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Austria sets up consulate general in China's Chengdu

AustriahassetupaconsulategeneralinChengdu,capitalofsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince,withAustrianPresidentAlexanderVanderBellenattendingtheopeningceremonyWednesda

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China, Austria agree to establish friendly strategic partnership

ChinesePresidentXiJinpingheldawelcomeceremonyonSundayforvisitingAustrianPresidentAlexanderVanderBelleninBeijing.ThetwoagreedtoestablishaSino-Austrianfriendlystr

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Austrian far right to return to government

Austria'sconservativePeople'sPartyhasagreedacoalitionwiththefar-rightFreedomParty.ThedealcomestwomonthsafteraparliamentaryelectionwhichthePeople'sPartywonbutwit

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Explosion at major Austrian gas hub, one dead, 18 injured

AnexplosionrockedoneofEurope'sbiggestgaspipelinehubsinAustriaonTuesday,leavingonepersondeadand18injured,emergencyservicessaid.TheincidenthappenedatBaumgarteneas

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Austria's top court allows same-sex marriage

Austria'stopcourthasruledthatsame-sexcouplescanmarryfrom2019atthelatest,bringingtheoftenconservativeAlpinecountryintolinewithmorethanadozenotherEuropeannations.

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Austria's likely next chancellor hopes to form govt. in 60 days: paper

Austria'slikelynextchancellor,SebastianKurz,wantstalksoveranewgovernmenttolastnomorethantwomonths,hesaidinanewspaperinterviewpublishedinSunday.Austria'spresiden

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Austria elections: A swing to the right<br>

"IslamisnotapartofAustria,"saidHeinz-ChristianStracheattheFreedomParty’s(FPO)finalelectionrally.Thecrowdscheeredthefar-rightcandidateforChancellor,asaroundtheou

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Austrian chancellor in last-ditch election warning

Austria'sembattledleft-wingchancellorgavealast-ditchwarningonSaturdaytovotersnottoallowthecountrytoturnrightwithacoalitionoftheconservativesandthefar-right."Aus

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EU migrant crisis: Austria can deport asylum seekers, court says

The EU's top court has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances.

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Austria bars Turkish economy minister over rally plans

AustriasaidMondayithadbarredTurkishEconomyMinisterNihatZeybekcifromenteringthecountrytoattendarallymarkingtheanniversaryoflastyear'sfailedcoupattemptinTurkey."H

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Austria's FM elected as chief of Austrian people's party

Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzwaselectedonSundayasthechiefofAustrianpeople'sparty(OVP).Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzleavesafterameetingofAustrian

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Austrian presidential vote hints at swing against Trump effect

Austria is too small a sample from which to tell if the populist tide is abating, with Europe still faces pivotal elections next year in France and Germany, as well as the possibility of a snap election in Italy.

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Austria threatens to sue Hungary over migrants

Austria's interior minister threatened on Wednesday to sue Hungary if it refused to take back migrants who had crossed their shared border, as political tensions mounted over immigration before presidential elections.

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Italy, Austria agree to avoid Brenner Pass closure after talks in Rome

Italy and Austria agreed on common terms in order to avoid closure of the Brenner Pass border, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Thursday.

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Austrian interior minister sets upper limit for number of asylum seekers

​Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner on Monday stated that in her view Austria will limit the number of asylum seekers accepted in 2016 to a fixed 37,500.

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Tougher German border controls leave 14,000 migrants stuck in Austria

​Tougher German border controls have led to a huge increase in the number of migrants stuck in Austria awaiting onward travel, an allegedly confidential document from the Austrian federal government claimed.