n a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century
Austria still open to sending peacekeepers back to Golan VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria does not rule out returning its U.N. peacekeepers to the Golan Heights if their mandate is improved, its foreign minister told Sunday's newspaper Oesterreich. The Alpine republic, whose peacekeepers account for 380 of the 1,000 members of a U.N. force monitoring a 40-year-old ceasefire between Syria and Israel, said on Thursday it would pull them out after battles ...
June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Austrian Mint Expects Good Business on Gold in Coming Months Muenze Oesterreich AG (MUEN) , the Austrian mint that makes Philharmonic coins, expects “quite good business” for gold in the next couple of months as central banks continue to print money and on wealth-protection demand.
June 7, 2013 - Bloomberg