Vienna  - Europe's human rights agencies on Tuesday voiced concern about discrimination and violence against Roma, warning that members of the ethnic group were at an increased risk of becoming scapegoats in the current economic climate.

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Vienna  - A blood centrifuge that was allegedly used to dope Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl has been possibly found in Budapest, Austrian police said Monday.

Investigations were ongoing to confirm whether the machine found Saturday by Hungarian police in a private home was the one operated by Kohl's former manager Stefan Matschiner, according to a police spokesperson in Vienna.

Vienna - A blood centrifuge that was allegedly used to dope Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl has been possibly found in Budapest, Austrian police said Monday.

Investigations were ongoing to confirm whether the machine found Saturday by Hungarian police in a private home was the one operated by Kohl's former manager Stefan Matschiner, according to a police spokesperson in Vienna.

Vienna  - Sports manager Stefan Matschiner has told Austrian investigators that he supplied cyclist Bernhard Kohl and other athletes with doping substances, the Austrian Press Agency APA reported late Friday.

Matschiner, who was taken into custody in Monday, reportedly told the authorities that he supplied the blood booster EPO, testosterone and Human Growth Hormone.

APA said that Matschiner's lawyer did not dismiss this information as false.

Vienna  - Austrian banker Julius Meinl V was released Friday after posting bail worth 100 million euros (133 million dollars). However, he remains a key suspect in a large investment fraud case involving his family's Meinl Bank AG.

The head of one of Austria's most established business dynasties drove away from the Vienna prison where he had spent two nights without talking to journalists, according to Austrian press agency APA.