Austria
Republic of Austria
Republik Österreich
CAPITAL: Vienna (Wien)
FLAG: The flag consists of a white horizontal stripe between two red stripes.
ANTHEM: Land der Berge, Land am Ström...
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Austria
Austria is a country of Central Europe with a size of about 83,859 square kilometers (32,378 square miles). Landlocked, it is surrounded by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovaki...
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Area: 83,871 sq km (32,383 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 8,263,000Capital:
Vienna
Chief of state:
President
Heinz
Fischer
Head of government:
Chancellor
Wolfgang
Schüssel
During the firs...
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to his Austrian hometown Sunday for the first time since severing official ties with the city two years ago after a flap over the death penalty.The ac...
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Austrian authorities have arrested an investment banker wanted by the FBI who fled after being convicted of securities fraud in New York more than five years ago, police said Tuesday.Michael Berger...
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Vienna (dpa) - Austria is stepping up its political commitment to
counter the growing phenomenon of teenage binge drinking.
Joining forces with Austria's Health Mini...
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Vienna (dpa) - "You fall into a dismal state of depression when
watching a match featuring the Austrian national football team. For
all those displays of true skill, on a fi...
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Vienna (dpa) - As Austrians watched their jubilant chancellor
sawing trough a toll post at the Austrian-Slovak border on Thursday,
many were in a less than celebratory mood....
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Mariazell, Austria (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI continued his three-
day visit to Austria with a pilgrimage to Mariazell, a Catholic
pilgrimage site devoted to the Virgin Mary....
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Canadian authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with an Internet video threat by Islamic militants against Austria and Germany, officials said Thursday.Said Namouh, 35, was charge...
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A right-wing Austrian author convicted of neo-Nazi activities was extradited from Spain on Thursday and will face charges that he denied the existence of the Holocaust and claimed the Nazis never u...
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VIENNA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - An Islamist group calling itself
the "Global Islamic Media Front" has sent a video demanding
Germany and Austria withdraw their troops from Afghanistan,
Austria's interi...
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