Border controls with the Czech Republic will be extended until at least mid-April, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported, citing government sources; they had been introduced last October as measures in the fight against international smuggling organisations

The painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt entitled 'Portrait of Miss Lieser', disappeared a century ago and found in January this year, was sold at an auction in Vienna for €30 million

The country has launched a €250.000 support program for single wagon transport in Tirol, the Southern region on the border with Italy

Austria's glaciers will disappear within 45 years, warned the Austrian Alpine Club, in its latest glacier measurement report describing the rapid reduction of 93 glaciers in Austria over the past two years