Category: Austria

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 […]

The elegant audiences for its world-famous New Year’s Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic may be the epitome of buttoned-up reserve, all tailcoats and taffeta. But the gilded columns of Vienna’s grand old Musikverein are now home to concerts where something very different happens, where older people, often living with dementia, can let it all hang […]

Drivers in Austria guilty of extreme speeding will have their cars seized and auctioned off, the government has said, as it seeks to deter “boy racers” by threatening to take away their prized possession.The planned change in legislation announced by the governing coalition of conservatives and Greens aims to toughen Austria’s rules to bring them […]

Austrian rail traffic has ground to a halt, impacting about 8,000 connections and some one million passengers, as workers hold a 24-hour strike after another round of pay negotiations fell through. Monday’s strike affected transport at all levels, from public transport to regional services and long-distance night trains, as well as rail freight lines. The […]