Sources: BBC
Five people are killed, another is injured and power outages are reported during a major snowstorm in Linz and Tyrol, Austria. 2026-02-20
Eight skiers are killed and another is seriously injured in separate avalanches on the Alps in Austria. 2026-01-17
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reports significant increases (as much as 1200%) in reported antisemitic incidents in countries such as Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium since the Israel–Hamas war began. 2024-07-11
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
Eight people in Austria and two others in Switzerland are killed by a series of avalanches. 2023-02-5
Diplomats from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran gather in Vienna, Austria to seek a deal to revive the 2015 Iran deal. 2022-02-28
The Economist Intelligence Unit releases its annual Global Liveability Ranking assessment, ranking the world's most livable cities. Auckland, New Zealand replaces long-time first place holder Vienna, Austria, largely because of New Zealand's handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-06-9
Germany will close its border with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol region beginning on the evening of February 14 because of a high risk of variants of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-11
Three people are killed and dozens more are injured as a man drives his car into a crowd in Graz, Austria. 2015-06-20
Michael Spindelegger resigns as vice-chancellor and finance minister of Austria; as leader of the Austrian People's Party, he is replaced by Reinhold Mitterlehner. 2014-08-26