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What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it?

In partnership with ESA - The European Space Agency

What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it? As #AsteroidDay approaches we meet some dinosaurs, meteorite specialists and asteroid hunters to find out.

21/06/2018

Austria

Austria closes seven mosques & expels 40 imams

Mosques & imams accused of not fostering a "positive mindset" towards Austria, and receiving illegal foreign funding.

08/06/2018

Austria

Austria to close seven mosques and expel dozens of imams

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's right wing government announces crackdown on "Islamist ideology" andf foreign funding of religious groups.

08/06/2018

Austria

Austrian Chancellor calls for reinforcement of EU border

Sebastian Kurz says Austria will use its six-month presidency of the EU to focus on migration

07/06/2018

Musica

Another success for Cecilia Bartoli at the Whitsun Festival

150 years ago, the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini died. In his honour, Salzburg's Whitsun Festival presented the opera buffa 'L'Italiana in Algeri' amongst other works of his era.

31/05/2018

Austria

Austria cracks down on welfare payments to migrants

Austria's right-wing coalition government is cracking down on benefits paid to foreigners in a bid to deter asylum seekers.

29/05/2018

Austria

Around 40 injured in Austria train accident, say police

Up to 40 people have been injured as two trains crashed while being coupled together in Salzburg, Austria.

20/04/2018

Austria

Female torso is found in Austrian lake

The gruesome discovery was made by a reed cutter at the shallow Lake Neusiedl, which straddles the border between Austria and Hungary.

15/04/2018

Austria

Are parents being tricked into buying children’s shoes more often?

A survey in Austria found the overwhelming majority of children’s shoes are shorter than advertised. It’s prompted researchers to speculate if it’s a deliberate ploy by manufacturers to get parents to buy more often.

10/04/2018

Austria

Austria plans to ban headscarves in kindergartens and primary schools

The country's right-wing government wants to tackle what it sees as a threat to Austrian mainstream culture.

04/04/2018

Travel News

Half a day in Kitzbuhel

For holidays of all kinds, in the greatest of luxury, head to the Austrian Alps.

26/03/2018

Austria

Austrian far-right leader apologises for 'fake-news' accusation

Head of Austria's far-right Freedom party Heinz-Christian Strache will make a printed and online apology as well as pay €10,000 in damages after accusing a state broadcaster and its star news presenter of lying.

14/03/2018

Austria

Vienna locals express shock over stabbing spree

Euronews spoke to local people following the latest stabbing attack, targeting an Austrian soldier, outside the Iranian ambassador's residence on Sunday

13/03/2018

Austria

Austria marks 80 years since annexation by Hitler

The anniversary of the so-called "Anschluss" comes as a new conservative-led coalition government in Austria includes the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), founded by former Nazis in the 1950s.

12/03/2018

Austria

Knife attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna

An unknown man was shot dead after trying to stab a soldier outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna on Sunday night.

12/03/2018

Austria

Afghan man 'admits' Vienna knife attacks

Four people were targeted in two seperate knife attacks in the Austrian capital.

08/03/2018

Austria

Facebook 'bans' video of politician saying migrants make Vienna filthy

A senior politician in Hungary has hit out at Facebook after his video criticising immigrants in Vienna was 'banned' on the social network.

07/03/2018

Eco-Innovation

All you need to know about Jaguar's new electric car

Jaguar has taken a big step forward for sustainability by revealing their first fully electric vehicle.

02/03/2018

Austria

Facebook 'sorry' after banning picture of nude figurine

A picture of a nude, prehistoric figurine was banned from Facebook and called a "dangerous pornographic image". Now the social media giant has apologised.

01/03/2018

Austria

Austrians can swear or make obscene gestures at politicans, court rule

Case brought by leader of far-right freedom party is thrown out.

01/03/2018

Austria

Austria's state broadcaster & star presenter sue Vice-Chancellor Strac

Strache pays price for again baiting ORF and presenter Armin Wolf, accusing them of "lying".

27/02/2018

Austria

Popular backlash forces government rethink as Austrians mobilise again

Plans to scrap a smoking ban due to come into force in May has created uproar in the medical community, and spawned a successful petition of nearly half a million signatures, forcing a parliamentary debate.

19/02/2018

Austria

Austrian far-right party pledges to clean up pro-Nazi image

The FPÖ, founded by former members of the SS, is stumbling over scandals as it tries to distance itself from its roots.

15/02/2018

Europe News

Migration a priority for Austrian EU presidency

European Council President Donald Tusk arrived in Vienna on Tuesday for talks on Austria's upcoming EU presidency. Chancellor Sebastain Kurz stressed he will take the same hard line on immigration at the European level as he has at home.

13/02/2018

Austria

Austria train collision kills one, injures 22 others

Two trains collided in the southeastern state of Styria this afternoon, causing several cars to derail on impact.

12/02/2018

Musica

Donizetti's 'Elisir d'Amore' wows Vienna

French tenor Benjamin Bernheim is irresistible as he debuts in Vienna for Donizetti's 1832 opera, love elixir.

08/02/2018