Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift attack
- 16-Feb-2026
Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism-related and other charges against a now 21-year-old suspect arrested shortly before a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, who they said planned to carry out an attack. The Vienna prosecutors’ office plans to bring a criminal case against the unnamed suspect in Wiener Neustadt, a town near Vienna, accusing him […]
Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools
- 11-Dec-2025
Austria’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools for girls under 14 despite uncertainty over whether the legislation will be ruled unconstitutional as a previous ban was five years ago. The ban, proposed by the ruling coalition of three centrist parties, was also backed by the far-right Freedom […]
At least 9 killed in Austrian school shooting
- 10-Jun-2025
At least nine people were reported killed and a number of others injured in a shooting at a school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, the city’s mayor said. Graz Mayor Elke Kahr, quoted by Austrian news agency APA, said many injured had also been taken to hospital following the shooting, which […]
Russia cuts gas to Austria in payment dispute
- 17-Nov-2024
Russia halted gas supplies to Austria on Saturday in a dispute over payments but was still pumping steady volumes to Europe via Ukraine after remaining buyers asked for more gas. Russia, which before the Ukraine war was the biggest single supplier of natural gas to Europe, has lost almost all of its European customers as […]
Austria to be cut off from Russian gas
- 15-Nov-2024
A on Friday, in a development that could signal the end of the last Russian gas supplies to Europe. In a notice published on the central European gas hub platform, Austrian oil and gas company OMV said it had been informed by Gazprom that the Russian gas producer would reduce its deliveries of natural gas […]
Neutral Austria ready to join Germany’s Euro air defence project
- 02-Jul-2023
VIENNA: Austria, a neutral country, announced on Saturday its intention to join the European Sky Shield initiative, launched in 2022 by Germany against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. “We must and will take precautions to protect our country against the risk of drone or missile attacks,” Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said in a […]
Austria foils pride parade attack: interior ministry
- 18-Jun-2023
VIENNA: Austrian police have arrested three youngsters, including a 14-year-old, for allegedly planning an attack at Vienna’s pride parade, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, officials said Sunday. The men aged 14, 17 and 20 and suspected of being IS sympathisers were held ahead of the parade, according to domestic intelligence agency (DSN) chief […]
ADNOC to buy 24.9% stake in Austria’s OMV
- 21-Dec-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will acquire 24.9% of Austrian oil and gas group OMV, it said on Wednesday, stepping up its international expansion since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted energy market turmoil. ADNOC has been flexing its muscles, taking on international oil companies and Gulf rivals in its pursuit of energy assets outside […]
Ushna Shah’s pictures of Austria trip go viral
- 20-Oct-2022
Ushna Shah has more than two million Instagram followers.
Man gets into scary paragliding accident; video goes viral
- 01-Apr-2022
The video of a man’s scary paragliding accident in Austria is going viral across social media platforms. The point of view viral video, shared on the social media application YouTube, saw the adventure seeker waiting to be launched during the paragliding act. However, it did not go to plan. The man’s expedition went awry. He […]