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Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.
2024-03-31

Austria's Constitutional Court overturns a government ban on school children wearing specific religious head coverings, ruling it discriminatory, and saying that the ban could lead to the "marginalisation of Muslim girls".
2020-12-11

Austria reports a record increase of 5,627 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative nationwide total to 99,576 confirmed cases.
2020-10-30

The number of new infections in Austria since the start of the pandemic rises by a record 4,453 cases in the past 24 hours.
2020-10-29

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 people from Lombardy, Italy, living in Austria's state of Tyrol, test positive for coronavirus.
2020-02-25

Voters in Austria go to the polls to elect a new President in a second round run-off between Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen and Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer. Projections show that Van der Bellen has won with Hofer conceding defeat.
2016-12-4

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

A car crash in Austria leads to the death of Christian Kandlbauer, thought to be the first man to drive using a mind-controlled robotic arm.
2010-10-22