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Police: Cannabis on busy Vienna thoroughfare
VIENNA (AP) — Vienna police have shut down an unusual cannabis "ring" — hemp growing along the Austrian capital's busy Ring Street encircling the city's center. Alerted by a news article about the illegal crop, police officers on Friday... -
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ReutersDirector Costa-Gavras: European cinema could not survive without state protection By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Filmmaking could not exist in Europe without the support of governments, veteran director Costa-Gavras told an audience at the Los...Tags: Zurich (Swiss Confederation), North Korea, Ai Weiwei, Berlin (Germany), Brazil
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Austria may delay peacekeepers' withdrawal from Golan
ReutersVIENNA, June 18 (Reuters) - Austria may withdraw its peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights more slowly than first planned to allow the United Nations extra time to arrange an orderly handover, Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said on Tuesday....Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Israel, International Organizations, United Nations, Werner Faymann
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Austria corruption crackdown spreading its net wide
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Suspicions of bribery at Austria's central bank have dragged it into a nationwide crackdown on corruption that has shaken confidence in the country's highest ranks of power and prestige. Vienna prosecutors this week charged nine...Tags: Corporate Crime, Justice System, Telekom Austria AG, Political Corruption, Prosecution
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Austrian central banker charged in bribe case
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna prosecutors charged nine people on Thursday, including the deputy governor of the Austrian National Bank, over suspected bribes in banknote contracts with Azerbaijan and Syria. Wolfgang Duchatczek, 63, and the other suspects...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Bribery
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Salzburg Festival lets Pereira go early to La Scala
ReutersVIENNA, June 12 (Reuters) - The Salzburg Festival has agreed to let director Alexander Pereira go early after falling out over his new post as manager of Milan opera house La Scala. Pereira, who upset Austria's cultural establishment by taking on the...Tags: Siemens, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music, Festive Events
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Floods could cost Germany 12 billion euros in economic damage, warns Fitch
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Floods that have devastated parts of southern and eastern Germany could briefly impede growth in Europe's biggest economy, an industry body said, while ratings agency Fitch said the economic cost could be as high as 12 billion euros....Tags: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Natural Disasters, Germany, Berlin (Germany)
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Austria begins withdrawing peacekeepers from Golan
ReutersVIENNA, June 11 (Reuters) - Austria has begun withdrawing peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, winding down a four-decade mission due to spillover fighting from the Syrian civil war, the defence ministry said. A Reuters journalist on the Golan said...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, United Nations, International Organizations, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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READER SUBMITTED: Burlington Resident Honored For Academic Achievement At Providence College
BurlingtonEliza Mandzik, a resident of Burlington, who was awarded a bachelor's degree during Providence College commencement ceremonies held on May 19, was recently honored for her academic achievements. Mandzik graduated summa cum laude and received the...Tags: Financial Aid, Culture, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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FACTBOX-Potential Raiffeisen Bank International CEO candidates
ReutersVIENNA, June 6 (Reuters) - The supervisory board of Raiffeisen Bank International meets on Friday to select a successor for Chief Executive Herbert Stepic, who resigned last month. Stepic, 66, has denied wrongdoing in using front companies in the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Finance, Austria
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INTERVIEW-ECB's Nowotny says better to revive bank lending than cut rates
Reuters* Euro zone economy on track for H2 recovery * Should not overestimate effect of rate cuts at low level * Focus should be on measures to provide more liquidity * ECB thinking about lowering haircuts on ABS * Monetary policy to remain accommodative for...Tags: European Central Bank, European Union, Economy, Business and Finance, Germany, Finance
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Soccer-Austrian championship results and standings
ReutersMay 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Austrian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, May 26 Rapid Vienna 3 Ried 0 Salzburg 3 Austria Vienna 0 Sturm Graz 0 SC Wiener Neustadt 3 Mattersburg 0 FC Admira Wacker Modling 1 WAC/ST....Tags: Austria
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