Austria

Holiday souvenir poisons couple
An Austrian couple suffered severe lead poisoning after using a Greek souvenir pottery jug as tea pot.
12:44 Wednesday 26th September 2001

Austrian bankers deny Brown's 'terror accounts' claim
A British call to relax bank secrecy to combat global terrorism has been rejected by Austrian financiers.
16:15 Monday 24th September 2001

Radar finds Roman stronghold ruins
Scientists using radar have found the heart of a first century Roman military camp.
11:53 Monday 24th September 2001

Circus staff and protesters clash
Austrian police are investigating claims that a circus director used his elephants to trample animal rights protesters outside his big top.
11:45 Tuesday 18th September 2001

Rooftop observatory is cover for brothel
A rooftop observatory in Vienna which promised to show heavenly bodies to visitors has been closed after police found it was a cover for a brothel.
09:54 Monday 10th September 2001

Heater and oil caused ski car disaster
A defective heater combined with highly flammable hydraulic brake oil to cause the fire in an Austrian cable car that claimed 155 lives.
15:05 Thursday 6th September 2001

Winter comes early to the Alps
Winter has come to the Alps early this year with snow falls already reported in Austria, Switzerland and southern Germany.
10:14 Thursday 6th September 2001

Austrian puts way to British Open Minigolf title
Austrain Heinz Weber has won the British Open Minigolf title, beating 40 other players to the crown.
12:02 Monday 3rd September 2001

'Faulty heating system' blamed for Austrian tunnel fire
Experts working to determine the cause of an Alpine cable car fire that killed 155 people trapped in a tunnel have blamed a defective heater for the blaze, say reports.
10:08 Friday 31st August 2001

Second World War explosives discovered on bridge
Second World War explosives have been discovered attached to the pillars of an Austrian bridge.
16:15 Thursday 30th August 2001

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