An Austrian man survived being buried under a massive avalanche in Gschnitztal, Tyrol, for ten hours on Sunday.His companion, a 27-year-old German man, died but a rescue team managed to dig out the 23-year-old...

A gourmet event in London’s Hyde Park has brought the capital’s attention upon Austria’s culinary excellence – demonstrating that it’s more than just apple strudel and Wiener...

Austria’s governing parties have agreed that a general ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants will not be imposed until May 2018.The SPÖ and ÖVP announced at a press conference that a draft law will...

Austrian boffins in the small town of Gratkorn have developed a concept of the future of cars, together with Swiss tuning specialist Rinspeed.Imagine a car which can come by itself to pick you up from...

Two young Austrians and an Italian have died in a massive avalanche that hit the French Alps on Wednesday afternoon – they were part of a ski tour organised by the Austrian Alpine Club(ÖAV). Another...

The Austrian capital has been dubbed the city with the best quality of life in the world for expats for the second year in a row.Zurich, Auckland, Munich and Vancouver follow closely behind, according...

A gang from Romania who posed as beggars but carried out brazen burglaries has been arrested by police in Salzburg.According to a report in the Kurier newspaper the five Romanians begged on the streets...

A criminal network which smuggled Kosovan migrants into the EU has been busted by police in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Kosovo. With the support of Europol and...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will face some of his harshest critics on Tuesday at the UEFA annual congress in Vienna – most of whom will be voting to remove him from office when the Swiss stands for...

Austria has announced it is halting payments on more than €11 billion ($12.28 billion) in debts of the failed Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG until it has found a way of winding down the bank without...