Sources: AP
Austrian energy company OMV announces, that Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom will stop supplying natural gas to Austria, who receives their natural gas primarily from Russia, starting this weekend. 2024-11-15
The Robert Koch Institute removes dozens of countries, including the United States, Canada, Austria, and Lebanon, from its travel risk list due to low COVID-19 infection rates. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas later announces that most of the countries still on the list will be removed on July 1. 2021-06-11
Austria announces the easing of its lockdown from February 8, allowing non-essential shops and schools to reopen while toughening border restrictions and implementing a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time. 2021-02-1
German prosecutors launch an investigation into a retired Bavarian police officer and his wife for sending several threatening emails to politicians of Turkish background, including the head of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, signing them with "NSU 2.0". 2020-07-27
At least eleven people are killed in heavy flooding across Europe. 2016-06-2
The southern German state of Bavaria threatens to take the Federal German government to court if it fails to take immediate steps to limit the flow of migrants to Germany. Over 200,000 migrants are estimated to have entered Germany since the beginning of September, the vast majority over the Austrian border into Bavaria. 2015-10-9
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
In a referendum, voters in the German state of Bavaria vote to ban smoking at all pubs and restaurants. 2010-07-4
Children were allegedly "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Ettal, Bavaria. 2010-04-12
Extreme weather, including snow and wind, leads to "chaos" and as many as three deaths in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. 2010-01-30