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An airplane flying from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approaches Salzburg, Austria, killing four people.
2023-11-3

Police in Vienna, Austria, announce that they have banned a pro-Palestinian protest over mentions of "from the river to the sea" in invitations and the characterization of the protest as a call for violence.
2023-10-11

Austria abandons a plan to allow anyone with a negative test result to exit the lockdown a week early, instead extending strict measures and keeping restaurants and non-essential shops closed until January 24.
2021-01-4

The number of new infections in Austria rises by a record of 3,614 cases, pushing the total confirmed cases to 79,770 cases.
2020-10-24

Austrian MPs vote to demand a government veto on a proposed trade deal between the European Union and South American trade group Mercosur. The deal is the result of 20 years of negotiations. France and Ireland have previously threatened to also veto the deal unless Mercosur member Brazil increases efforts to fight ongoing Amazon rainforest wildfires.
2019-09-19

Two connected stabbings occurred in Vienna, Austria: three people were seriously injured outside a Japanese restaurant, and one man in a later stabbing. The perpetrator was arrested.
2018-03-7

Five people were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
2017-08-27

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 body count from a van found on an Austrian highway carrying migrants yesterday rises to at least 71. Three people are arrested in Hungary in relation to their deaths.
2015-08-28

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