Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Friday thelocal.at - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Orders to hand back artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the American heirs of their former Jewish owner have forced some of Austria's top museums to deny claims that some of their holdings were Nazi loot.- The Klimt precedent -
In other cases, the Alpine country of 9.1 million inhabitants has so far returned about 15,800 artworks to the heirs of their former Jewish owners.