Sources: BBC
Three hikers are killed by a lightning strike on Mittagsspitze mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria. 2025-06-15
Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens. 2023-06-2
Eight people in Austria and two others in Switzerland are killed by a series of avalanches. 2023-02-5
The Czech Republic records its highest temperature for the month of June, 39.0 C, in Řež. Parts of Austria, Germany and Poland also report record high temperatures. 2022-06-19
Austria reports a record 17,006 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,378,747. 2022-01-12
Austrian privacy organization NOYB files complaints to regulators in four EU countries alleging that Facebook, Google, Instagram, and WhatsApp are violating the GDPR. 2018-05-25
Six members of one family, including three children, are found dead in Böheimkirchen, Austria. Police suspect a murder-suicide by one of the female relatives. 2016-12-1
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
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is held in Vienna, Austria with Måns Zelmerlöw of Sweden winning for the song Heroes. 2015-05-23
Several countries evacuate staff from their embassies in Moscow due to the 2010 Russian wildfires including Germany, Austria, Poland and Canada, 2010-08-8