Fears of a prolonged recession in developing countries and weak crude demand sent oil prices drifting below $55 a barrel Tuesday.

An oversize skull with a built-in sauna is turning heads in the Austrian capital. The white walk-in structure _ situated near a busy Vienna intersection _ is known as...

Many themes swirl through Wagner’s Lohengrin _ love, betrayal, redemption. But at the Vienna State Opera Sunday, the work was mostly a study in darkness and...

Wolfgang Schmitz, former Austrian finance minister and president of the country’s central bank, died early Sunday, his People’s Party said in a statement....

Diplomats say the U.S. and key allies are objecting to an International Atomic Energy Agency offer to help Syria as it considers building a civilian nuclear power...

OPEC plans to meet in a special session Nov. 29 to consult on the rapid erosion of the price of crude, officials of the 13-member producer’s cartel said Friday.

Oil prices held steady Friday after OPEC announced it would meet this month to address crude prices that have fallen 60 percent in just four months.

Oil prices held steady Friday after OPEC announced it would meet this month to address crude prices that have fallen 60 percent in just four months.

An OPEC official says the group plans to meet in a special session Nov. 29 to consult on the rapid erosion of the price of crude.

Oil prices slipped below $58 a barrel Friday after rising overnight, when traders took their cue from a jump in global stock markets.

VIENNA, Austria (AP _ Austria’s privatization agency says it has chosen Lufthansa for exclusive final negotiations to selling its 41.6 percent stake in Austrian...

Authorities in western Austria say they recovered four human fetuses from the home of an elderly woman who recently died.

Austrian prosecutors say the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with murder.

Oil prices slipped to $59 a barrel Wednesday as investors grappled with the prospect that global growth next year will slow more than originally feared, cutting demand...

Samples taken from a Syrian site bombed by Israel on suspicion it was a covert nuclear reactor contained traces of uranium combined with other elements that merit...

Diplomats say uranium has been found in environmental samples from a Syrian site bombed by Israel on suspicion it was a covert nuclear reactor.

Every few months in Austria, vandals topple tombstones in a Jewish cemetery and spray swastikas on the headstones.

Oil prices jumped above $65 a barrel Monday as world stock markets rallied on news of a massive Chinese economic stimulus plan, which could underpin demand for crude.

Oil prices jumped above $64 a barrel Monday as world stock markets rallied on news of a massive Chinese economic stimulus plan, which could underpin demand for crude.

A Chinese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust has been posthumously honored in the Austrian capital.