Austria

Austria

Watch: Scientists seek Earth's oldest ice to understand climate change

The team will head to Antarctica hoping to extract a 1.5 million-year-old ice core.

09/04/2019

Austria

Austria extends duration of border checks for Hungary and Slovenia

Austria cited an increase of migrants numbers as a reason to extend border checks.

07/04/2019

Austria

Austria is latest EU country to unveil tax targeting digital giants

Austria is taking aim at tech giants the likes of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon with the introduction of a 5% tax rate on digital companies' advertising revenues.

03/04/2019

Austria

US revokes travel permit for Austrian with link to Christchurch gunman

Austrian far-right activist Martin Sellner was planning to marry his American girlfriend, but had his ESTA visa waiver cancelled

29/03/2019

Austria

Two Iraqi nationals arrested in Prague over failed attack

Two Iraqi nationals have been arrested in Prague just a day after police arrested an Iraqi citizen in Austria over a series of failed attacks on German trains last year

27/03/2019

Austria

Austria confirms financial link between far-right group and NZ gunman

Austrian Chancellor Sebastien Kurz has confirmed financial links have been discovered between the New Zealand mosques gunman and the far-right Identitarian Movement in Austria

26/03/2019

Austria

UK taking part in EU elections would be 'absurd', says Austria's Kurz

EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday to discuss whether to grant the UK a Brexit delay.

21/03/2019

Austria

Austria to release guide advising how hikers should act around cows

Austria is set to release a "code of conduct" for hikers visiting the Alpine pastures after a German tourist was trampled by cows.

12/03/2019

Living

“Those are buildings that people care about”

Our interview with Austrian architect and former ski-jumper Chris Precht.

12/03/2019

Austria

Watch: Daredevils go to extreme lengths to find fresh snow in Austria

Three freeriders abseil onto a mountain-top from a zeppelin in the Austrian Alps - in a bid to find fresh snow.

08/03/2019

Austria

Austrian farmer handed enormous fine over deadly cow stampede

A court in Austria has handed a huge fine to a farmer over a cow stampede that killed a German woman back in 2014.

25/02/2019

Musica

Juan Diego Flórez and Olga Peretyatko: Vienna's tragic lovers

It's one of the delights of the bel canto-repertoire: Donizetti's opera “Lucia di Lammermoor”. Laurent Pelly creates a dreamlike and mysterious atmosphere at the Vienna Staatsoper . Olga Peretyatko and Juan Diego Flórez incarnate the tragic lovers in this edition of Musica.

21/02/2019

Musica

Rolando Villazón and La Fura dels Baus mix Mozart and science fiction

Musica heads to Salzburg for Mozart Week (Mozartwoche), this year under the direction of tenor Rolando Villazón. The festival opened with the spectecular staging of Thamos, staged by the theatre company La Fura dels Baus.

07/02/2019

Austria

Court orders Austrian state to pay €1.5 million for Hitler's house

Austria ordered to pay €1.5 million compensation to former owner of Hitler's house

07/02/2019

Austria

Schwarzenegger meets Austrian chancellor for climate change talks

Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday for talks ahead of the R20 Austrian World Summit on climate change

30/01/2019

Next Series

European researchers tackle cancer with Biobanks

In partnership with The European Commission

European researchers tackle cancer with Biobanks

14/01/2019

Austria

Snow submerges Austrian ski resort

The ski area of Hochkar is completely snowed in as hundreds of soldiers and fire crew head to dig it out

14/01/2019

World

Fatal avalanches in Austrian Alps

Three German men have been killed and one is still missing after an avalanche in Austria - but searches have been halted for the time being, because of the risk of further snow-slides. So far this month 24 people have died in central Europe - because of the bad weather.

14/01/2019

Austria

Three German skiers killed in Austria avalanche

Three German skiers were found dead on Sunday and a fourth is missing after an avalanche struck an Austrian ski resort.

13/01/2019

Musica

Christian Thielemann and Daniel Froschauer headline the Musikverein in Vienna

The New Year's concert in Vienna is the most watched classic event in the world. Only the greatest maestros get to conduct this legendary concert

10/01/2019

Austria

Watch: Austrian train workers rescue chamois buried in snow

The two men leapt off the train and carefully shovelled snow from around the chamois until it could pull itself out and make its way to a forest.

09/01/2019

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Skiing tourists in Austria rescued from a chairlift

In the skiing region of Aflenzer Bürgeralm in Austria, stormy weather led to a spectacular rescue operation

03/01/2019

Austria

Austria plans tax on tech giants

Austria plans tax on digital giants

29/12/2018

Austria

Manhunt on in Vienna after five monks assaulted in church

Several monks have been injured, one has been left with "severe head injuries", after being held captive at a Vienna church, police say. Two men, one carrying a gun, raided the Katholische Kirche Maria at around 1.30 pm local time.

27/12/2018

Musica

Mozart's The Magic Flute enchants Vienna

One of Mozart's most beloved operas - The Magic Flute - brings love, enchantment and comedy to Vienna for the festive season

27/12/2018

Austria

Shots fired in downtown Vienna: one dead and another injured

A person has died and another is injured after shots fired in downtown Vienna

21/12/2018