Austrian investment newsletter encouraging foreign investments in Austria says your business investment in the country is on the safe side.

Do you remember the 73 year-old Josef Fritzl from Austria who kept her own daughter as a sex slave and repeatedly raped her having children from her? Tomorrow his trial begins in Austria and he may have to pay her daughter a fortune. The only way he can do that is by selling his story to the media and giving the media access to the basement where he kept her daughter as sex slave.

Austria is not just the homeland of famous classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as it is widely known. It is also a country overflowing with a rich cultural heritage, beautiful natural scenery and an interesting history, which is why it is a great idea to have family holidays in Austria.

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed "sadness, repentance and friendship" to the Jewish people at the start of his three-day trip to Austria.

The State Department Thursday rejected comments by Austria's defense minister that the U.S. missile defense system planned for central Europe is unnecessary and amounts to a Cold War-style provocation. U.S. officials say the system, to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic, is intended to counter a potential missile threat from Iran. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.

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In the past few years Vienna Airport has developed into Austria’s most important job engine. Almost 16,000 persons hold full-time positions in 230 enterprises located directly in Schwechat. Airport Vienna safeguards indirectly another 52,000 jobs (30 percent more than in 1999) in supplier companies.

At the Transport Logistic 2007 RCA-Affiliate Car Rail Logistics Presented a Worldwide Unique Wagon Concept and a New Prototype of Wagon for Enclosed Car Transport

Who Will Make it at Next Years Euro 2008? In-Depth Analysis With WINunited.com This time next year, the UEFA European Football Championship will already be in full swing. From June 7th to 29th, 16 teams will be vying for the title in Austria and Switzerland.

Austrian authorities returned a Stradivari violin worth at least euro 2 million (US$2.7 million) to its owner Wednesday, more than a week after it was stolen from a safe in the musician's apartment.

Who will be the next director of the Vienna State Opera, one of the greatest opera houses of the World? The government was to announce the appointment later in the day, and major Austrian dailies pushed aside top international news to make space for the big opera story.

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Thursday, May 24th, that it had completed the construction of the first section of the Haidach underground gas storage facility in Salzburg, Austria, together with Austria's RAG and Russian-German joint venture WINGAS.