Italy’s record jackpot climbs to €135.9 million as lotto fever spreads across EuropeROME — Italy’s record-breaking state lottery on Thursday once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who had crossed the border to join the hunt for the rising jackpot. Lotto fever burns in Italy for €131.5 million jackpot; lucky Germans flown in to buy ticketsROME — Germans, Austrians and other foreigners are heading into Italy to play the lottery ahead of a record €131.5 ($186 million) jackpot, including some who flew into Milan for a few hours just for a chance to win Thursday night. Lotto fever burns in Italy for euro131.5 million jackpot; lucky Germans flown in to buy ticketsROME — Germans, Austrians and other foreigners are heading into Italy to play the lottery ahead of a record euro131.5 ($186 million) jackpot, including some who flew into Milan for a few hours just for a chance to win Thursday night. APNewsBreak: Iran calls for international ban on strikes against nuke facilitiesVIENNA, Austria — Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, proposed Wednesday that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban such attacks. Austrian woman reports otter attack in Wis., says she doesn’t hold grudge against the animalsDRUMMOND, Wis. — An Austrian woman on vacation in Wisconsin is getting rabies shots after she said she was bitten by otters while swimming in a lake. Oil up, but below $71 in afternoon European trading as investors eye stock markets, US FedVIENNA — Oil prices edged up Tuesday, but stayed below $71 a barrel as crude investors joined a pause in a stock market rally ahead of a U.S. central bank policy meeting. AP Interview: Promoter says Jackson tribute in Vienna to include 3-hour live TV broadcastVIENNA — Next month’s tribute to Michael Jackson on the grounds of a 17th century palace in Vienna will feature a three-hour, star-studded show to be televised live to a global audience of 1 billion people, the event promoter said Tuesday. About 1,000 residents displaced after fire at Michigan fuel facility may return homeVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility that caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations may have started near an electric meter, authorities said Wednesday. Fire at Michigan fuel facility may have started near electric meter, flames are mostly outVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility that caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations may have started near an electric meter, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities: Fire at Michigan fuel storage facility that prompted evacuations is ‘mostly out’VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say crews have contained a fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations. Crews to return to Michigan fuel storage facility where blaze sparked explosions, evacuationsVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Fire crews planned to return Wednesday to a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze sparked multiple oil barrel explosions and prompted area evacuations. Oil barrels explode as fire rages at Mich. fuel storage site, residents evacuated for milesVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Exploding oil barrels flew into the air as a fire raged Tuesday at a fuel storage facility about 65 miles north of Detroit, authorities said. Area residents were evacuated and two firefighters suffered minor injuries. Ailing Austrian Airlines reports 1H, Q2 losses amid ‘extremely weak demand’VIENNA — Austrian Airlines, the ailing carrier due to be taken over by Germany’s Lufthansa, reported losses for the second quarter and first half of the year on Tuesday, blaming the slump in demand affecting the global aviation industry. EU to approve Lufthansa bid for Austrian AirlinesBRUSSELS — The European Union’s antitrust chief says she will clear Lufthansa’s bid for Austrian Airlines. Future of Austrian Holocaust institute unclear amid dispute over Jewish archive accessVIENNA — The future of an Austrian institute for Holocaust studies was in doubt Tuesday over a dispute with the city’s Jewish community. Austrian foundations says experts have discovered 2 unknown piano pieces by MozartVIENNA — The International Mozarteum Foundation says it has discovered two new works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. EU says Lufthansa made a new offer to soothe antitrust concerns on Austrian Airlines bidBRUSSELS — Lufthansa has made a new offer to try and soothe antitrust concerns over its bid for Austrian Airlines, European Union regulators say. A by-the-numbers look at Europe’s planned Nabucco gas pipeline projectHere are basic facts about the Nabucco gas pipeline agreed Monday among Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria. Turkey, EU countries sign deal for pipeline to carry gas from Caspian, MideastANKARA, Turkey — European countries on Monday sealed an important agreement aimed at diversifying the continent’s energy sources — but their pipeline project to bring natural gas from Central Asia and the Middle East to Europe can’t entirely break Russia’s dominance. Turkey, EU countries to sign deal for pipeline to carry gas from Caspian, MideastANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and five European Union countries will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at reducing Europe’s reliance on Russian energy by running a gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea region to the EU via Turkey. EU says Lufthansa is not allaying antitrust concerns on Austrian Airlines takeoverBRUSSELS — European Union regulators charged Friday that Lufthansa AG has not done enough to allay antitrust concerns over its bid for Austrian Airlines and they are now unlikely to approve it by the end of the month. Austria aiding US, British prosecutors checking possible Madoff ties to Vienna bankerVIENNA — U.S. and British investigators have joined Austrian prosecutors in examining possible ties between a Vienna fund manager and disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, whose multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme wiped out thousands of investors and charities worldwide, an official said Monday. Turkey says deal reached on Nabucco gas project, intergovernmental pact to be signed July 13ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said Monday it had reached a deal with several European countries over the terms of the proposed Nabucco pipeline meant to supply Europe with gas, and that they would sign an intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13. Vanhoenacker wins Ironman Austria for 4th straight year; Bayliss takes women’s titleKLAGENFURT, Austria — Marino Vanhoenacker of Belgium has set a course record in winning his fourth straight Ironman Austria triathlon, while Bella Bayliss of Britain has won the women’s event. Ailing Austrian Airlines to cut 1,000 jobs by mid-2010 to boost competitivenessVIENNA — Austrian Airlines, the ailing carrier due to be taken over by Germany’s Lufthansa AG, said Thursday it will cut about 1,000 jobs by mid-2010 as part of an effort to boost its competitiveness. Austrian university launches online database to honor students, teachers expelled by NazisVIENNA — Kurt Elias vividly remembers the day in 1938 when the Nazis barred him from entering the University of Vienna because he was Jewish. European leaders mark 1989 fall of Iron Curtain, a key episode leading to end of communismBUDAPEST, Hungary — European leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the symbolic fall of the Iron Curtain, often described as the first crack in the Berlin Wall and one of the key episodes leading to the end of communism in Eastern Europe, in Budapest on Saturday. Hungary remembers 1989 fall of the Iron Curtain, a key episode leading to the end of communismBUDAPEST, Hungary — European leaders gathered on Saturday in Budapest to mark the 20th anniversary of the symbolic fall of the Iron Curtain, often described as the first crack in the Berlin Wall and one of the key episodes leading to the end of communism in Eastern Europe. Austria: About 1,000 people hold vigil in support of Iranian demonstrators, victims of regimeVIENNA — At least a thousand people have held a vigil in support of Iranian opposition protesters and victims of the country’s regime. Police attack on black American shows discrimination faced by ethnic minorities in AustriaVIENNA — Mike Brennan was getting off a Vienna subway when two undercover police officers pounced on him, mistaking him for a drug dealer. Months later, the 35-year-old black American is still recovering from his injuries — and waiting for a satisfactory apology. |
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