan and Russia have picked up "significant" traces of noble gases that accompany a nuclear explosion and say they "could be attributed" to ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:18:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038828-un-detects-signs-nkorea-nuke-test.html 2013-04-23T11:18:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029566-wallabies-loose-austria-yes-austria.html VIENNA (AP) — Volunteers are searching for a pair of wallabies hopping through Austria — yes, Austria. The kangaroo-like marsupials, which are smaller than "roos" and primarily found in Australia, escaped from a farm in the Upper Austrian countryside, about 180 kilometers (about 110 miles) northwest of Vienna. Thursday was the third day of the quest to fi... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029566-wallabies-loose-austria-yes-austria.html 2013-04-18T21:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011110-wrong-turn-leads-germans-town-to-austria.html VIENNA (AP) — Instead of a five-minute trip home, a wrong turn led to an all-night drive for a pair of Germans that ended when police stopped their car in far-away Austria for heading the wrong way on a six-lane bridge. A police statement says the couple ended up more than 250 kilometers (150 miles) away from their Bavarian hometown. They were stopped ear... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:05:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011110-wrong-turn-leads-germans-town-to-austria.html 2013-04-10T18:05:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2010190-luxembourg-agrees-to-help-fight-tax-cheats.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Luxembourg is to start exchanging information with the rest of Europe to help fight tax evasion, the government said Wednesday in a move it hopes will make the country's massive financial sector more transparent. The decision follows mounting international pressure on Luxembourg to end its policy of banking secrecy which critics argue has ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:54:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2010190-luxembourg-agrees-to-help-fight-tax-cheats.html 2013-04-10T13:54:49Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2005376-austria-honors-passengers-nazi-train-to-dachau.html VIENNA (AP) — Austria's government has paid its respects to the first passengers shipped by train from Vienna to the Dachau concentration camp by the Nazis 75 years ago. A delegation led by Transport Minister Doris Bures placed a wreath Monday at Vienna's Westbahnhof, the railway station where the first trainload of Jews and political prisoners departed f... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:35:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2005376-austria-honors-passengers-nazi-train-to-dachau.html 2013-04-08T13:35:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1997752-top-eu-official-worried-north-south-divide.html VIENNA (AP) — A top European Union official says he's worried by a widening gap between the continent's financially troubled countries — mostly in the south — and the more prosperous ones to the north as a result of the debt crisis. Jose Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese head of the EU's executive Commission, said during a visit to Austria on Thursday that c... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:42:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1997752-top-eu-official-worried-north-south-divide.html 2013-04-04T11:42:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986442-austrian-police-chase-herd-cattle-through-town.html VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off pasture and decided to go into town. A police statement says the 43 steers defied attempts by police and volunteer firefighters to recapture them after wandering off Thursday and heading toward the... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:07:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986442-austrian-police-chase-herd-cattle-through-town.html 2013-03-29T12:07:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972492-turkey-arrests-extremist-wanted-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — An Islamic extremist wanted by Germany for allegedly calling for terrorist attacks on Europe has been arrested in Turkey and Berlin is negotiating his extradition, an official said Friday. Austrian-born Mohamed Mahmoud, 27, was picked up Tuesday in the southeastern province of Hatay near the Syrian border, a German security official with kno... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:39:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972492-turkey-arrests-extremist-wanted-germany.html 2013-03-22T15:39:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1964958-american-art-taken-nazis-wwii.html PARIS (AP) — 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. Now, he's 84 — and in a ceremony in Paris on Tuesday, the American was finally given back a piece of his late grandfather's memory: France has returned six of his stolen family masterpieces. The ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:35:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1964958-american-art-taken-nazis-wwii.html 2013-03-19T21:35:39Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1960706-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Tina Maze got the anger out of her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin. Maze won the season-ending giant slalom race to complete the most statistically dominating year since the World Cup started in 1967. Still, losing the World Cup slalom title ... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:57:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1960706-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win.html 2013-03-17T14:57:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956846-energy-drink-producer-blackmailed.html VIENNA (AP) — Energy drink producer Red Bull says it is being blackmailed, with the perpetrators threatening to place cans of its product contaminated with feces on supermarket shelves. The company says the threats started several weeks ago. But Marcus Neher of the Salzburg Public Prosecutor's office said Friday that "up to now there has only been a claim... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:39:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956846-energy-drink-producer-blackmailed.html 2013-03-15T11:39:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1954572-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Aksel Lund Svindal conceded the overall World Cup title to defending champion Marcel Hirscher after both his favored speed events were canceled by bad weather at the finals. The super-G was canceled Thursday because of fog, wind and a 45-minute delay after Klaus Kroell of Austria crashed and broke his arm. He was airlifted ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:22:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1954572-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html 2013-03-14T16:22:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1954670-un-official-urges-us-to-fight-marijuana-laws.html VIENNA (AP) — 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 for adults 21 and over in Washington and Colorado. While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, both states legalized possession of up to an ounce in November and are setting up rules to... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:39:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1954670-un-official-urges-us-to-fight-marijuana-laws.html 2013-03-14T15:39:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946240-austria-marks-annexation-germany-75-years-ago.html VIENNA (AP) — 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 how his stepmother found his father's guillotined head after the end of World War II in a hospital ward used for medical experiments under Hitler. Schoolchildren read moving passages from lette... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:15:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946240-austria-marks-annexation-germany-75-years-ago.html 2013-03-11T16:15:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1944414-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom Sunday while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the season title in the event after his sole rival skied out in the opening run. Kostelic mastered the difficult conditions on the Podkoren course to finish in a total time of 1 minute, 45.81 seconds. Hirscher was ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:35:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1944414-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html 2013-03-10T14:35:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942972-ligety-us-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom-title.