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Man coerces underage teen girl into sex
File Photo: Dustin M. Ramsey/Wikimedia

An asylum seeker in Austria has been arrested after contacting a schoolgirl on social media and allegedly pressuring her into having sex with him.

Five years for Nazi vandalism
Nazi book burning. Photo: Flickr/Slagheap

A homeless Austrian man who vandalised dozens of memorials to victims of the Nazis in Salzburg was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail.

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'Hug a Brit to stop Brexit' Europeans urged
Yinka Shonibare MBE, British Nigerian, hugged by German Katrin Lock.

Can a surfeit of bodily contact persuade sceptical Brits to stay in the EU? These Europeans hope it might.

Asylum seekers' hike ends in disaster
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Three asylum seekers who decided to take a hike in mountains on the border between Austria and Germany were seriously injured after falling off the edge of a cliff.

Tickets on sale for HIV Red Ribbon Concert
Red Ribbon Concert

Tickets for the Red Ribbon Concert hosted by the Life Ball and taking place in Vienna in June have gone on sale this week.

Vienna gang arrested for extorting bar owners
Polizei

Eight members of a criminal gang suspected of extorting as much as half a million euros from bar owners in Vienna have been arrested.

Staff steal entire kitchen from refugee home
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Two men got a group of refugees to unknowingly help them steal entire kitchen from a refugee home so they could sell it to fund an addiction.

20kg of drugs seized on Vienna underground
Helmer Manfred/Wiener Linien

Police operation seizes 20 kilograms of drugs and arrests nearly 2,000 people in just a few weeks on one of Vienna’s underground lines.

Austrian museum returns Nazi plundered artwork
One of Schiele's famous self-portraits. Photo: Wikipedia

Vienna's Leopold Museum settles long-running feud over five Nazi-plundered drawings by Austrian painter Egon Schiele with the descendants of the works' Jewish former owner.

Anti-Semitism up by 82 percent in Austria
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The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Austria has nearly doubled since 2014, according to a Jewish organisation in Vienna.

Features
Integrate refugees with help, not pity
Participants attend a German language course of the 'Fluechtlingsprojekt Ute Bock' (Refugees project Ute Bock) in Vienna. Photo: EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

In the Austrian village of Gutau, inhabitants have set up a microcredit system to help refugees rent houses and start businesses.

Photo Gallery
A visit to the Schloss Hof Easter Market
Photo: Jerry Barton

Amateur shutterbug Jerry Barton visited one of Austria's traditional Easter markets at Schloss Hof.

Strong men in the 19th century Prater
Photo: Wien Museum

A new exhibition at Wien Museum is showcasing photos from Vienna's famous Prater fairground since 1766.

Ginger Churchill heads to hell in Nazi mural
Photo: Europics.at

Would you believe that Winston Churchill makes an appearance on a church mural done by a Nazi artist in Austria, heading to hell with a sack of gold?

The film project about what makes us human
Photo: Linda Coussement

Linda Coussement is a woman on a mission to film people’s personal stories as she slowly travels the globe - with the aim of spreading a message of empathy and connectedness. After spending a month in Vienna she is now en route to Budapest. She spoke to The Local about her project.

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Snack security hired in Vienna after thefts
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Vienna's first snack security guard hired after spate of sandwich thefts.

Austrian bank boss resigns over Panama Papers
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Head of a Austrian regional bank becomes latest casualty of the Panama Papers scandal, after announcing his resignation.

No minister with headscarf says presidential hopeful
Muslim women in London. Garry Knight/Creative Commons.

Presidential candidate of Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) would not swear in women wearing headscarves as ministers or judges.

Boy sued for €20K after stabbing 'friend' in back
Joe Haupt/Creative Commons

A 15-year-old boy is being sued for €20,000 after stabbing his ‘friend’ in his back because he veered in front of him on the pavement.

IMF 'no longer necessary' to stabilise Greece
Disabled protesters demonstrate against pension cuts in Greece. ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/EPA

Head of Austria's central bank says IMF's engagement in Greece is no longer necessary.

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Muslim boys refuse to shake hands with female teachers
Photo: Broad Bean Media

A school in northern Switzerland has decided to back the complaint by the two male students.

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Eight things you never knew about the German Autobahn
The German Autobahn. Photo: DPA

Germany's Autobahns are the envy of the world, and are associated with one thing above all - speed. But here are eight things you never knew about the iconic German tarmac.

Four Isis ‘recruits’ arrested in Copenhagen
Police were out in large numbers at a residential area in the suburb of Ishøj on Thursday. Photo: Asger Ladefoged/Scanpix

UPDATED: Four people were detained on Thursday on suspicion of joining Isis in Syria.

Fat man who crushed nativity donkey to death goes free
The 150kg man crushed the donkey by sitting on it. Photo: El Refugio del Burrito

The case against an overweight prankster who sat on a donkey foal "as a joke" and killed it has been thrown out of a Spanish court.

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