News Archive for August 2014
Here you can find articles published in August 2014. Return to full archive here- 01 August
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04 August
- Railways 'not a political football'
- Vienna is Austria's bike theft capital
- Man seriously injured by mountain goat
- Die Partei leader wants to set up Austrian party
- Idea to host refugees in tents an 'insult'
- Heads of Neo-Nazi network on trial
- Pizzeria anarchists reject rents and ownership
- Political fight delays song contest decision
- Illegal puppies offered for sale online
- Call for more men to work in kindergartens
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05 August
- US Ambassador marries his partner in Austria
- Boy abducted in Vienna in custody case
- Up to 100 Austrian jihadis in terror groups
- Bad Ischl fights for asylum family
- Major tyre store fire under control
- Vienna train route closed due to thieves
- Students design 'Hypotopia' city
- Arnie stars in real estate advert
- Austrian woman gets 18 years for drug smuggling
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06 August
- Nude cyclist stopped by police
- Viennese doctor downplays risk of Ebola
- Vienna fan group for Islamic State militants
- Graz robber drugged her victims
- Analysts see Russian risk for Raiffeisen
- High participation in cannabis legalization initiative
- Austria's young farmers a success story
- Petition against street walkers in Floridsdorf
- ORF selects Vienna for Eurovision 2015
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07 August
- 100 Jews and Muslims meet in Vienna
- Austria not exempt from Russian retaliation
- Pig's head left on Islamic school site
- Man late for train led to dangerous ride
- Church porn shoot woman to face the music
- Small increase in foreigners getting citizenship
- Prisoner robbed banks on day release
- 'Roofer' scales Vienna's Votivkirche
- Hypo bank defaults on bond payments
- Austrian policeman dancing goes viral
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08 August
- Project honours Austrian Holocaust victims
- Gaza protest investigated for hate speech
- Farmers 'will need EU aid after sanctions'
- Austrians love the sun but hate mosquitoes
- Match fixing trial begins in Graz
- Family attacked by beaver whilst paddling
- Protest march against Christian persecution
- The question of begging in Austria
- Banker sentenced for dealing cocaine
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11 August
- Two Chechens dead in apparent murder suicide
- Austria's most unusual spa treatments
- Erdogan wins with 80 percent of Austrian Turks
- Alpbach Forum looks at Europe's 'crossroads'
- Schönbrunn’s panda baby celebrates birthday
- Snakes inspire kindergarten children
- Austria's army 'needs more money'
- Man in coma after elderly aunt shot him
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12 August
- Naked dog walker spotted in Pernitz
- Police 'lack of concern' for child hit by neo-Nazi
- Gay tourists flock to Pink Lake Festival
- Call for more investment in childcare facilities
- Police search for man who robbed post van
- Austria is world's third most peaceful country
- 'Tax Freedom Day' comes later for Austria
- Holocaust survivors to visit Vienna
- Austria launches star walk in Grossmugl
- Animal rights activists stage naked protest
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13 August
- Bizarre rumour of Robin William's death in Austria
- Standard & Poor's downgrades Austrian provinces
- Baby born in Alps at 2,250 metres
- Death threats against Vienna's Yazidis
- Test-drive buyer nabbed by cops at 230 km/h
- Father on trial for murdering step-daughter
- Double tragedy ends the life of two brothers
- The grassroots group uniting Muslims and Jews
- Austrian scientist wins top maths prize
- Killer poacher's gun came from army
- Abandoned baby hedgehogs rescued
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14 August
- Austrian wins name fight with Lady Gaga
- Austrian solidarity mission to Israel
- FPÖ demands answers on illegal dual citizenship
- Police warn of 'nephew' scam
- 'Jealousy' drove 84-year-old to attempt murder
- Police thought stroke victim was drunk
- Explorer injured in Salzburg mountains
- Interpol hunts Bulgarian banker in Vienna
- Russian import ban has cost Austria millions
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18 August
- Islamic Community criticises Israel mission
- Austria is runner-up in calorie consumption
- Carnuntum to host authentic gladiator fights
- Austrian jihadist on Interpol's wanted list
- Large police presence for Vienna fair
- Austrian universities slip in Shanghai rankings
- Kampusch policeman gets ten months' jail
- Why beggars are a problem for Vienna's street paper
- WWII bomb discovery halted U1 trains
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19 August
- Austrians asked to 'eat more apples'
- Six months for protester who attacked police
