Dec 5th, 2008 · A piece of the Parthenon has come home. During theWorld War Two occupation of Greece, an Austrian soldier took a marble fragment from a frieze in the ancient temple above Athens. His granddaughter, who inherited the stolen treasure, returned it this week. Greece is fighting to get back more of the Parthenon — the Elgin Marbles — from the British Museum. Still, it welcomed this small piece as a symbolic return.
Jun 29th, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook finds some parting words from Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
May 6th, 2008 · Josef Fritzl, a 73-year-old Austrian man, has yet to be charged for holding his daughter captive for 24 years in his basement and fathering seven children with her. Fritzl's lawyer is preparing an insanity defense for his client, stating Fritzl has a serious mental disorder.
Feb 26th, 2008 · Critic John Powers reviews Where to and Back, a newly released DVD trilogy from the late Austrian director Axel Corti. Written by Georg Stefan Troller, the films are loosely based on Toller's life as a Viennese Jew who took refuge in the United States as a teenager and then returned to Europe as an American soldier during World War II.
Jun 14th, 2007 · Kurt Waldheim, the former U.N. secretary-general and Austrian president, has died at 88. Waldheim's tenure as Austria's president was tainted by revelations that he had concealed his service in the German army in Greece during World War II, at a time when the Nazis committed numerous war crimes.
Apr 10th, 2007 · NPR's Tony Cox profiles Joe Zawinul, an Austrian-born pianist/composer who left an indelible mark on African American music.
Feb 9th, 2007 · This year's European Film Award for best movie was won by an unknown Austrian, who beat out established directors like Pedro Almodovar and Ken Loach. The Lives of Others is set in the former East Germany. It's about a Stasi agent who has a change of heart about his country's repressive regime -- in part because of a beautiful piece of music.
Jan 6th, 2007 · Five foreign contractors kidnapped in Iraq last fall -- four Americans and an Austrian -- are still being held hostage, it would appear. A videotape time-stamped last month shows the men alive.