Austria is a Federal Republic in the east of Western Europe. The current Second Republic was established in 1945 at the end of the Second World War and seven years’ Anschluss (annexation) to Nazi Germany. Area: 84,000sq km; capital: Vienna...

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 Ströme (Land of Mountains, Land on the River). MONETARY UNIT: The...

Austria POPULATION 8.2 million ROMAN CATHOLIC 73.6 percent PROTESTANT 4.7 percent MUSLIM 4.2 percent JEWISH 0.1 percent NONRELIGIOUS 12.0 percent NOT INDICATED 2.0 percent OTHER 3.4 percent Country Overview Introduction Austria covers a total area of...

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, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia...

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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 actor-turned-governor was welcomed at the airport in the southern city of Graz by friends...

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, a 35-year-old Austrian citizen, was arrested Friday afternoon while driving on a highway about...

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 charged with "conspiring for the purpose of delivering, placing, discharging or detonating an explosive in a place outside...

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 used gas chambers.Gerd Honsik, 65, was flown from Madrid to Vienna and would be...