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Austria unfreezes €3.4 million (US$3.7 million) in funds to the UNRWA.
2024-05-18

One person is killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a bar in Graz, Austria, that was hosting a New Year's party.
2024-01-1

Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens.
2023-06-2

Germany closes its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg.
2020-03-15

Voters in Austria go to the polls to elect a new National Council.
2017-10-15

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière strongly criticizes Austria's decision to put a daily cap on the number of refugees the country can accept. Austria has set a limit of dealing with 80 asylum applications a day, while letting thousands of others transit to Germany. Maiziere said this sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable".
2016-02-22

Following Austria's and Germany's decision to waive their asylum system rules, approximately 6,500 migrants – mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan – arrive in Vienna. They traveled from Hungary by bus, train or on foot. The migrants were given the opportunity to register in Austria or move on to Germany.
2015-09-5

United Nations peacekeepers from Austria start withdrawing from the Golan Heights.
2013-06-12

Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, a member of the Dutch royal family, is severely injured in an avalanche at an Austrian ski resort and is reported to be in critical but stable condition.
2012-02-17

The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency lowers its long-term credit ratings on the eurozone countries of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches each and Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch each.
2012-01-13