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May 1, 2015
Firtash extradition request denied
NEWSFLASH: Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's planned extradition to the USA has been rejected by an Austrian court Thursday. READ
Smoking ban
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Police save heart attack man at smoking demo
A 73-year-old man had a heart attack and was rushed to hospital during a demonstration against the smoking ban in Vienna on Tuesday. READ 5 comments
A detail from the sugar sculpture. Photo: Thomas Kienbauer
Sugary twin towers attacks Austrian politics
The owner of a Vienna patisserie has managed to offend some of his customers by creating a sugar sculpture depicting the terror attack on New York’s World Trade Center - in an attempt to critique Austrian politics. READ 2 comments
The Mur river in Graz. Photo: Kermoareb/Wikimedia
Bank employees on trial for grisly murder
Two former bank employees are on trial in Graz for murdering and dismembering one of the bank’s customers - a 54-year-old Styrian millionaire - after he discovered they had stolen €80,000 from his accounts. READ
The Sacred Heart Home convent in Ixopo. Photo: www.mariannhill.de
Suspects arrested in Austrian nun murder
South African police said on Tuesday they had arrested three people for the rape and murder of an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin nearly two weeks ago. READ
Sebastian Kurz holds a Tweet chat. Photo: Twiplomacy
Kurz saves face for Austria on Twitter
Although Austrian leaders are lagging behind when it comes to social media, the youthful foreign minister Sebastian Kurz is the country’s most connected politician on Twitter, a new report released on Tuesday showed. READ
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Austrian firm implicated in illegal logging
A major environmental advocacy group has accused the Austrian wood products company Holzindustrie Schweighofer of "willingly and knowingly accepting illegally harvested timber" in Romania. READ
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Pro smoking lobby to protest at parliament
Bar and restaurant owners as well as die-hard smokers are demonstrating in front of Austria’s parliament on Tuesday afternoon in protest against the general smoking ban which will come into force in May 2018. READ 15 comments
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Mafia family's villa seized in Austrian spa town
A luxury villa owned by a member of the Italian Pesce crime family in Baden, Lower Austria, has been seized by justice officials. READ
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Austria more tolerant 'except on topic of Islam'
Austrians consider themselves to be increasingly tolerant when it comes to sexuality, race and gender - but not on the topic of Islam, according to a new survey. READ
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Hitler's birthplace with memorial stone. Photo: Anton-kurt/Wikimedia
Hitler birth house haunts Austrian town
"Every year it's the same circus," mutters a resident at the sight of dozens of anti-fascist protesters stomping toward a large weather-worn building in the small northern Austrian town Braunau am Inn.READ
Help Me, Helen
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Challenges of expat life: Making new friends
Expats, who are globally mobile and move every few years, often have to make new friends with each move. Helen Rudinsky writes that making new friends can be a challenge, especially for children, shy people, or individuals with limited social skills. READ
Hermesvilla. Photo: Vienna Unwrapped
Five Viennese 'twin attractions'
Once you have ticked off Vienna’s most popular attractions on your sightseeing list, it's time to explore the ‘second tier’. The city is packed with little-known insider gems that have been overshadowed by the bigger tourist magnets - but offer a similar experience, without the crowds. READ
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Will climate change give us the blues?
Climate change is predicted to intrude into almost every area of life - from where we live, to what we eat and whom we war with. Now music can be added to the list. READ 3 comments
Expat Profile
Margarita Randl with her son.
'We believe children have unlimited potential'
Margarita Randl is the manager of Vienna's first Gymboree Play & Music Center. She spoke to The Local about the challenges of setting up a new business and what she loves about life in the capital. READ
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Zermatt bans Saint Bernard dog photos
The municipality of Zermatt decided on Thursday to ban the taking of tourist photos with Saint Bernard dogs in the mountain resort town in the canton of Valais, according to media reports. READ
Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has some explaining to do. Photo: DPA
Govt 'lied' to parliament about NSA spying
The government has been accused of lying to the Bundestag (German parliament) after it emerged last week that Chancellor Angela Merkel's office knew German spies were conducting economic espionage on behalf of the Americans. READ
Membership in the banking union would give ECB regulators authority over Danish banks. Photo: DANIEL ROLAND/Scanpix
Denmark wants in on EU banking union
The Danish government supports joining the EU’s banking union and wants parliament to vote on it without first asking the Danes, a Justice Ministry report said on Thursday. READ
Basques can now safely visit Iceland without the threat of being killed on sight. Photo: Arnar Valdimarsson/Flickr
Iceland revokes order to 'kill Basques on sight'
In a small town on the western coast of Iceland last week, authorities finally revoked a 400-year-old order that allowed Basques to be killed on sight. READ
IN PICTURES
The replica of the Chauvet cave at Pont d'Arc is to open its doors. Photo: AFP
France's prehistoric Chauvet cave opens
A stunning replica of the 36,000 year-old Grotte Chauvet, home to the oldest figurative cave drawings in the world and an Unesco Heritage site, opened to the public at the weekend. Here's a look inside the country's latest tourist attraction. READ
People pose with an Isis flag. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
Isis supporters post photos in Rome: report
Supporters of the terrorist organization Isis have posted photographs allegedly taken in Rome, a group which monitors jihadist networks said on Monday. READ
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Erna Solberg, phone snugly in place, hands over the 2014 Womans' Football Cup. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix
Norway PM celebrated for phone-in-bra trick
After Norway's PM Erna Solberg was caught on camera slipping her phone into her bra, Norway’s top tabloid VG has made a video investigating the phenomenon. READ
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Has a kangaroo scored Sweden's best selfie?
A Swedish 26-year-old who took a snap with a kangaroo while travelling around Australia has produced one of the best selfies of 2015, but he isn’t the first Swede to have a fetish for photos with wild animals. READ
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