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Austria : veil ban protest

Nearly 1000 people took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday to protest against the Austrian government’s plans to ban the full-face veil.

05/02/2017

Austria

Austria: Protesters denounce plans to ban full-face Muslim veils

Defending what they say is a woman’s right to choose, some 3,000 people have marched through Austria’s capital, Vienna, to protest at government plans to ban full-face Muslim veils in public…

05/02/2017

Austria

Austria: protesters in Vienna rally against fight-right ball

Around 3000 people demonstrated in Vienna on Friday night against a traditional right-wing ball.

04/02/2017

Austria

Austria to ban Muslim face veils in bid to counter rise of extreme right

Austria’s coalition government has vowed to ban Muslim face-covering veils and to restrict eastern European workers’ access to the labour market.

30/01/2017

Austria

How to be a hermit

Tired of Trump? Weary of war? Want to escape the trials and tribulations of modern life by becoming a hermit? A town in Austria may have the answer to your prayers.

28/01/2017

Sport

Alpine skiing: Reichelt produces rare win in number one bib

Hannes Reichelt stood on top of a World Cup podium for the 12th time in his career when he won the final men’s downhill race before the World Championships in St…

28/01/2017

Sport

Gut wins prestigious Cortina downhill

Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut claimed her fifth victory this season when she triumphed in a downhill race at the prestigious Italian resort of Cortina…

28/01/2017

Austria

Several arrested in Austria anti-terror raids

Austrian police have taken eight people into custody on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation.

26/01/2017

Austria

Austria's President Van der Bellen sworn in, decrying populism

The new Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in for a six-year term.

26/01/2017

Austria

Austria announces new measures to tighten border with Slovakia

Austria wants tighter borders with Slovakia

19/01/2017

Sport

Stoch wins again on home snow

Poland’s Kamil Stoch produced yet another flawless display to clinch a world cup ski jumping event on home snow in Wisla on Sunday.

15/01/2017

Musica

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: New Year's Concert at the Musikverein

Every year on January 1, music lovers gather in one of the world’s finest concert halls, Vienna’s Musikverein, to celebrate the start of the new year to the sound of waltzes and polkas by the Strauss

12/01/2017

Sport

Lindsey Vonn returns to skiing in Austria

American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn is back on the World Cup circuit this week in Austria just nine weeks after surgery.

11/01/2017

Austria

Special unit to investigate mass sexual assaults in Austria

The new police unit are looking for six perpetrators of non-European appearance in relation to the New Year's Eve attacks against 18 women.

05/01/2017

Sport

Ski Jumping: Tande scores double whammy in Innsbruck

Norwegian ski jumper Daniel Andre Tande won a shortened third stop of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament on Wednesday in Innsbruck for his second straight…

04/01/2017

Austria

"Cinderella" opera written by 11-year-old Briton takes Vienna by storm

Alma Deutscher, 11, has just performed her own opera, "Cinderella", in Vienna to great acclaim.

30/12/2016

Austria

Freight trains searched in Austria after migrants crushed to death

Austrian police have started searching freight trains travelling from Italy at night in an attempt to tackle illegal migration and prevent further deaths.

17/12/2016

Austria

Adolf Hitler house to be bought by Austrian government

Austria’s parliament has decided to compulsory purchase the house in which Adolf Hitler was born after years of vacillating.

15/12/2016

Austria

Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants'

Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities

06/12/2016

Austria

Austrians vote environmentalist over populist for presidency

Austria chooses former Green Party leader Van der Bellen over far-right populist Norbert Hofer

04/12/2016

Austria

Far-right or green? Austria votes in the country's presidential election

Van der Bellen and Hofer in close election battle

04/12/2016

Austria

Déjà vu for Austria as crucial presidential re-run gets underway

Austria returns to the polls

03/12/2016

Austria

Far-right hopeful Hofer within reach of Austrian presidency on Sunday

Austria faces a stark choice on Sunday, just as it did in May when left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen and the far-right’s Norbert Hofer last faced off to become the country’s…

02/12/2016

Economy

Austria's economy looks confident despite political division

A reversal in unemployment fortunes and robust trade have done little to ease tensions about the future in Austria's mutating economy.

02/12/2016

Austria

Austrian presidential debate descends into slanderous squabble

The final Austrian presidential debate was a less than cordial affair.

02/12/2016

Economy

Call for Muslim Christmas bonus cut sparks outrage in Austria

A trade union linked to the far-right FPO in Austria faces criticism for social media post targeting Christmas bonus for Muslims.

01/12/2016