The hardline interior ministers of Austria, Germany and Italy have formed an "axis of the willing" to combat illegal immigration, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Wednesday, escalating a Europe-wide row over the issue.
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A Vienna court has ordered a car dealer to reimburse a customer who bought a Volkswagen car because it was fitted with software designed to cheat emissions tests, the buyer's lawyers said Thursday.
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Part of the Paris canal has once again been transformed into an outdoor pool for the summer. The Local's Ben McPartland took the plunge on the opening day after being convinced the water was clean enough.
Austria's chancellor said on Tuesday he is powerless to stop an upcoming commemoration of a 1945 massacre that has become a magnet for supporters of the Nazis' Croatian allies and far-right sympathizers.
Europe’s first business school continues to attract students from all around the world.
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Games could keep ageing pooches' minds agile, but, says researcher Lisa Wallis: "wet noses will always be a problem."
Austrian financial adviser Ernst Eigner is ugly and scary. But only in his "Krampus" costume with red glowing eyes and horns to frighten naughty children and "evil spirits".
