News: Austria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Austria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Austria – overview

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• November 7th 2020 – December 27th 2019
• December 18th 2019 – April 22nd 2019
• April 10th 2019 – July 21st 2018
• July 18th 2018 – July 10th 2017
• July 4th 2017 – January 12th 2017
• January 11th 2017 – September 13th 2016
• September 12th 2016 – May 22nd 2016
• May 22nd 2016 – December 19th 2015
• December 16th 2015 – September 6th 2015
• September 6th 2015 – July 27th 2015
• July 25th 2015 – June 8th 2015
• June 4th 2015 – January 21st 2015
• January 20th 2015 – October 16th 2014
• October 13th 2014 – April 8th 2014
• April 8th 2014 – September 11th 2013
• September 2nd 2013 – March 11th 2013
• March 10th 2013 – October 9th 2012
• October 9th 2012 – May 9th 2012
• April 30th 2012 – November 24th 2011
• November 24th 2011 – May 27th 2011
• May 9th 2011 – August 28th 2010
• August 26th 2010 – October 1st 2009
• August 27th 2009 – March 13th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – October 12th 2008
• October 11th 2008 – June 16th 2008
• June 12th 2008 – March 17th 2008
• March 13th 2008 – June 3rd 2007
• June 1st 2007 – August 25th 2006
• August 24th 2006 – January 18th 2006
• January 16th 2006 – November 14th 2005

Austria: news

Vienna shooting: The night my safe city lost its innocence

Saturday, November 7th 2020, 0:01

The Austrian capital had four decades of relative peace before a gunman's rampage.
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Vienna shooting: Anti-terror chief suspended over intelligence bungle

Friday, November 6th 2020, 16:10
related countries: Germany
related places: Vienna

Further intelligence failings emerge prompting the Austrian city's anti-terror head to step aside.
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Vienna attack: Austria admits failing to act on Slovak warning on gunman

Wednesday, November 4th 2020, 16:41
related countries: Slovakia

Slovakia warned Austria of the gunman's failed attempt to buy bullets, but there was no follow-up.
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Vienna shooting: Arrests after 'freed jihadist' kills four

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 23:02
related places: Vienna

Fourteen people are held but authorities now believe the dead gunman may have acted alone.
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Vienna shooting: 'This was one of the scariest moments in my life'

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 15:34
related places: Vienna

Maximilian Fischl was an eyewitness to the gun attack that killed four people in Vienna.
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Vienna shooting: Austria hunts suspects after 'Islamist terror' attack

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 13:39

Vienna residents are told to stay indoors as police hunt suspects after four people were shot dead.
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Vienna shooting: 'I thought it was fireworks... then I saw a gunman'

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 11:23
related places: Vienna

An eyewitness to the multiple gun attack that killed four people in Vienna describes the scene.
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Vienna shooting: Gunman hunted after deadly 'terror' attack

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 4:06
related places: Vienna

Two people are dead, along with a gunman, after attacks at six different locations, police say.
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Vienna shooting: Deadly attack in Austria's capital

Monday, November 2nd 2020, 23:41

At least one person has been killed and several wounded after several shootings in the Austrian capital.
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Coronavirus: 'Momentous' errors worsened Austria ski resort outbreak

Tuesday, October 13th 2020, 10:41

One of Europe's first outbreaks at two Austrian resorts could have been contained, a report says.
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Man in box of ice breaks world record

Sunday, September 6th 2020, 13:33

Austrian Josef Koeberl lasted over two hours in a box of ice, wearing only swimming trunks.
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Coronavirus: Austria issues travel warning for six Balkan states

Wednesday, July 1st 2020, 10:19

The EU has opened external borders to two Balkan countries but Austria is going into reverse.
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Vienna police fine man €500 for 'massive intestinal wind'

Tuesday, June 16th 2020, 20:04
related places: Vienna

Austrian police found he violated public decency when he broke wind in their presence in a park.
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Adolf Hitler house to be 'neutralised', Austria says

Tuesday, June 2nd 2020, 15:33

The government unveils plans to turn Adolf Hitler's birthplace into a police station.
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Austria set to host Formula 1 season openers in July

Saturday, May 30th 2020, 13:35

The Formula 1 season-openers in Austria have been approved by the country's government, according to reports.
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Austrian police publish honey-trap photos in Strache inquiry

Thursday, May 28th 2020, 12:04

The video scandal toppled the government - now police are trying to find the woman in the sting.
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Coronavirus: Austrian president 'sorry' for breaking lockdown rules

Sunday, May 24th 2020, 20:24
related places: Vienna

President Van der Bellen stayed at a Vienna restaurant beyond the mandated closing time of 23:00.
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Relaxed Swiss borders will reunite families and lovers

Friday, May 15th 2020, 23:00
related countries: Germany, Switzerland

Switzerland, Germany, and Austria begin relaxing restrictions, ahead of a full reopening.
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Coronavirus: Tests offered at Vienna airport to avoid quarantine

Saturday, May 9th 2020, 23:06
related places: Vienna

The tests are for people arriving in Austria who want to avoid 14 days of quarantine, and cost €190.
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Richard Wadani: Austrian Nazi deserter dies aged 97

Monday, April 20th 2020, 10:21

Richard Wadani was drafted to fight for Nazi Germany in 1939, but deserted and switched sides.
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Coronavirus: Austria and Italy reopen some shops as lockdown eased

Tuesday, April 14th 2020, 15:25
related countries: Italy

Small shops are allowed to open up in Austria, but the worst-hit areas of Italy are holding back.
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Coronavirus: Why you now have to wear a mask in Austrian shops

Sunday, April 5th 2020, 23:05

It is a debate being had across the world, and now Austria and its neighbours have decided to act.
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Coronavirus: Germany to impose border controls over coronavirus

Sunday, March 15th 2020, 18:48
related countries: Romania

Germany is to impose controls on its borders with France and other states as the pandemic grows.
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Coronavirus: Italians barred from Austria to stop spread

Tuesday, March 10th 2020, 19:50

The move is an attempt to stop the disease being brought across the border between the two nations.
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Avalanches in Austrian Alps kill at least six

Sunday, March 8th 2020, 18:59

Five of the victims are believed to be Czechs on a walking trip, the sixth is a police officer.
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Australian Open: Dominic Thiem stuns Rafael Nadal in four-set thriller

Wednesday, January 29th 2020, 14:12
related countries: Aruba

Top seed Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open after Austria's Dominic Thiem overpowers the Spaniard in Melbourne.
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Austria minister Alma Zadic targeted by web hate speech

Thursday, January 9th 2020, 17:46
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Austria's chancellor defends the young Bosnian-born Green minister trolled by far-right activists.
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Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes

Friday, December 27th 2019, 0:47

Once dubbed the ashtray of Europe, Austria has finally banned smoking in restaurants, bars and cafes.
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