News Archive for May 2016

Here you can find articles published in May 2016. Return to full archive here

02 May
- May Day boos for Austrian leader after far-right shock
- Father dies trying to prevent son's suicide
- American au-pair may have been killed by jealous lover
- Austria's new tobacco law comes under fire
03 May
- Austrian OAP drives wrong way 11km down a motorway
- Prince's piano awaits auction in Austrian cellar
- Further evidence of rise in far-right crime in Austria
04 May
- EU probes possible financial data manipulation in Salzburg
- Brexit would leave expats in 'ghastly' legal limbo for years
- Italians plan third refugee demo at Austrian border
- OAPs steal maypole with their zimmer frames
06 May
- Austria's far-right candidate seeks to soften image
- Renzi blasts 'anachronistic' Austria over border plan
- Police hold crisis talks after brutal murder in Vienna
- The winner of our 'Hidden Vienna' photo competition
- Beheaded lamb mystery leaves police stumped
- Turning a red city blue
- Immigration issues shape election battle
07 May
- Italy-Austria border controls 'political catastrophe'
- Hundreds protest again at Brenner Pass checks
08 May
- Nigerian corruption detention struck down
09 May
- Police APC protects right-wing vigil for murder victim
- Empty suitcases outside minister's home spark terror alarm
- Austrians urged to fight right-wing extremism
- Austrian chancellor steps down after election drubbing
10 May
- Who will be Austria's new Chancellor?
- British expats: have your say in this historic decision
- Is Austria turning blue?
- Austrian climber survives 800 metre mountain fall
- Austrian beauty spot at risk from urinating tourists
- Austria may soon join Europe for a winter coffee outside
11 May
- Hero soldier rescues OAP from burning house
- Klepto Leicester supporter nabbed by airport police
- Austria struggles to improve gender equality at work
12 May
- Job: leader needed for 'medium size' country
- Historic Austrian palace roof goes up in flames
- ‘Ice cream’ killer begins publishing internship
- Rail boss Kern looks set to be new Austrian chancellor
13 May
- Brits: don't let bumbling councils steal your vote
- Europe's biggest vegan festival back in Vienna
- Austria's disputed asylum law passes final political hurdle
- EU likely to 'divorce' UK if Brexit happens
- Poisonous viper bites six-year-old in Austria
- Mum hides 1.5kg of cocaine under baby
- Rail boss Kern chosen as Austria's new chancellor
- Christian Kern: no more normal service
- Austria backs down on Brenner Pass border checks
16 May
- Why talk of barriers is opening up old wounds in South Tyrol
- Prosecution on cards for Islam comments
- Croatian army weapons seized by Austrian police
17 May
- World powers meet in Vienna to save Syria peace hopes
- More syringes found stuck into train seats in Austria
- 'No better place' than Vienna to bring up kids
- Negative Facebook reviews could benefit business
- Austria swears in new chancellor as far-right looms
18 May
- Group jailed for beating up dad protecting his daughter
- South Tyrol under pressure as Austria turns back migrants
- Thief tries to mug police officer by mistake
- Where to watch UEFA Euro 2016 in Vienna
- Agreement reached on failed bank bailout
19 May
- Brits: Why vote away your right to move in Europe?
- Foreigners 'finance Austria's pension system'
- Summer weather for Austria's presidential runoff vote
- Desperate wife laced husband's coffee with rat poison
- Austrians choose between Blue and Green this weekend
- A gift for Euroskeptics?
20 May
- Tick warning for Austria after mild winter
- Austrian police storm wrong apartment
- Austrian dairy startup pays back investors with cheese
22 May
- Three die in gun rampage in western Austria
- Austrian election too close to call
23 May
- Austrian gunman may have been right-wing extremist
- 'Guilty' penguin thieves return statue to Vienna cafe
- Tragedy as Austrian mother found dead after killing baby
- EU waits with bated breath as Austria counts the votes
- Left-winger van der Bellen wins Austrian presidential election
24 May
- All you need to know about Austria's new president
- Inmate ran €30K fraud scheme from Austrian prison cell
- Defeated far-right call for calm amid 'election fraud' claim
- FPÖ failure shows opposition to rightward surge
- FPÖ claims moral victory in defeat
25 May
- Large roof fire causes traffic chaos in Vienna
- Salzburg court sides with beggars over police fine
- Austria steps up anti-migrant patrols at Italian border
- Far-right party in Villach files election complaint
- Austrian firm fires CEO after €50-million cyber scam
- Turkey deal 'on track' as Austria preps for migrants
26 May
- Facebook on shaky ground after activist's latest victory
- Deadline for overseas Brexit voters looms
- Captain America inspiration behind Vienna Hyperloop
27 May
- Austria's super rich are becoming 'poorer'
- Austria's 'free sex' brothel owner arrested in tax dispute
- Weekend promises both hailstones and sunshine
- Young Austrian millionaire dies after falling from window
- Murder-suicide in Braunau am Inn, birthplace of Hitler
- Fresh attempt to seize Hitler's birth house
29 May
- Storms batter Upper and Lower Austria overnight
- Neo-Nazi arrested after asylum-seeker threats
- Freedom Party claims election fraud rife
30 May
- Batman takes on 'corrupt bureaucrats' in Austrian town
- Fireman dies in Austria on flooding call out
- Tenants in Vienna may be overpaying rent by €8 million
31 May
- Austrian government: 'No shift in election result'
- Austrian 'Batman' returns and this time it's serious
- Austria struggles to compete with European neighbours
- Venomous snake on the loose near Vienna