Austria (German language: Österreich, Croatian: Austrija, Hungarian: Ausztria, Slovenian: Avstrija) is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Its capital is the city of Vienna.

Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutrality. Austria is a member of the United Nations (since 1955) and the European Union (since 1995). For the first half of 2006, Austria again held the seat of the Presidency of the EU.

Origin and history of the name

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Austria arrests ex-Russian mayor
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:30:49 -0000
VIENNA, Austria : Austrian authorities say they have arrested a former Russian mayor wanted on corruption charges in his country.
Montenegro court convicts 4 Michigan residents of plotting ethnic Albanian rebellion
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:34:59 -0000
Four Michigan residents were among 12 ethnic Albanians convicted Tuesday of plotting a rebellion to carve out a homeland within the tiny Balkan republic of Montenegro.
Austria's Haider to return as party leader
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:13:21 -0000
VIENNA, Austria : Right-wing politician Joerg Haider said Saturday that he will return as leader of the slumping breakaway party he formed in 2005.
Oil prices edge up on Nigeria pipeline attacks
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:01:06 -0000
Oil prices fell Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened and helped outweigh supply concerns sparked by the sabotage of two oil pipelines by militants in Nigeria.
Austria: Plutonium leak at IAEA contained
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:11:19 -0000
VIENNA, Austria : The International Atomic Energy Agency said plutonium had leaked in one of its laboratories Sunday but no radiation escaped the building and no one was hurt.
Josef Fritzl may face slavery charges
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:51:59 -0000
Austrian authorities are considering charging Josef Fritzl with slavery in a bid to ensure he serves a lengthier prison sentence after it emerged that he could only be facing ten years in jail.

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