Citizens celebrated in beer gardens and restaurants the end of six-months lockdown; access granted with Covid-19 passport

Stephanie Venier, 31, announced the end of her skiing career; world champion with gold in the Super-G and bronze in the team combination, Venier caused a sensation last winter in Saalbach-Hinterglemm but has recently suffered a lack of motivation

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier in a freefall jump in 2012, died in a paragliding crash on Italy's eastern coast; he was 56 and reportedly died because of a heart attack while flying

Two streets in Braunau am Inn, Adolf Hitler's hometown, are to be renamed following a 28 to 9 vote by the city council as they are named after classical music composer Josef Reiter and entertainer Franz Resl, both of whom were Nazi party members

A convicted Syrian offender has been deported to his country, marking its first forced return to Syria in 15 years