Austria New law allowing assisted suicide comes into effect in Austria Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland and has been decriminalised in several European countries, including Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. 03/01/2022
Austria Austrian ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz 'to work for US Thiel Capital' Kurz resigned as Austria's chancellor in early October amid corruption allegations and stepped away from politics earlier this month to focus on his family. 30/12/2021
Austria Austria to allow tightly limited right to assisted suicide From next year, people who are chronically seriously ill or have no prospect of recovery will be able to state their will to die. 17/12/2021
Austria Austria's new interior minister rejects allegations of antisemitism An open letter signed by Jewish students and academics has called for Gerhard Karner to be removed from office. 13/12/2021
Austria Karl Nehammer sworn in as Austria's third chancellor in two months Nehammer's first act as chancellor was to conduct a Cabinet reshuffle, with predecessor Alexander Schallenberg returning as foreign minister. 06/12/2021
Austria Karl Nehammer set to become Austria's next chancellor Nehammer needs the backing of his party’s junior coalition partners, the Greens, and the approval of Austria’s president, which is considered a formality. 03/12/2021
Austria Austria's Schallenberg to step down as his predecessor Kurz retires Schallenberg says he will go when a new party leader is chosen, while his predecessor as head of government Sebastian Kurz says he is leaving politics. 02/12/2021
Austria Austrian MPs vote to lift Kurz's immunity in corruption trial MPs voted to lift ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz's parliamentary immunity. 18/11/2021
Austria Alexander Schallenberg replaces Kurz as Austria's new chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday amid a corruption scandal. He has denied any wrongdoing. 11/10/2021
Austria Austrian Chancellor Kurz announces resignation over corruption claims Opposition leaders had called for Kurz to go and planned to bring a no-confidence motion against him to parliament on Tuesday. 09/10/2021
Austria Austrian leader Kurz battles to stay on amid bribery allegations Sebastian Kurz received the backing of his conservative party but the Greens, a junior partner in the coalition, have questioned his ability to stay on the job. 08/10/2021
Austria 'More than surprising': Communists win local election in Austria Communist candidate Elke Kahr told reporters that the magnitude of the municipal election result was "more than surprising". 27/09/2021
Austria Norbert Hofer steps down as leader of Austrian far-right party "Obviously, I'm tired of hearing every day that I'm not fit for the job," Hofer told an Austrian tabloid newspaper 01/06/2021
Austria Austrian chancellor under investigation by anti-corruption authorities Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he is under investigation by anti-corruption authorities on suspicion he made false statements to a parliamentary commission. 12/05/2021
Austria Austria's new health minister wears trainers at swearing-in ceremony Austria's new health minister caused a stir by arriving for his swearing-in ceremony by public transport and wearing trainers. 19/04/2021
Austria Former leader of far-right Austrian party arrested for corruption The former head of Austria's far-right party, Heinz-Christian Strache has been charged with corruption following the 2019 "Ibizagate" scandal. 16/04/2021
Austria Austria's health minister quits amid 'exhaustion' of COVID response "15 months have felt like 15 years," said Austria's health minister Rudolf Anschober, announcing his resignation. 13/04/2021
Austria Austria in talks to purchase Sputnik V vaccine from Russia Austria is negotiating with Russia to buy one million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, despite the jab having not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency. 30/03/2021
Austria Austria has failed in fight against corruption, says Council of Europe The Council of Europe has deplored Austria's "overall insufficient" progress in the fight against corruption in judicial and political circles. 01/03/2021
Austria Austria can be 'model' for climate policy, says Arnold Schwarzenegger It came as the actor-turned-politician was praising Austria's new conservative-green coalition government. 10/01/2020
Austria Mix-up sees soap opera subtitles appear as Austria government sworn in Public broadcaster left red-faced after captions mistake. 09/01/2020
Austria Who will Austria's Sebastian Kurz choose as coalition partner? Austria's Sebastian Kurz's People party has come first in Sunday's poll, but now the leader must choose a coalition partner. Who will he pick? 29/09/2019
The Cube Austria elections: Who leads the social media campaign? | #TheCube Social media has played an increasing role in the 2019 elections, as political parties and their lead candidates have sought to increase online engagement with potential voters 27/09/2019
Austria Austria elections: Will the far-right return to power? Former conservative chancellor Sebastian Kurz is cruising to victory but it is not clear which coalition partners he will pick — the far-right party FPO or a so-called 'Jamaica' alliance with the Greens and Liberals? 26/09/2019
Europe News Ibiza-gate: The story behind Austria's political hurricane Ibiza-gate - Austria's political hurricane. Inside the country's move to early elections 26/09/2019
Austria #FiftyShadesOfKurz: Sebastian Kurz biography mocked for fawning prose The official biography has been compared to the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" 12/09/2019
