Musica Cecilia Bartoli as Gluck's tragic heroine “I pray to the almighty gods” is this year’s theme of the Whitsun festival in Salzburg, chosen by artistic director Cecilia Bartoli. The famous mezzo 11/06/2015
Austria Bilderberg: a secret party with the world's most powerful guest list The more we live in a democracy, the more we demand to be ‘kept in the loop’. Public figures are often required to say who they had lunch with 11/06/2015
Business Series Crude crunch: OPEC expected to resist pressure to increase output All eyes are on Vienna for this week’s OPEC meeting amid a rift between members of the cartel and other major oil producing countries. The issue is 02/06/2015
Austria Far-right 'gains' as Austria kicks off 'super election year' Austria has seen a rise in support for the far right following local elections in the central state of Styria and Burgenland in the east. Primary 01/06/2015
Austria Vienna airport security workers probed for people trafficking Thirteen security workers at Vienna International Airport are under investigation. Police suspect they were involved in a people trafficking network 26/05/2015
Austria 14-year-old Austrian jailed over Vienna train station bomb plot A teenage boy from Austria has pleaded guilty to planning to bomb a Vienna train station. The 14-year-old downloaded bomb making instructions onto 26/05/2015
Austria Eurovision: behind the scenes in Vienna Sweden won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in a thrilling finale that saw 28-year-old Måns Zelmerlöw go head-to-head with Russia’s 24/05/2015
Austria Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest with 'Heroes' Sweden have won Eurovision for the sixth time thanks to Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes. His passionate rendition, combined with the most 24/05/2015
Austria Sweden win Eurovision 2015 with 'Heroes' Sweden have won Eurovision for the sixth time thanks to Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes. His passionate rendition, combined with the most 23/05/2015
Austria Eurovision Song Contest set to celebrate its diamond jubilee in Vienna Tuning up for a musical jamboree in Vienna. The city that gave the world the elegance of the Blue Danube waltz was reverberating to the sound of 23/05/2015
Culture news Eurovision Song Contest enters the final countdown Te remaining ten acts have been selected to go into Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest after a thrilling second semi-final in Vienna 22/05/2015
Austria Eurovision Song Contest finalists decided As if this Saturday’s three hour final wont be thrilling enough, the last of 27 participating nations in the Eurovision Song Contest were selected on 22/05/2015
Culture news Pop 'n' Roll Eurovision spreads happiness in Vienna The Eurovision Song contest is up and running in Vienna with the first semi-final. The qualified countries from the first semi-final of 2015 are 20/05/2015
Austria Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Vienna with first semi-final The Eurovision Song Contest has officially kicked-off in Vienna with the first semi-final. Sixteen acts pulled out all the stops to avoid 20/05/2015
Austria Austria hosts Europe's biggest AIDS research charity event Vienna’s City Hall Square was transformed into a mythical world of pagan rites and fantastic spectacle on Saturday as the city hosted Europe’s 17/05/2015
Austria 'Gay traffic lights' introduced in Vienna Austria’s capital is gearing up to host the Eurovision song contest by turning the city into a beacon of tolerance. Across Vienna, special traffic 13/05/2015
Austria Ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp A ceremony in Austria has marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp. A huge parade was lead by the Austrian 10/05/2015
Austria Austria: Court refuses to extradite Ukrainian billionaire Firtash to US An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the US on corruption charges. A judge in Vienna said American 01/05/2015
Austria Vienna court to rule on Ukrainian oligarch's extradition The future of Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s most prominent billionaires will be decided today in Austria. A Vienna regional criminal court is to 30/04/2015
Austria Austria celebrates 70 years of the 2nd Republic Austria is celebrating 70 years since the foundation of the 2nd Republic. The Austrian and German presidents were among officials attending a 27/04/2015
Austria Vienna: former Kazakhstan intelligence chief and bodyguard in court over banker deaths The former chief of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service and a former bodyguard have appeared in court in Vienna, accused of aiding the abduction and 14/04/2015
Austria Facebook: Data privacy case begins in Vienna A landmark data privacy case against social media giant Facebook has opened at a civil court in Vienna. The group ‘Europe versus Facebook’ claims the 09/04/2015
Sport Knee injury rules Bayern's David Alaba out for seven weeks Bayern Munich’s versatile left-back David Alaba has been ruled out for around seven weeks with a torn knee ligament. The German Bundesliga champions 01/04/2015
Sport FIFA presidential race: Blatter under fire FIFA president Sepp Blatter endured heavy criticism of his leadership when he attended the Uefa Congress in Vienna on Tuesday. The 79-year-old, who 25/03/2015
Sport The craft of Kraft as Austrian leads World Cup ski jump table Germany’s Severin Freund leapt to his sixth victory of the season in the World Cup ski jump in Kuopio, Finland. In an event moved to a normal size 10/03/2015