Sources: BBC
Eight skiers are killed and another is seriously injured in separate avalanches on the Alps in Austria. 2026-01-17
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
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
Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer tests positive for COVID-19 and begins a period of self-isolation. 2022-01-7
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
Austria reports its first case of the Lineage P.2 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Salzburg state. 2021-03-8
Germany closes its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg. 2020-03-15
The German state of Bavaria plans "emergency measures" in response to the migrant crisis, including deporting migrants back to Austria and closing the border. An estimated 225,000 migrants have arrived in the southern German state in less than five weeks. 2015-10-8
A plane containing 10 members of a Russian spy ring arrives in Vienna, Austria, from the United States. 2010-07-9