Staunchly anti-nuclear Austria lodged a legal complaint with the European Court of Justice on Thursday against the EU’s approval of the expansion of a nuclear plant in neighbouring Hungary. The...

President Alexander Van der Bellen on Friday warned Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) against using slander to discredit journalists after a series of verbal attacks on state television. “Slander,...

Two passenger trains collided Monday in central Austria, killing one person and injuring 22 others, the police told AFP. Police said the accident happened a little before 1 pm (1200 GMT) at Niklasdorf...

The Austrian doctors’ association initiated on Friday a petition in favour of a smoking ban in bars and restaurants that would bring the country into line with most of the rest of Europe. “We...

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday that he aimed to ease east-west strains within the European Union, as his new right-wing government welcomed Hungary’s incendiary Prime Minister Viktor...

Austria’s new far-right interior minister was quoted as saying on Thursday that he has ordered the creation of a “border protection unit” in case of a major new influx of migrants, like...

More than 20,000 people rallied on Saturday in Vienna against Austria’s new conservative-far right coalition over its hardline stances on immigration and social policy, police said. Marchers descended...

Austrian prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating the national football federation head over a payment made at the time of the disgraced Sepp Blatter’s re-election as Fifa president in...

The Vienna Philharmonic did its best to give a troubled world a soothing start to 2018 on Monday with its traditional New Year’s Concert, broadcast live in over 90 countries. The annual extravaganza,...

“Whizz-kid”, “Basti Fantasti” and “Messiah” are just some of the monikers given to new Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, 31, as of Monday the world’s youngest...