21.   The grandmotherly Blauensteiner captivated Austrian media.

22.   Trying to defuse the controversy, Schonhuber told Austrian media after the flap erupted that he was merely reporting on speculation in the ski community.

23.   Haider made the comments at a press conference in New York, Austrian media reported.

24.   However the incident received little coverage in the Austrian media.

25.   Joint owner Karl Kralowetz was arrested in Luxembourg on suspicion that his multi-national freight firm Kralowetz GmbH, based in eastern Austria exploited illegal immigrants, Austrian media reported.

26.   Roman Catholic leaders here and the Austrian media called Friday for an investigation into allegations that Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer sexually abused boys.

27.   The Austrian media were nevertheless outraged.