Vienna - German state premier Dieter Althaus was charged with manslaughter by negligence after being involved in a fatal skiing accident in Austria, a prosecutor in the Austrian town of Leoben said Monday.
According to a press release by prosecutor Walter Ploebst, Althaus had submitted written testimony in which he "assumed responsibility for the death of Beata Christandl," who died after colliding with Althaus on a slope in the province of Styria on New Years Day.
Vienna - Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gathered Monday in Vienna to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, as well as allegations of a secret nuclear site in Syria.
The 35 countries on the IAEA board of governors were also set to press ahead with the process to elect a successor to the agency's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, who steps down in November after his third term in office ends.
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Haider died last October aged 58 in a drunken driving accident. His Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZOe) has since been banking on his legacy in a bid to secure the party's future, which was geared towards its charismatic leader.
For Sunday's regional ballot, the Alliance chose to call itself "BZOe - Joerg Haider party ticket."
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Haider died last October aged 58 in a drunken driving accident. His Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZOe) has since been banking on his legacy in a bid to secure the party's future, which was geared towards its charismatic leader.
Vienna - Austria's Erste Group Bank AG reported Friday that its net profit declined by 26.8 per cent to 860 million euros (1.1 billion dollars) in 2008, as it wrote down premiums on asset values in three Central and Eastern European daughter companies.
Hit by the financial crisis, Erste made a net loss of 603 million euros in the fourth quarter ending in December, compared with a profit of 337 million euros in the same period of the previous year.
Vienna - German state premier Dieter Althaus was charged with manslaughter by negligence after being involved in a fatal skiing accident in Austria, a prosecutor in the Austrian town of Leoben said Monday.
Vienna - Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gathered Monday in Vienna to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, as well as allegations of a secret nuclear site in Syria.
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Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Vienna - Austria's Erste Group Bank AG reported Friday that its net profit declined by 26.8 per cent to 860 million euros (1.1 billion dollars) in 2008, as it wrote down premiums on asset values in three Central and Eastern European daughter companies. 
