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Austrian switched at birth unlikely to meet 'real' parents
An Austrian who may have been switched at birth is unlikely to ever meet her birth parents after a call for hundreds of women to come forward and be tested failed to find another switched baby.
Two cases of babies trapped in hot cars
Tragedy was narrowly averted on Thursday when rescue services were called out to two cases of infants trapped in overheating cars. Meanwhile, temperatures soared over much of the country.
Tragedy as Austrian mother found dead after killing baby
A young Austrian mother who had gone missing while on holiday in Italy has been found dead along with her five-month-old baby, having committed suicide after killing the child.
Second baby switch at Austrian hospital
Two mothers who had just given birth in a hospital in Graz were handed the wrong newborn babies after a nurse switched them by accident.
Woman gives birth in metro station
A 35-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby girl at Vienna’s Westbahnhof underground train station on Tuesday night is in good health and recovering in hospital.
Newborn found abandoned in rubbish bin
A newborn boy who was found in a dustbin on Tuesday evening in Klagenfurt is now in a stable condition in hospital after almost dying of hypothermia.
Happy ending for abandoned baby
A newborn girl who was found abandoned in an apartment block in Liezen, Styria on Sunday has been adopted.
Sixty-year-old Austrian gives birth to twins
In a first for Austria, a 60-year-old woman has given birth to twins in a clinic in Wels-Grieskirchen in Upper Austria, following IVF treatment.
Three months for mum who abandoned baby
A young woman from Vienna received a three month conditional sentence on Tuesday for abandoning her newborn baby in a stairwell.
Man leaves baby on U6 metro
A desperate young father realized only after exiting the carriage of the U6 metro train that he'd left his baby on board.
Toddler's window fall saved by bushes
A two-year-old boy had a lucky escape when he fell around four metres from a window in Vienna’s Simmering district, escaping without serious injury.
Mother of abandoned newborn found
The mother of a newborn baby left abandoned in the stairwell of a Vienna apartment block has been tracked down by police.
Newborn girl found in Vienna stairwell
Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby, found abandoned in the stairwell of a Vienna apartment block on Saturday.
Traffic cops help deliver baby boy
Police who stopped a man who ran several red lights in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus in Vienna took on more than they bargained for when it turned out the man’s wife was in labour.
Austrian student finds baby in box in Brazil
An Austrian student living in Brazil found an abandoned baby in a box and saved its life.
Baby born in Alps at 2,250 metres
A mountain rescue team climbed to the aid of a pregnant woman who went into early labour in the Austrian Alps in Tyrol.