Austria

Austria

Cable cars collide at Austrian ski resort

Several cable cars have collided at an Austrian ski resort.

10/12/2018

Austria

Money talks: Austria plans benefits cut for non-German speakers

Austria is planning to cut benefits for immigrants who do not have a good command of the German language.

04/12/2018

Austria

Austrian Christmas house dazzles with lights and inflatable figures

Austrian Christmas house dazzles with lights and inflatable figures

04/12/2018

Austria

Watch: New 'sunglasses' put 'sunshine into your eyes’

The smart device has been described as a "wearable sky".

30/11/2018

Austria

Renoir painting stolen at Vienna auction house

"Golfe, mer, falaises vertes" was painted by the French impressionist master in 1895. It's estimated to be worth between €120,000 and €160,000.

29/11/2018

Target

Europe's most inspiring innovators turn up for the SME assembly

Entrepreneurs and policy makers attend the 2018 SME assembly to celebrate and learn about Europe's most innovative small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs)

26/11/2018

Next Series

How to improve the early diagnostics of ophthalmic diseases?

In partnership with The European Commission

How can the latest optical technology improve the early diagnostics of eye and also some neurodegenerative diseases?

19/11/2018

Smart Regions

Training Europe's future pilots

In partnership with the European Commission

In this episode of Smart Regions, we discover how the European Cohesion Policy is helping to train pilots of the future.

15/11/2018

Living

Embracing change, one cup at a time

Old world coffee culture goes 'third wave'

01/11/2018

Austria

EU regrets Austria's backing out of global migration pact

It's after Austria followed the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations migration pact.

31/10/2018

Austria

Vienna battles rising housing costs — can a new policy fix it?

Vienna is dealing with the pressure of rising prices on its private housing market — rent and construction costs are exploding.

30/10/2018

Next Series

Transkribus system makes breakthrough in understanding medieval texts

Artificial intelligence is being used at the University of Innsbruck, part of the EU's READ project, to automatically transcribe previously unintelligible historical documents, and make the system available as a phone app.

29/10/2018

Austria

There's plastic in your intestines

A study has found microplastic particles in 100% of the stool samples from its participants.

24/10/2018

Next Series

Robots ensure bees get the buzz

European scientists are trying to save the bee population by creating robotic helpers to warn them of dangers, by reproducing the insects' hive mentality, and communication techniques.

24/09/2018

Austria

Watch: Macron dubs Brexiters 'liars'

French President Emmanuel Macron has dubbed Brexit campaign leaders "lairs", saying they misled the British people.

21/09/2018

World

Theresa May appeals to EU leaders over 'unacceptable' Brexit demands

The UK prime minister has appealed to EU leaders meeting in the Austrian city to drop “unacceptable” Brexit demands, as pressure intensifies to reach a deal.

20/09/2018

Austria

EU leaders meet in Salzburg to tackle the migration crisis

EU Council President Donald Tusk said progress had been made but the European Union must end the “blame game” on migration and focus on working more with foreign countries and further strengthening its border to bring down arrivals.

19/09/2018

Austria

Italy and Luxembourg: heated clashes over migration

In Vienna, Austria and Italy's far-right interior ministers suggested that the European Union hold migrants rescued at sea on ships for days while an initial screening of their chances of obtaining asylum is carried out

14/09/2018

Austria

What does voting at 16 change? The case of Austria

Teenagers of 16 and 17 can vote in a couple of European countries. But is it a good thing?

11/09/2018

Austria

Austrian politician expelled from ruling party over ‘sexist’ tweet

When asked over the weekend by a Twitter user how Berlin State Secretary Sawsan Chebli got her position, Efgani Dönmez responded: "Look at her knees, maybe you find an answer there".

04/09/2018

Austria

Asylum seekers in Austria to be denied apprenticeships

Austria is set to ban asylum-seekers from taking up vacant training spaces while their claims are still being assessed.

28/08/2018

Austria

Watch: Snow hits parts of Italy and Austria

At Obertauern, a ski resort in Salzburg, almost 40 centimetres of snow fell with temperatures dropping to two degrees Celsius.

27/08/2018

Musica

Claudio Monteverdi's Baroque masterpiece explores sexual politics

Claudio Monterverdi's Baroque masterpiece L'incoronazione di Poppea explores sexual politics and naked ambition, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role and Kate Lindsey as Emperor Nero, at the Salzburg Festival.

23/08/2018

Austria

Watch: Eyebrows raised as Putin dances with Austrian foreign minister

WATCH: Putin spent just over an hour at the wedding, before flying to Germany to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkle.

20/08/2018

Austria

Russian president dances with bride

Russian President Vladimir Putin danced with Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding as opposition parties criticised her choice of guest

18/08/2018

Austria

Austria raises speed limit to 140 kph on 2 sections of motorway

Austria increased the speed limit to 140 kilometres per hour from 130 km/h on two stretches of one of the country's main motorways.

02/08/2018