Centre-left retains Linz in run-off election, far-right gains in Lower Austria’s municipal polls, and Schallenberg calls for unity on Holocaust Memorial Day—plus more stories from Austria on Monday.
Monday, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen
Herbert Kickl on his way out of Vienna's Hofburg Palace following talks with Austria's president, Alexander Van der Bellen, earlier this month. | Credit: Joe Klamar / AFP / Getty Images "Vienna could be about to get its first far-right leader since WWII ...
The farewell Mass for Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, after almost 30 years as Archbishop of Vienna, turned into a national event with 4,000 guests where
The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition government in the Alpine state, are planning massive attacks on the working class and on migrants.
For the ninth time, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is hosting the Austrian World Summit (AWS) in Vienna in the fight against the climate crisis. The