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Austria stories: 76 news summaries

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Fritzl Trial to Begin Under No-Fly Zone

Dungeon dad claims daughter asked him to kidnap second girl

Mar 13, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the highest-profile trials Europe has ever seen begins Monday, when Josef Fritzl faces charges of rape, murder, incest, and slavery, the Telegraph reports. Security is incredibly tight—police have gone so far as to declare a no-fly zone over the entire town, fearing that someone will attempt... More »

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Austria • trial • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria

Fritzl's Daughter Will Get Profits From TV Tell-All

Creditors agree to unusual deal for Elisabeth, 6 children

Mar 6, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Creditors in Austria will donate the proceeds from an interview with Josef Fritzl to the daughter he raped and imprisoned for 24 years, the Austrian Times reports. Elisabeth Fritzl and her six children were about to be left with nothing after creditors divvied up her father’s bankrupt estate, which... More »

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rape • Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • imprisonment

(Newser) - When Austria's most popular Nazi-sympathizer died in a car crash last year, he left behind a grieving lover—his boyfriend, Kevin Gray writes in Details. After politician Jörg Haider's death, his PR whiz gave a tearful interview that shocked Austria. "About Jörg and me, there was more—... More »

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Austria • Neo-Nazi • Joerg Haider • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Just so you know: Navel lint is caused by a unique arrangement of abdominal hairs that are positioned in concentric circles around the belly button and “act like a kind of barbed hooks,” the Telegraph reports. The discovery comes from an Austrian doctor who conducted 3 years... More »

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weird • Austria • scientific study • belly buttons • navel • lint • fluff

Major Austrian Investor Tied to Madoff Vanishes

Bank Medici founder lost $2.1B, may fear jilted investors

Jan 7, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Sonja Kohn, the well-known founder of Austria’s Bank Medici, has disappeared from public view, the New York Times reports, after Medici lost investors $2.1 billion in the Bernie Madoff mess. Kohn was a good friend of Madoff’s, and aggressively pushed his wares. She may be hiding out... More »

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Austria • Ponzi scheme • Russian oligarchs • Bernard Madoff • Sonja Kohn • Bank Medici

 EU Faces Crisis as 
 Russia Cuts Off Gas 

Spat with Ukraine leaves half of continent short of fuel

Jan 6, 09 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - European nations from Austria to Greece lost most or all of their gas supplies today, as a showdown between Russia and Ukraine imperiled the entire continent. Last night Gazprom, the Russian state gas company, cut its supply by 60% to punish Ukraine for allegedly stealing fuel that should flow through... More »

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Russia • gas • Vladimir Putin • Austria • Bulgaria • Gazprom • Ukraine • shortage • natural gas • gas pipelines

(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl was released today from the psychiatric institution where she has been hospitalized since being discovered in April, the Guardian reports. Recuperating with her at the hospital, and also released today, were the six surviving children fathered by Josef Fritzl, who is imprisoned awaiting trial on charges of... More »

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murder • Austria • incest • psychiatric treatment center • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • mental hospital • discharge

Another Kind of White Powder Hits Ski Slopes

Cocaine arrests up
60% at Europe's
leading winter resorts

Dec 29, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - In the lodges of Austria's winter resorts, mulled wine has given way to more stimulating après-ski treats: cocaine and ecstasy. Austrian police report a 60% rise in drug-related arrests in ski areas and say that bartenders and ski instructors are turning into part-time dealers during the season. "... More »

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cocaine • Austria • drug use • skiing • winter sports • ecstasy

Fritzl 'Forced Daughter to Reenact Porn'

Charges against incest dad detail how he broke daughter's will

Nov 14, 08 4:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The charges against Josef Fritzl reveal fresh details of the ordeal he put his imprisoned daughter through, including forcing her to watch pornographic films and reenact scenes with him, the Daily Telegraph reports. Fritzl also beat and kicked his daughter, Elisabeth, whom he imprisoned for 24 years in a cellar,... More »

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pornography • rape • Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • criminal trial

(Newser) - Josef Fritzl has been charged with murder in the death of one of the seven children he had with his daughter Elisabeth, the Telegraph reports. Austrian prosecutors say he failed to provide medical care to the child, who fell ill shortly after birth. He later burned the child's body in... More »

