Sources: BBC
Austria's largest privately owned real estate company Signa Holding files for insolvency. 2023-11-29
Floods and landslides occur in southern Austria, with water being pumped out of a dam in the Viktring district of Klagenfurt, Carinthia, after concerns are raised over its stability. 2023-08-5
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
The Czech Police Forces announce that they will carry out random border checks with Austria as a preventive measure against terrorism. 2020-11-2
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces that private gatherings of more than six people indoors and twelve people outdoors will be banned in Austria from October 23, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. 2020-10-19
Austria reports 1,209 new cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of pandemic, according to data sent by the Interior Ministry. 2020-10-8
Two connected stabbings occurred in Vienna, Austria: three people were seriously injured outside a Japanese restaurant, and one man in a later stabbing. The perpetrator was arrested. 2018-03-7
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
Austria’s highest court orders a repeat of the presidential elections narrowly lost in May by right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer. The margin of votes was less than 1%. 2016-07-1
Germany reopens train services from Austria after reintroducing border controls. 2015-09-14