Investigating the discovery of a seemingly long-lost diamond had both the intrigue of a mystery novel and the fact-checking ...

WARSAW — Four elderly members of the aristocratic Hapsburg family, which for more than six centuries ruled Austria and then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, would like some beer--lots of it. More ...

After season 1 depicts Elisabeth's struggles to adjust to the harsh standards of life at court, season 2 jumps ahead to the birth of her second child when the royal family's legacy is in danger. Since ...

The Hapsburgs are one of those royal families who are relatively well known, and in the minds of the public are to a great extent the emblems of the downsides of inbreeding. In the painting above is ...

VIENNA, June 29, 1914 (UP) - The map of Europe may be altered by two assassins' bullets that yesterday struck down to instant death at Sarajevo, Bosnia, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne ...

Empires come and go, but even long after they crumble, one can occasionally catch a glimpse of their past glory. Assuming that the Hapsburgs, monarchs of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, were looking ...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife leaving the town hall, a few moments before they were assassinated On July 4th 1914 The Economist published this article in response to the assassination on June ...

The Prime Minister said that the Tories’ economic policy showed that they “would never learn from their mistakes.” He claimed that the same had been said of the Hapsburgs, the Austrian aristocrats who ...