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A 14-year-old boy is killed and five other people are injured in a mass stabbing on a street in Villach, Carinthia, Austria. A 23-year-old man, an Islamic State member, is arrested.
2025-02-15

The death toll from the ongoing floods in Central and Eastern Europe increases to eight, including six people in Romania, one in Poland, and a firefighter in Austria.
2024-09-15

The death toll from the ongoing floods in Austria and Slovenia increases to six.
2023-08-7

Eight people in Austria and two others in Switzerland are killed by a series of avalanches.
2023-02-5

Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer tests positive for COVID-19 and begins a period of self-isolation.
2022-01-7

Austrian chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announces a full nationwide lockdown for the entire population starting on 22 November, amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed hospitals. Schallenberg also announces that COVID-19 vaccinations will become mandatory as of 1 February 2022.
2021-11-19

The Austrian government announces that it will ban people who are unvaccinated and those who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering cafes, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels, events with more than 25 people, and ski lifts beginning on 8 November due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
2021-11-5

A major Austrian Muslim organization files a lawsuit against the government for publishing a map on Thursday listing the location of the country's mosques and Islamic associations, saying it "represents an unprecedented crossing of boundaries". The Islamic Religious Community in Austria, the Turkish Foreign Ministry, and members of the ruling Green Party have also criticized the map's publication.
2021-05-29

Voters in Austria go to the polls for a legislative election.
2013-09-29

Two motorcyclists, from Austria and New Zealand, are killed in the same Isle of Man TT race.
2010-06-11