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The European Commission's proposal to ease current restrictions on genetically modified crops has riled up EU organic farming leader Austria and its farmers.

"I think it's outrageous... They have a nerve even considering this," organic farmer Beate Brenner told AFP on her farm in a small village surrounded by grain and sunflower fields some 100 kilometers northwest of Vienna.

Night trains have made a comeback in Europe thanks to their low-carbon footprint, but after years of neglect, the renaissance has had a bumpy ride.

Operators admit that the trains are outdated - with passengers facing the occasional delays, technical problems or malfunctioning toilets - while companies compete in an overloaded network.

Skull fragments, presumed to be from Ludwig van Beethoven, have returned to Vienna, where the legendary 19th century German composer was buried, experts said on July 20.

U.haS. businessman Paul Kaufmann donated the fragments, which he inherited, to the Medical University of Vienna where researchers will probe the illnesses suffered by the impresario and his cause of death.

Huge projects are due to deliver new neighbourhoods in Prague. Photo: Central Group Priced out

In the Hungarian capital, buyers need more than 16 average annual salaries to buy a 75 square metre (m2) apartment. This means that if you start working at 23 and miraculously don't spend on anything else, at 40 you can own a home. This trend accelerated especially from 2015 on.

A German insurance firm has submitted an application to the Turkish judiciary for an arrest warrant against Yasemin Gündoğan, a Turkish national accused of stealing 8.2 million euros from the company.

VIENNA - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said on Friday Europe would have hundreds of thousands more migrants if it were not for Serbia and Hungary and their efforts to stop illegal migration.

He was speaking after a trilateral summit with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna.

VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Friday Austria, Serbia and Hungary had succeeded in curbing illegal migration, and thanked Serbia for amending its visa regime for Indian and Tunisian nationals, which he noted had resulted in a decline in the number of illegal migrants in Austria.

He was speaking after a Vienna summit of the three countries.

VIENNA- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in Vienna Serbia, Austria and Hungary had signed an important trilateral memorandum on further cooperation in curbing illegal migration.

VIENNA - Speaking to reporters after a trilateral summit of Austria, Hungary and Serbia in Vienna, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had presented Belgrade's positions on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, but declined to elaborate.

VIENNA - Speaking to reporters after a trilateral summit of Austria, Hungary and Serbia in Vienna, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had presented Belgrade's positions on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, but declined to elaborate.