News Archive for August 2016

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

01 August
- Austrians say same-sex parents are unpopular
- Cash bonus fails to motivate refugees to leave Austria
- Penis tattoo victim gets cover-up design on back
- Soldiers replace police at embassies in Vienna
02 August
- Austria calls for EU to stand up to Turkey
- German hiker dies after falling 100 metres in Austrian Alps
- Storms cause record amounts of damage to crops in Austria
- Italian teen dies from meningitis in Vienna
- Refugee journalists set up radio programme in Austria
03 August
- Mystery woman's body found on Austrian road
- Vienna iron bar murderer declared mentally ill
- Turkish nationalists storm wrong party in Vienna
- OSCE monitors held at gunpoint in Ukraine
04 August
- Austria wants EU to end Turkey membership talks
- Couple get hitched on plane in surprise wedding ceremony
- How could collapse of Turkey migrant deal affect Austria?
- Chilly weather to hit areas of Austria
- 'Terror threats' against Austrian police stations
05 August
- Juncker: Closing EU door to Turkey 'serious mistake'
- Drug dealer makes off with €100K of Austrian police cash
- Vienna church furious over 'devil' pokemon
- Police identify mystery body found on Austrian road
- Ten pieces of Austrian slang you'll never learn in class
- Turkey spars with Austria over racism claims
07 August
- Austria officially opposes 'dictatorship' Turkey's EU bid
08 August
- Austrian far-right compares Turkey crackdown to Nazi fire
- Hiker in Austria rescued after sending SOS via America
- Rare panda baby born in Vienna Zoo
- Glock firing on all cylinders
- Hedgehog rescue by fire service
09 August
- British 'anarchist' evades trial in Austria
- Six years in jail for fatal stabbing in Vienna
- Austrian steelmaker's profits melt down
- New restaurants in Vienna that every foodie should visit
- Driver carries out apparent racist attack in front of police
10 August
- Praise for Austria's tough anti-Turkey stance
- Learn to yodel on an Austrian mountaintop
- Syrian makes it into Austrian second division football
- Accused rapist rapper extradited to Austria for trial
11 August
- Horses get scarred refugee children back in the saddle
- Murder victim identified in Austria after 23 years
- Top tips for watching the meteor shower in Austria
- Teacher fired for endangering children sues old bosses
- Interview with Natascha Kampusch 10 years later
12 August
- Drive-by 'shooters' forced asylum seekers onto ground
- Austria turns away more migrants at Italian border
- Austrian who posted Hitler cat photo is jailed
- Austrian among those injured in Thailand attacks
13 August
- Former Austrian Chancellor takes UN job
14 August
- Hofer proposes burka ban and Turkish passport blocks
- Diplomatic spat over Turkish child sex headline
15 August
- Nine held in alleged rape of German tourist
- Turkey rows with Sweden over child sex allegations
16 August
- Winter weather hits southern Austria
- Panda gives birth to twins in Vienna Zoo
- Two stabbed on Austrian train by German man
- Walkers stumble across two giant snakes in Austria
- Drone nearly collides with Austrian rescue helicopter
17 August
- Nine in jail awaiting trial over rape of tourist in Vienna
- Calls for tougher laws against illegal economic migrants
- Austria wins first medal at Rio Olympics
- German becomes latest hiker to die in Tyrol
18 August
- US rapper charged with sexual abuse in Austria
- OAP spends night alone on an Austrian mountain
- Vienna ranked second most liveable city - again
- Austrian politician compares burqa to nuns habit
- US rapper Gibbs bailed in Austria sex abuse case
19 August
- Three pigs caught helping themselves to cow's milk
- Austria considers "one euro jobs" for refugees
- Surge in passports stolen on Austrian public transport
- Austrian scratches 1,000 cars around Styria
20 August
- Two grenades found buried in Vienna
22 August
- Romanian faces €38,000 fine for begging in Austria
- German learning cafe opens in Vienna
- OAP kills room-mate in care home for being too loud
- Austria considers stripping asylum from criminal refugees
- Turkey escalates diplomatic row with recall
23 August
- Rome wants to send its rubbish to Austria
- Drunk driver damages ten cars in 400 metres
- Austrian pleads not guilty to carving swastikas onto body
24 August
- Swapping Austrian Alps for the Hollywood Hills
- Austrian wins ten year court battle over €2.50
- Ten injured after platform collapses in Austria
- Austria's refugee crisis: One year on
- Chinese Lantern Festival delights and amazes
25 August
- Police bitten and kicked by tourist in Salzburg
- A weekend of classic cars in Vienna
- Austrian nuns recommended for Nobel Peace Prize
26 August
- Expert says smuggling is as high as last year in Austria
- Beach party protest against burqini ban planned in Vienna
- Austrian minister describes Merkel as 'irresponsible'
- Over 50 cats go missing in Austrian town
- A taste of Michelangelo in the heart of Vienna
28 August
- Cops nab accomplice in Austrian ‎€50m caper
29 August
- Technical glitch causes chaos in Vienna airport
- Expert predicts far-right to win Austrian election
- Austrian commits robbery so he can 'start over' in prison
- Drug offences highest in Austria for a decade
- 'Sensational' mammoth tusks found near Vienna
30 August
- Ghost of Austria's 'last monarch' still looms large
- Expats rank Austria as best country for healthcare
- Calls to smoking helpline rocket in Austria
- Police detonate WW2 bomb in Linz
31 August
- Austrian avoids jailtime for tourist dog attack
- Police left stumped by third axe attack on cross
- Ten fun things to do in Austria in September