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Austrians vote for the 183 members of the 26th National Council.
2024-09-29

An Austrian man is killed in a shootout with police in Munich, Germany, near the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and the Israeli Consulate. A terrorist motive is suspected.
2024-09-5

Austrian-Canadian billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is arrested on sexual assault charges dating from the 1980s to 2023.
2024-06-7

Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, "Lady with a Fan", sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK.
2023-06-27

An Austrian man kills five people in the town of Kitzbühel, Tyrol: his ex-girlfriend, her brother and parents, as well as her new boyfriend. He gives himself up at the police station.
2019-10-6

A manuscript by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler sells for about £4.5 million at Sotheby’s.
2016-11-30

A Catalan official says the 13 exchange students killed in Sunday's accident were 19-to-25-year-old women, seven from Italy, two Germans, an Austrian, a woman from France, a Romanian and an Uzbek. Twenty-four people are being treated in hospital with one student in critical condition, and six people, including the driver, in serious condition. Reports from officials indicate the driver lost control of the coach and crashed to the other side before running into an oncoming car. The bus driver, who passed alcohol and drug tests, is being investigated for possible negligent homicide as police seek to determine the cause of the crash.
2016-03-21

Austria holds a national referendum, choosing between keeping the current system of a conscripted army and optional social service for young men, or introducing a professional army and a voluntary community service.
2013-01-20