Category: Austria

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg discusses Austria’s military non-alignment policy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted countries such as Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership. Austria, however, has shown no interest in joining the alliance. It has been neutral since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1955. In fact, Austria’s law of neutrality […]

Fox News reported; Austrian police issued a terror threat warning Thursday for Vienna, saying there was an “abstract” danger for Syrian institutions in the city. The alert came a day after police in Austria’s capital warned of ” a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” on churches and other houses of worship, citing undisclosed information received by the […]

Ten people have been killed in several avalanches across the Austrian and Swiss Alps over the weekend. Tourists from New Zealand, China and Germany were among the dead at a number of different ski resorts. Austrian authorities put in place a level four avalanche alert – the second highest – following intense snowfall and wind […]

VIENNA- Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats, including two accredited with the United Nations in Vienna, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The diplomats are alleged to have acted “in a manner incompatible with their diplomatic status,” the ministry said, adding they had until February 8 to leave the country. Diplomatic expulsions are rare in […]

VIENNA: On 22rd January, the Egyptian migrant community in Vienna organized a rally to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Egypt Revolution. This popular uprising in 2011 brought down the dictatorship of Mubarak and opened a period of (limited) bourgeois democracy. It was an important victory which encouraged the revolutionary wave in the whole Arab […]

A soldier was killed and another injured after an exchange of fire at a military barracks in Austria. The incident happened in the town of Wiener Neustadt, close to the border with Hungary in southeastern Austria, on Friday morning shortly before 07:00 CET. “A 20-year-old guard from Lower Austria in the guard room of the […]

Vienna:In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said the epicentre of terrorism is located close to India.Speaking at a joint press briefing with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, Mr Jaishankar said he spoke with Austrian leaders about threats to international peace posed by terrorism.Mr Jaishankar said, “We spoke at length […]

A young woman died and two skiers had to be airlifted to hospital after separate crashes on a ski slope in Austria, as authorities warned of treacherous conditions.The woman, a 28-year-old from the Netherlands, lost control of her skis and slid hundreds of feet down an icy slope at the Hintertux resort, in the Tyrol […]

A search and rescue operation has been suspended in western Austria after the last two people unaccounted for following an avalanche in the Lech Zuers skiing area contacted authorities, according to the Austrian Press Agency (APA). The avalanche occurred shortly before 3pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday, APA said on Monday, adding the initial suspicion that […]

Cold economic facts are permeating Austria’s Christmas spending with the country’s retailers reporting thrifty shoppers are skimping on gifts with sales down 15 per cent on last year.The Austrian Retail Association says its members are being hit with a double whammy of rising costs and falling revenues. They say shopkeepers’ expenses for wholesale goods and […]