- Austrian hiker dies in Italian Alps
- Cat video festival comes to Vienna
- Undercover police bust dealers in Leopoldstadt
- Enzis fitted with free Wi-Fi and power points
- Four people smugglers from Syria arrested
- Swedish tabloid editor apologises for Nazi slur
- Airline to blame for woman's airport poo fall
- Alaba is FIFA 15’s Austrian cover star
- Vienna is second most 'liveable city'
- Vienna's luxury streets and boutiques
- Tyrol mosque defaced with swastikas
- Two new suspected Ebola cases in Austria
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20 August
- All-clear given on suspected Ebola cases
- Legal action planned to force piracy blockade
- 3,000 new Kindergarten places announced
- 'Batman' spotted on Vienna's rooftops
- ÖVP calls for Sunday trading in Vienna
- Strabag takes stake in Marriott Grand Hotel
- Kurz warns of 'new cold war' over Ukraine
- Tyrolean separatists see parallels with Scotland
- Two neo-Nazis get jail sentences
- West-Nile virus now confirmed in Austria
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21 August
- Every second black person in Austria 'harassed'
- Austria commences aid flights to Iraq
- Caritas opens hotel with 'social value'
- Conchita does ALS ice bucket challenge
- Cruise in Vienna for Mission Impossible
- Construction begins on Vienna's U5 subway line
- Time limit for street walkers in Floridsdorf
- Incest victim (14) gives birth to son
- Austrians pay more for food than Germans
- 30 horses rescued from burning barn
- Gang selling drug substitutes busted
- No negligence in case of woman killed by cows
- Armed fare-dodger jailed for 12 years
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22 August
- 13 injured in highway pile-up on A22 in Vienna
- Teenager sentenced for running Nazi chat forum
- Nine jihadists placed into remand
- FPÖ in hot water over election posters
- Facebook lawsuit moving forward despite setback
- Austrian student finds baby in box in Brazil
- Majority of drink driving accidents in August
- Vienna's 'unpopular' tourist buses
- 130 jihadists from Austria fighting abroad
- Traffic cops help deliver baby boy
- Mountain bikers risk serious injury
- Holidays financed with black market mushrooms
- Islamophobic attack on 84-year-old woman
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25 August
- Vienna teenager strangles wild boar piglet
- Gnome-napping spree shocks Austria's SPÖ
- Bures to be Austria's speaker of parliament
- Light aircraft crashes while scaring birds
- Fischer criticizes Israel over Gaza
- Vienna 'a hub for European jihadists'
- Jewish Museum: Dealing with recent history
- Crocodile alarm stops Danube boat race
- Caritas head calls for increased foreign aid
- Humans and dogs team up for charity
- Arnold in Australia continued
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26 August
- Chancellor calls for end to religious tensions
- Austrian Finance Minister quits over tax reform
- Tip-off leads to cannabis arrest in Angern
- Suspected female bank robber arrested in Linz
- Call for Austrian ban on Isis symbols
- Six golden rules for the Austrian job hunt
- Faymann expects stable coalition post resignation
- Judge baffled by 'fake abortion' trial
- 23 Afghan refugees intercepted near border
- Controversial Bilderberg meeting slated for Tyrol
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27 August
- People's Party select Mitterlehner as leader
- More Austrians opt for marriage
- Austrian mountain biker killed in Switzerland
- Right-wing FPÖ tops Austrian election poll
- Vienna man shot and injured in drugs dispute
- Austrian Post van robbery was faked
- The Austrian office you might want to live in
- Reactions to election of new party leader mixed
- Poll shows Austrians like beer
- Billionaire's wedding cake bitten by man
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28 August
- Austria 'not prepared' for Ebola
- Chicken trailer catches fire on motorway
- OSCE holds urgent meeting over Ukraine
- Happiness 'about making right choices'
- 'You're just trying to get a sentence out'
- 'Angry rampage' on Tom Cruise film set
- Hypo bank makes further shocking losses
- Record tourist numbers for Austria despite rain
- New U5 colour chosen for Vienna's underground
- Disabled Romanian forced to beg in Vienna
- Tent cities considered for Austria's refugees
- Vienna court threw secret files in rubbish
- Gas explosion destroys Vienna rooftop apartment
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29 August
- 54 explosive shells found on Austrian rail line
- Spindelegger: Defeated by tax reform
- Germanwings strike over but disruption continues
- Austrian GDP revised from 1.6 to 0.9 percent
- German leads Tyrol police on 100km chase
- Octogenarians behaving badly in Austria
- Austrian Special Forces storm 'wrong door'
- Army cuts 'affecting disaster relief'
- Pro-jihad video 'from Bad Gastein'
- Colombian woman stole from Austrian banks
- 30 August