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Green Line, British bases complicate Cyprus Schengen entry, DW reports

Austria and the Netherlands have informally expressed reservations about Cyprus joining the Schengen Area, citing security concerns over the...
World

Nine people killed in school attack in Graz, Austria

Nine people, including seven students, have been killed in an attack on a school in the Austrian city of...
World

Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with ‘Wasted Love’, Greece finishes sixth

Austria claimed victory in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, with singer JJ and his emotional ballad...
World

Austrian government calls Villach stabbing a terrorist attack linked to Islamic State

Austria’s government has classified Saturday’s fatal knife attack in Villach, Carinthia, as an "Islamist terrorist act with links to...
World

Austria’s President taps far-right leader Kickl to form government after coalition talks collapse

In a historic move, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked far-right leader Herbert Kickl with forming...
Local

Dozens of Cypriot antiquities to be repatriated after discovery in Vienna apartment

Sixty-nine stolen antiquities were handed over to Cypriot authorities in the Austrian capital today and will be transported back...
Films

Screening: A whole life

A Whole Life, based on the bestselling novel by Robert Seethaler, follows Andreas Egger, a humble labourer who, in...
Photos

Austrians vote in parliamentary elections

Members of the 'Linkswende' group chant slogans while holding a banner reading 'Nazis Out of the Parliament', as they...
Opinion

Formerly at the margins, the far right is now a force to be reckoned with

In 1999, when the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in Austria, then led by Jorg Haider, came in second in...
World

Torrential rains batter central Europe leaving seven dead, three missing and thousands evacuated

One person drowned in southwest Poland and thousands were evacuated across the border in the Czech Republic after heavy...
World

Austria’s Beer Party, seeing glass half-full, runs for parliament

Austria's Beer Party will run in this year's parliamentary election even though it's still well short of its own...
World

Austrian prosecutors seek to block rapist Fritzl’s move to regular prison

Austrian prosecutors have filed a complaint aimed at overturning a court decision last week that 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef...
World

Romania, Bulgaria agree partial Schengen entry with Austria – ministry

Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen area by air and sea...
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