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rape • Austria • murder trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • criminal trial • imprisonment

Deputy Admits Gay Affair With Austrian Rightist

Boyfriend comes clean after Haider's fatal car crash, loses job

Oct 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider lost his position yesterday after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with the firebrand politician, who died in a car crash last week. "He was the man of my life. Our relationship went far beyond friendship," said... More »

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Austria • drunk driving • car crash • affair • gays • extreme right • Joerg Haider

 Fritzl: 'I Was Born to Rape' 

But says he 'managed to contain himself' for long time

Oct 22, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 73-year-old Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter in a dungeon as a sex slave for 24 years and fathered seven children with her has told a therapist he is a "born rapist," reports the Times of London. Josef Fritzl's comments were revealed in a confidential psychiatric report... More »

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rape • Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten • Dr Adelheid Kastner

 Fritzl Trial 
 Won't  Start 
 This Year 

Prosecutors still gathering evidence against man accused of raping daughter for 24 years

Oct 13, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The trial of the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon and raping her for 24 years likely will not start until early 2009, the Guardian reports. Prosecutors are still collecting evidence against Josef Fritzl, 73, and probably won’t be ready to go to court before... More »

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Austria • trial • delay • Josef Fritzl • dungeon

Austrian Pol Driving Twice Speed Limit in Fatal Crash

Austria grieves extremist chief's death after right gains big in elections

Oct 13, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversial leader of an ultra-right movement in Austria was driving twice the speed limit when he careened off a road and fatally crashed into a cement post, authorities revealed. Joerg Haider was driving 88 mph in a 40mph zone when the crash occurred Saturday, reports the Guardian. Thousands... More »

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Austria • anti-Semitism • right-wing attacks • Joerg Haider

Far Right
Austrian Leader
Dies in Crash

He rose to power in
late '90s on strength
of anti-Semitic views

Oct 11, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A right-wing Austrian politician who sparked controversy with rhetoric viewed as pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic was killed today in a car accident, CNN reports. Joerg Haider, 58, was driving alone when he left the road, hit a concrete post, and flipped several times, said a witness. When Haider's anti-immigration Freedom Party... More »

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Austria • car crash • governor • politician

Extreme Right Wins Big in Austrian Poll

Two anti-Islam parties take nearly a third
of the vote

Sep 29, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Austrians woke up today to a shock election result, as 2 extreme right parties won nearly a third of the vote and the two main parties posted their worst results since World War II. The next chancellor will probably be Social Democrat leader Werner Faymann, with 30% of the electorate,... More »

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Austria • Vienna • right wingers • Freedom Party • extreme right

 New Mozart Score 
 Surfaces in France 

Melodic sketch was part of a collection given to a Nantes library in early 1800s

Sep 18, 08 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A single-page musical score located in a French library has been confirmed as a Mozart original, the Telegraph reports. “Mozart's handwriting is clearly identifiable,” an expert said. “There's no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten by Mozart.” The notation is for a melody only,... More »

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France • classical music • Austria • score • Vienna • authenticity • discovery • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Nantes • library

Elisabeth Fritzl Describes Life Under Josef

Father would threaten
to hurt kids if daughter resisted rape

Sep 10, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl describes as horrific life under the control of father Josef in the Austrian cellar where she and her children lived, the Telegraph reports. "He was very brutal against me," the 42-year-old said of the man who fathered seven children with her. Elisabeth, discovered in April, detailed... More »

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crime • Austria • slavery • authoritarianism • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

Incest Father Fritzl May Face Slavery Charges

Trial for Austrian who locked up daughter planned for December

Aug 4, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who imprisoned daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, may be charged with slavery, among other crimes, the Guardian reports. Officials plan to ready the case against him by September for a December trial, said a prosecutor. Fritzl has... More »

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rape • Austria • trial • slavery • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

Euro Cup Arena Covers Vienna's Dark Past  

More than 1,000 Jewish prisoners died after being held there

Jun 28, 08 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vienna stadium that will host tomorrow's Euro Cup final hides a brutal past beneath the stands, where more than the 1,000 Jewish prisoners were held in 1939. Nazis took medical samples and made plaster casts of the prisoners, who were allowed outside daily but could not step on... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • Austria • Vienna • Euro 2008

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