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
Austria and Germany announce that they will freeze all new and ongoing asylum applications by Syrians and will review previous asylum claims by Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime. 2024-12-9
The death toll from the ongoing floods in Austria and Slovenia increases to six. 2023-08-7
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
A rare powerful tornado passes through several villages in southeastern Czech Republic, causing catastrophic damage. Much of Hrušky has been destroyed, according to its mayor. Five people are killed and 150 others are injured. Rescue teams from neighbouring Austria and Slovakia have been deployed to the region. 2021-06-24
Austria suspends vaccinations using the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of a person who received it. 2021-03-7
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
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
Austria reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 69-year-old man in Vienna. 2020-03-12
Five Christian monks are tied up and then left injured, one of them seriously, after a robbery at a church in Vienna, Austria. 2018-12-27