Former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem (pictured), whose body was found in the Danube river on Sunday morning, died from drowning, an autopsy revealed Monday. Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi's regime in June last year.
They say multiculturalism has failed. They say mass immigration is a threat to national identity. They don't trust the European Union or their own elected leaders. This is the modern face of the far-right. Marine Le Pen is the perfect example of how the far-right has moved from the fringe to the mainstream across Western Europe. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this trend has emerged, and whether it is set to continue.
They say multiculturalism has failed. They say mass immigration is a threat to national identity. They don't trust the European Union or their own elected leaders. This is the modern face of the far-right. Marine Le Pen is the perfect example of how the far-right has moved from the fringe to the mainstream across Western Europe. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this trend has emerged, and whether it is set to continue.
Authorities in Austria have taken away the tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler’s parents, officials said on Friday. The headstone was removed at the request of a descendant after it became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
American Alpine skiier Lindsey Vonn won the women's giant slalom race Friday to secure her fourth overall World Cup title, moving into second place on the all-time list behind Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proell.
We take a look back at the life of one of Europe's most respected poets, philosophers and politicians, Vaclav Havel, who has died aged 75. We then meet the new - rapping - frontman for Austria's far right. Heinz-Christian Strache has led his party to a resurgence in popularity. Finally, find out why the Spanish king's son in law has been suspended from his duties.
Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grange (pictured) bounced back from injury to win the men's World Cup slalom in the Austrian town of Kitzbuehel on Sunday, finishing ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic, who came first in the combined event.
Austrian police arrested former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader Friday after a Zagreb court issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with an anti-corruption probe. Sanader resigned from office in 2009 and fled Croatia after losing immunity.
Today, Augustin Trapenard talks true stories that inspired fiction with two sensational books that are on everyone’s lips. "3096 Days", the disturbing memoirs of Natascha Kampusch. And "Room" by Emma Donoghue, a fictional variation on the Fritzl case.
Does Turkey's referendum draw Ankara closer to Europe? We'll look at the ruling AKP's next move. The rise of far-right thinking in both Germany and Sweden and the autobiographical tale of an Austrian girl locked in a stranger's basement for eight-and-a-half years.
