Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl is demanding a house with a basement ahead of a possible parole release after imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.
Austria's ruling coalition has agreed to prohibit full-face veils in public spaces such as courts and schools.
The case of the American nanny murdered in Austria has a new development. A Gambia man has been arrested in connection with the death of Lauren Mann.
Austria has sent back more than 5,000 migrants to EU countries that they had crossed on their way to Austria, its interior minister said on Thursday. Three weeks ago, Austria and Germany temporarily exempted people fleeing the Syrian war from EU rules requiring refugees to request asylum at the point where they enter the bloc. The move angered neighbors such as Hungary, who said it would merely encourage more migrants to come.
