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Teen ISIS Supporter Admits To Planning "Bloodbath" At Taylor Swift Concert
An Austrian teenager arrested over an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna planned to carry out a suicide attack that would have caused a "bloodbath" and had vowed loyalty to Islamic State (IS), authorities said on Thursday.
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Austrian Teacher Fired By School For Moonlighting As Online Sex Coach
The educational authority in Upper Austria promptly initiated an evaluation of the teacher's side hustle after being alerted to it.
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Austria Suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Batch After Woman's Death
Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday.
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Nobel Prize 2019: Olga Tokarczuk Wins 2018 Nobel For Literature, Peter Handke For 2019
Nobel Prize In Literature 2019: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have been named the 2018 and 2019 winners of Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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Amazon Sees Antitrust Complaint Filed Against It by Austrian Retailers
In a statement outlining its complaint, the Retail Association said the "main problem" was Amazon's dual role as retailer and marketplace.
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Raids In Austria As 'Terror' Suspect Grilled
Austrian police raided several addresses early Saturday as they grilled a suspected Islamic extremist thought to have been planning an attack, authorities said.
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'Terror Threats' Against Austrian Police Stations
Austrian authorities said they increased security measures after receiving emailed "terror threats" today on police stations but added there was "no need to panic".
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Michael Fassbender to Play Serial Killer in Entering Hades
Entering Hades is based on John Leake's crime novel about Jack Unterweger, a celebrated Austrian journalist and best-selling author who led a double life investigating murders by day and killing by night
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Man Drowns Himself Using Concrete Weight Containing His Wife's Head
A man strangled and dismembered his wife, entombed her head in concrete and then used the concrete block as a weight to drown himself in an Austrian lake, authorities said Tuesday.
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Key Paris Suspect Had 'Holiday' in Austria
Wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was in Austria in September, telling police after arriving from Germany with two men that he was "on holiday", Austrian authorities said today.
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To Spite Heirs, She Cut Up a Million Dollars Into Pieces
An Austrian 85-year-old cut up into tiny pieces almost a million euros ($1.1 million) in an apparent attempt to spite her heirs, authorities said Thursday.
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US-EU Data Deal at Risk in Facebook Case Judgment
The landmark case stems from a complaint against Facebook lodged against Irish authorities by Austrian law student Max Schrems.
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Thousands More Migrants on Their Way into Austria: Police
Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday, after a brief lull in arrivals gave them a chance to re-stock reception centres.
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Monday's Migrant Influx By Rail to Vienna Biggest This Year: Police
A total of 3,650 migrants reached Vienna by train Monday, this year's biggest daily number, Austrian police said, after Hungarian authorities allowed people stuck in makeshift refugee camps to leave Budapest despite many not having EU visas.
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Austria Toughens Border Controls in Trafficking Clampdown
Austrian authorities toughened controls along the country's eastern borders on Monday, stopping hundreds of refugees and arresting five traffickers in a clampdown that followed last week's gruesome discovery of 71 dead migrants in a truck.
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Teen ISIS Supporter Admits To Planning "Bloodbath" At Taylor Swift Concert
An Austrian teenager arrested over an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna planned to carry out a suicide attack that would have caused a "bloodbath" and had vowed loyalty to Islamic State (IS), authorities said on Thursday.
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Austrian Teacher Fired By School For Moonlighting As Online Sex Coach
The educational authority in Upper Austria promptly initiated an evaluation of the teacher's side hustle after being alerted to it.
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Austria Suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Batch After Woman's Death
Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday.
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Nobel Prize 2019: Olga Tokarczuk Wins 2018 Nobel For Literature, Peter Handke For 2019
Nobel Prize In Literature 2019: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have been named the 2018 and 2019 winners of Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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Amazon Sees Antitrust Complaint Filed Against It by Austrian Retailers
In a statement outlining its complaint, the Retail Association said the "main problem" was Amazon's dual role as retailer and marketplace.
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Raids In Austria As 'Terror' Suspect Grilled
Austrian police raided several addresses early Saturday as they grilled a suspected Islamic extremist thought to have been planning an attack, authorities said.
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'Terror Threats' Against Austrian Police Stations
Austrian authorities said they increased security measures after receiving emailed "terror threats" today on police stations but added there was "no need to panic".
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Michael Fassbender to Play Serial Killer in Entering Hades
Entering Hades is based on John Leake's crime novel about Jack Unterweger, a celebrated Austrian journalist and best-selling author who led a double life investigating murders by day and killing by night
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Man Drowns Himself Using Concrete Weight Containing His Wife's Head
A man strangled and dismembered his wife, entombed her head in concrete and then used the concrete block as a weight to drown himself in an Austrian lake, authorities said Tuesday.
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Key Paris Suspect Had 'Holiday' in Austria
Wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was in Austria in September, telling police after arriving from Germany with two men that he was "on holiday", Austrian authorities said today.
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To Spite Heirs, She Cut Up a Million Dollars Into Pieces
An Austrian 85-year-old cut up into tiny pieces almost a million euros ($1.1 million) in an apparent attempt to spite her heirs, authorities said Thursday.
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US-EU Data Deal at Risk in Facebook Case Judgment
The landmark case stems from a complaint against Facebook lodged against Irish authorities by Austrian law student Max Schrems.
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Thousands More Migrants on Their Way into Austria: Police
Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday, after a brief lull in arrivals gave them a chance to re-stock reception centres.
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Monday's Migrant Influx By Rail to Vienna Biggest This Year: Police
A total of 3,650 migrants reached Vienna by train Monday, this year's biggest daily number, Austrian police said, after Hungarian authorities allowed people stuck in makeshift refugee camps to leave Budapest despite many not having EU visas.
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Austria Toughens Border Controls in Trafficking Clampdown
Austrian authorities toughened controls along the country's eastern borders on Monday, stopping hundreds of refugees and arresting five traffickers in a clampdown that followed last week's gruesome discovery of 71 dead migrants in a truck.
