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Suspended term for boy involved in Taylor Swift gig plot

A German court has handed down a suspended sentence to a 16-year-old boy who helped prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Austria last year.

Europe • 26 Aug

Pioneering skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies paragliding

Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.

World • 18 Jul

Two policemen walk past ambulance cars in a street close to a school where, according to reports, several people died in a shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz, southeastern Austria. Several people died in a school shooting, including the attacker, Austrian

As it happened: Graz gunman identified

Police in the Austrian city of Graz have confirmed that ten people, including the shooter, were killed in an attack on a school.

Europe • 10 Jun

GRAZ, AUSTRIA - JUNE 10: People light candles at the school on June 10, 2025 in Graz, Austria. Austrian authorities have confirmed that eleven people died and eleven more are being treated for injuries, following a shooting at BORG Dreierschutzengasse sec

Former pupil kills ten in Austria school shooting

A former pupil has killed ten people and then himself at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz, in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history.

Europe • 10 Jun

The suspects are accused of creating fake accounts on dating platforms to lure LGBTQ people to sometimes remote locations, where they were attacked, robbed and humiliated

Austrian police arrest 15 over anti-LGBTQ hate attacks

Austrian police said they have arrested 15 people on suspicion of a wave of hate crime attacks against LGBTQ people in raids across the country.

World • 21 Mar

People light candles at the site of the stabbing in Villach, Austria

Austria calls stabbing that killed teen 'Islamist attack'

A stabbing that left a teenager dead and five other people injured in southern Austria was an "Islamist attack", the interior minister said, with a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker detained.

World • 17 Feb

Police have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker

Boy (14) dead, four injured after knife attack in Austria

A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker stabbed several passersby in the centre of the Austrian town of Villach, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people

World • 15 Feb

The party led by Herbert Kickl was projected to secure 29.1% of the vote

Far-right party wins Austrian general election

Austrian voters have handed a first ever general election victory to the far-right Freedom Party, vote projections showed, underlining rising support for hard-right parties in Europe fueled by concern over immigration levels.

Europe • 29 Sep 24

A man enters into the Morawka river to clean his boots after the flood left debris and damaged houses in Stronie Slaskie, Poland

How Poland and neighbouring countries faced the floods

The provision of €10bn in cohesion funding central and eastern European countries devastated by floods this week will help their regions rebuild and recover. But climate activists say that the real answer to avoiding such extreme weather lies in tackling climate change.

Europe • 22 Sep 24

The Czech Republic was hit by heavy rain and surging water levels

At least 17 dead as Europe braces for more flooding

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in over two decades left a trail of destruction and a rising number of deaths.

Europe • 16 Sep 24

Taylor Swift fans sing together on Stephansplatz in Vienna today

Plot to attack Swift concert in Austria linked to IS

An Austrian teenager arrested over an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna had built explosive devices for his attack and had pledged loyalty to so-called Islamic State, authorities have said.

World • 08 Aug 24

Barclays said the sale is expected to release about €4 billion of risk-weighted assets

UK's Barclays to sell German consumer finance business

Barclays is selling its German consumer finance business to Austrian bank BAWAG Group for a small premium to net assets, it said today, as the British lender aims to simplify its business.

Business • 04 Jul 24

An undated police handout image of Josef Fritzl

Austrian court allows Josef Fritzl move to regular prison

An Austrian court said it had ruled that rapist Josef Fritzl could be transferred to a regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit but release from incarceration was unlikely.

World • 14 May 24

ECB to push Austria's Raiffeisen to cut back in Russia

Raiffeisen Bank International expects to be told by European regulators to slash lending and payments involving Russia, the Austrian bank said today, ratcheting up pressure on the biggest Western bank in Russia.

Business • 18 Apr 24

Josef Fritzl kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her (file image)

Austria court halts move of Josef Fritzl to regular jail

A Vienna court has said it has overturned a decision to transfer sex offender Josef Fritzl from a special psychiatric unit to a regular jail, ordering the case back to the lower court.

World • 11 Mar 24

Dealz ower Pepco is set to leave the Austrian market

Dealz owner Pepco to quit Austrian market

European discount retailer Pepco Group said it will exit the Austrian market, saying it does not expect appropriate returns in the country.

Business • 20 Feb 24

Josef Fritzl kept his daughter captive for 24 years, fathering her seven children (file pic)

Josef Fritzl to transfer to regular prison - lawyer

An Austrian court has ordered the conditional transfer of sex offender Josef Fritzl from a prison's psychiatric unit to a regular jail, his lawyer told reporters after the hearing.

Europe • 25 Jan 24

Europe's medicines regulator has warned about pre-filled pens falsely labelled as Ozempic (Stock image)

People hospitalised in Austria over supect fake Ozempic

Several people were taken to hospital in Austria after using suspected counterfeits of the diabetes drug Ozempic, according to the federal health safety office.

World • 24 Oct 23

Police said the suspects 'focused' on the Pride Parade

Three held as police foil Austria pride parade attack

Austrian police have arrested three people, including a 14-year-old boy, for allegedly planning an attack at Vienna's pride parade, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, officials have said.

World • 18 Jun 23

The OeBB declined to further identify the suspects, but confirmed the two are 'not OeBB employees' (File image)

Austrian railway probes 'Hitler' train announcements

Austrian rail operator OeBB has said that it has filed complaints against two people after they had allegedly manipulated the trains' loudspeaker announcements to play what appeared to be Hitler salutes and speeches.

World • 15 May 23

Austria's Raiffeisen Bank plays a key role in the Russian economy but also an increasingly contested one as Moscow's war in Ukraine drags on

ECB pressures Austria's Raiffeisen bank to quit Russia

The European Central Bank is pressing Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to unwind its highly profitable business in Russia, five people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Business • 24 Mar 23

Patrols have been increased around Vienna

Vienna police tighten security over possible attack

Austrian police tightened security measures at several sensitive sites in the country's capital after its intelligence service received information that indicated a possible "Islamist" attack.

World • 15 Mar 23

Rescuers in action near Fieberbrunn in Tyrol, Austria

Death toll in Austrian avalanches rises to eight

Avalanches in Austria have left eight people dead in recent days with the avalanche alert level at four on a scale of five after several days of intense snowfall and wind.

World • 05 Feb 23

A general view of a mountain ridge where an avalanche occurred in St Anton am Arlberg, western Austria

Avalanches in Austria and Switzerland leave five dead

Avalanches in Austria and Switzerland have left five people dead, with three of those killed while visiting Austria's Alpine regions.

World • 04 Feb 23

Four people were killed in downtown Vienna and 23 others wounded on 2 November 2020

Accomplices of Vienna attack sentenced to life

A Vienna court has sentenced two men who helped a gunman carry out Austria's first deadly jihadist attack to life in prison as the months-long trial wrapped up.

World • 02 Feb 23