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The German Confederation was also led by Austria from 1815 to 1866. In 1866 Austria was firstly separated from Germany and German Confederation was dissolved. In 1867, the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire was established and led by Austria; it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria.
Germany shares its more than 3,700-km-long (2,300 miles) land border with Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.
Germany: See Austria–Germany relations. Austria has an embassy in Berlin and a consulate-general in Munich. Germany has an embassy in Vienna. Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe. Greece: 25 August 1834: See Austria–Greece relations
The new Republic of German-Austria attempted to form a union with Germany, but the 1919 Treaty of Saint Germain and Treaty of Versailles forbade both the union and the continued use of the name "German-Austria" (Deutschösterreich); they also stripped Austria of some of its territories, such as the Sudetenland. This left Austria without most of ...
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A man is arrested and charged for animal cruelty for shooting and killing 98 kangaroos on a military base in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. (News.com.au) A man is arrested in New York City, United States, after immolating a woman yesterday aboard a subway train. It is suspected that the victim was chosen at random.
On 22 June 2015, DW TV launched a 24-hour English-language news channel with a new design and a new studio as part of a rebrand to DW News. Previously, DW's news programmes were called Journal and broadcast in English in 3-, 15- and 30-minute blocks. The new channel offers 30-minute updates every hour and 60-minute programmes twice a day on ...
Since Austria was going to join Germany, promulgating a comprehensive new constitution was not a priority. When the 1919 Treaty of Saint Germain prohibited the union of Germany and Austria, Austria had to go to work on a permanent constitution in earnest, but was deeply divided on numerous issues.