Steiermark, Austria News

By Lisa Chapman Fourteen Austrian towns reported temperatures below minus 20 degrees Celsius this morning, according to the Central Agency for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna.

Austrian far-right politician JA rg Haider , at the time governor of the province of Carinthia, died in October 2008 in an automobile crash - while driving twice the speed limit and with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit.

By Lisa Chapman A construction worker was left with serious head injuries this morning when a crane he was operating toppled over in La nitzhohe near Graz, Styria.

By Lisa Chapman A rabbi ended up in hospital when an angry Palestinian attacked him during a Hannukah celebration in Vienna.

The Austrian state is to take over bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria, the Finance Ministry announced Monday, ending months of embarrassment for the bank's previous German majority owner.

FMA discovered hidden risks in screening process. Faymann says decision prevents - incalculable damage'. OeNB and IV welcome agreement.

Last month, Gecko Systems announced that it had been running trials of its "fully autonomous personal companion home-care robot," also known as a "CareBot," designed to help elderly or disabled people to live independently.

By Lisa Chapman The Austrian subsidiary of German construction firm Hochtief is to build Salzburg's new main railway station in a 50 million Euro-deal, it was announced today .

Bayerische Landesbank is selling its 67 percent stake for 1 euro and is injecting 825 million euros into the company, Austrian Finance Minister Josef Proell said at a press conference in Vienna, broadcast on the ministry Web site, following negotiations that lasted the whole night.

A candle-lit procession makes a solemn passage through jolly, rosy-cheeked throngs standing at mulled wine and chestnut stands in the old quarter of Graz, Austria's second city.

Lisa Chapman A 65-year-old Graz man who robbed a bank to pay for therapy for a friend's multiple sclerosis has been jailed.

By David Rogers Austrian authorities are pressing Carinthian Hypo Alpe Adria bank's owners to help save the ailing bank.

BMW may be expanding production of the Mini family into more factories as the U.K. facility runs up against capacity limitations.

After all, when you're dropping that kind of coin, you don't want to see yourself coming and going all the time.

Kjetil Trodal Thorsen is the Norwegian architect who designed the interior and exterior of the world-renowned Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which won the Houens Fond Diploma Prize and the Aga Khan Prize.

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David Irving's recent life has made him look more like an outlaw than an historian.

NIGHTWISH frontwoman Anette Olzon joined the Finnish rock band THE RASMUS this week on the Finnish TV show "Ne Salmiset" to perform THE RASMUS ' new single, "October & April" . The performance was broadcast earlier today on Finland's MTV3 and can be viewed below .

Despite having been officially dropped, the "no-Santa" logo remains a prominent symbol on the 72 unofficial Facebook groups that have sprung up to support the cause Campaigners in Austria claim the jolly bearded man who brings presents and joy to children around the world is an invention of Coca Cola and synonymous with gaudy commercialism.

Nov. 29 - The Austrian city of Graz celebrates the unveiling of its world-famous Nativity scene made entirely out of ice.