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An Austrian man is killed in a shootout with police in Munich, Germany, near the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and the Israeli Consulate. A terrorist motive is suspected.
2024-09-5

Austrian-Canadian billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is arrested on sexual assault charges dating from the 1980s to 2023.
2024-06-7

Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, "Lady with a Fan", sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK.
2023-06-27

The Central Bank of Russia limits withdrawals of US dollars, euros, British pounds and Japanese yen for Russian firms to the equivalent of $5,000, with the withdrawal of larger sums only possible with the Central Bank's permission. The withdrawn funds may only be used for covering overseas work trips.
2022-03-10

Following the June 23 Brexit vote, the exchange rate for the British pound reaches a 31-year low against the United States dollar.
2016-10-4

Preliminary results show Austrians have voted by a wide margin to retain compulsory military service.
2013-01-20

Andy Warhol's "Double Elvis" sells at an auction for $37 million at Sotheby's in New York City.
2012-05-9

A rare manuscript of an unfinished Jane Austen novel has sold for £993,250 (US$1.6m) in London. The work, "The Watsons", was sold at Sotheby's for three times its estimated price.
2011-07-14

The auction record for a painting by Sir Stanley Spencer is broken twice in quick succession at Sotheby's in London.
2011-06-16

British Airways reports a half-year profit of £158m, the first in two years.
2010-10-29