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety of the United States won his fifth giant slalom of the season Saturday to clinch the World Cup discipline title with a race to spare. It's his fourth GS title after winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world championships last month. "To win here again is a super cool feel... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:52:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942972-ligety-us-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom-title.html 2013-03-09T19:52:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942764-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety clinched the World Cup giant slalom title Saturday by winning his fifth race of the season. It's the American's fourth discipline title after also winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world championships last month. Ligety held on to his first-run lead to win Saturday's ra... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:33:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942764-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html 2013-03-09T12:33:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928218-skier-tina-maze-emailed-death-threat.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — World Cup-winning skier Tina Maze was placed under police protection for a super-G race on Sunday after an emailed death threat against her. The Slovenian finished fourth and had two bodyguards close by after the race which was won by Anna Fenninger of Austria. The threat came in an email received Saturday afternoon ... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:08:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928218-skier-tina-maze-emailed-death-threat.html 2013-03-03T16:08:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928330-anna-fenninger-austria-wins-super-g-race.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Anna Fenninger of Austria upstaged the favorites to win a super-G race Sunday, while overall World Cup winner Tina Maze was placed under police protection after organizers received a death threat against the Slovenian. Maze finished fourth in the race and had two bodyguards close by after the race. The threat came in... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928330-anna-fenninger-austria-wins-super-g-race.html 2013-03-03T15:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1926626-austrian-cardinal-conservative-open-to-reform.html VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is a soft-spoken conservative who is ready to listen to those espousing reform. That profile that could appeal to fellow cardinals looking to elect a pontiff with widest-possible appeal to the world's 1 billion Catholics. His nationality may be his biggest disadvantage: Electors may be reluctant to choo... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:32:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1926626-austrian-cardinal-conservative-open-to-reform.html 2013-03-02T10:32:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1924378-kerry-turkish-comments-complicate-mideast-process.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday waded into the controversy over comments by Turkey's prime minister equating Zionism to a crime against humanity, rebuking the leader of the NATO ally by saying such remarks complicate efforts to find peace in the Middle East. Kerry said the Obama administration found the statements by Pri... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:31:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1924378-kerry-turkish-comments-complicate-mideast-process.html 2013-03-01T19:31:22Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924452-weirather-wins-wcup-super-g-edges-mancuso-us.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein secured her first World Cup victory Friday when she edged Julia Mancuso of the United states on a steep and fast course to win a super-G. Mancuso and Tina Maze of Slovenia tied for second on the 1.42-mile Kandahar course in sunny weather. Maze, who has already clinched the season's ove... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:01:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924452-weirather-wins-wcup-super-g-edges-mancuso-us.html 2013-03-01T15:01:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915812-film-austrian-girls-hostage-ordeal-premieres.html VIENNA (AP) — The story of Natascha Kampusch, who grew from a 10-year old to a young woman as a captive of a sadistic abductor, is now a movie. The film depicting her more than eight-year long ordeal premiered late Monday in Vienna. Titled "3096 Days," the English-language film is based on Kampusch's biography. Thure Lindhardt, who played abductor Wolfgan... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915812-film-austrian-girls-hostage-ordeal-premieres.html 2013-02-26T09:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914806-sanctions-relief-offered-iranian-nuclear-talks.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — World powers, fearful of scuttling negotiations beginning this week with Iran, are offering the Islamic republic some small new sanctions relief in return for curbing its nuclear program. But officials warned Monday that it's unlikely that any compromise will be reached soon. Negotiators set low expectations for the latest round ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:24:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914806-sanctions-relief-offered-iranian-nuclear-talks.html 2013-02-26T07:24:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1914486-horse-hidden-ingredient-european-foods.html DUBLIN (AP) — So hungry you could eat a horse? Chances are, if you've regularly consumed processed-meat products in Europe, you already have. Since Ireland published surprise DNA results on Jan. 15 showing that a third of frozen "beef" burgers in Ireland contained at least a trace of horse, food scientists in more than a dozen countries have found the ani... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:43:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1914486-horse-hidden-ingredient-european-foods.html 2013-02-25T21:43:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914652-diplomats-iran-un-nuke-agency-meeting-planned.html VIENNA (AP) — Top Iranian officials coming to Vienna usually hold talks with the head of the U.N. nuclear agency. But diplomats say not this time, in a development that may reflect a deadlock on agency attempts to probe Tehran's atomic work. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is coming to a conference Tuesday that has nothing to do with the Interna... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:42:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914652-diplomats-iran-un-nuke-agency-meeting-planned.html 2013-02-25T18:42:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912912-amour-wins-oscar-best-foreign-language-film.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Haneke's brutal depiction of an aging couple, "Amour," has won the Academy Award for best foreign language film. It's the second time an Austrian film has won the best foreign language film award, following "The Counterfeiters" in 2008. Haneke, 70, thanked his wife Susanne after receiving the award. "Thank you to my wife, she wa... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:21:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912912-amour-wins-oscar-best-foreign-language-film.html 2013-02-25T03:21:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1912160-slovenias-tina-maze-clinches-world-cup-title.html MERIBEL, France (AP) — There was only one fitting way for Tina Maze to wrap up the overall World Cup title — with another victory, and with plenty of time to spare. She clinched her first crystal globe Sunday by winning a super-combined for eighth win of the season. So overpowering was her season that she clinched the overall trophy with nine races to go.... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:57:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1912160-slovenias-tina-maze-clinches-world-cup-title.html 2013-02-24T18:57:56Z