Austria
7 Aug
At least seven people have died amid heavy storms, floods, and landslides across Slovenia, Austria and Croatia. Further north, the extreme weather caused power outages and travel delays.
21 Jun
Vienna Airport customs officials seized almost 90 illegally transported reptiles stowed in one passenger's luggage. The animals were in bad state, some suffering badly from dehydration.
8 Apr
The Austrian Alpine Club said it had never measured such a pronounced annual retreat as in 2022 since beginning its monitoring late in the 19th century.
31 Dec 2022
Visit three ski resorts in the Alps: the luxurious St. Moritz in Switzerland, Ischgl in Austria with its fun après-ski activities, and the Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which is Germany's highest mountain peak.
26 Dec 2022
No name is more synonymous with Germany's national luge team than Olympic and world champion George Hackl. Now, though, the "professor of luge" is trying to help neighboring Austria end German domination in the sport.
11 Oct 2022
Austria has launched legal action against Brussels over its classification of nuclear and gas-powered electricity generation as sustainable. Officials described the label as "irresponsible and unreasonable."
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer and Lindsey Hill, who accused him of sexual assault, have settled their lawsuit outside of court. Hill accused Bauer of two instances of sexual assault, with the district attorney's office refusing to press criminal charges. Despite Bauer not being found guilty of the crime, MLB suspended him for 324 games and was later released by the Dodgers.
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Armenia's parliament votes to join the International Criminal Court in a move that Russia had already said would be an unfriendly step. Meanwhile, there are "surreal" scenes in the abandoned enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Nigeria's major labor unions agreed to suspend a planned nationwide strike after talks with the government. DW looks at what led up to the planned action and how the situation could play out for workers and their unions.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, also known by the initials SBF, has tumbled from crypto king to courtroom defendant. The trial of the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange is due to start on Tuesday 3 October. The fraud charges against him - which he denies - stem from the November 2022 collapse of his now-bankrupt business.
