AustriahassetupaconsulategeneralinChengdu,capitalofsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince,withAustrianPresidentAlexanderVanderBellenattendingtheopeningceremonyWednesda
ChinesePresidentXiJinpingheldawelcomeceremonyonSundayforvisitingAustrianPresidentAlexanderVanderBelleninBeijing.ThetwoagreedtoestablishaSino-Austrianfriendlystr
Austria'sconservativePeople'sPartyhasagreedacoalitionwiththefar-rightFreedomParty.ThedealcomestwomonthsafteraparliamentaryelectionwhichthePeople'sPartywonbutwit
AnexplosionrockedoneofEurope'sbiggestgaspipelinehubsinAustriaonTuesday,leavingonepersondeadand18injured,emergencyservicessaid.TheincidenthappenedatBaumgarteneas
Austria'stopcourthasruledthatsame-sexcouplescanmarryfrom2019atthelatest,bringingtheoftenconservativeAlpinecountryintolinewithmorethanadozenotherEuropeannations.
Austria'slikelynextchancellor,SebastianKurz,wantstalksoveranewgovernmenttolastnomorethantwomonths,hesaidinanewspaperinterviewpublishedinSunday.Austria'spresiden
"IslamisnotapartofAustria,"saidHeinz-ChristianStracheattheFreedomParty’s(FPO)finalelectionrally.Thecrowdscheeredthefar-rightcandidateforChancellor,asaroundtheou
Austria'sembattledleft-wingchancellorgavealast-ditchwarningonSaturdaytovotersnottoallowthecountrytoturnrightwithacoalitionoftheconservativesandthefar-right."Aus
The EU's top court has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances.
AustriasaidMondayithadbarredTurkishEconomyMinisterNihatZeybekcifromenteringthecountrytoattendarallymarkingtheanniversaryoflastyear'sfailedcoupattemptinTurkey."H
Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzwaselectedonSundayasthechiefofAustrianpeople'sparty(OVP).Austria'sForeignMinisterSebastianKurzleavesafterameetingofAustrian
Austria is too small a sample from which to tell if the populist tide is abating, with Europe still faces pivotal elections next year in France and Germany, as well as the possibility of a snap election in Italy.
Austria's interior minister threatened on Wednesday to sue Hungary if it refused to take back migrants who had crossed their shared border, as political tensions mounted over immigration before presidential elections.
Italy and Austria agreed on common terms in order to avoid closure of the Brenner Pass border, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Thursday.
Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner on Monday stated that in her view Austria will limit the number of asylum seekers accepted in 2016 to a fixed 37,500.
Tougher German border controls have led to a huge increase in the number of migrants stuck in Austria awaiting onward travel, an allegedly confidential document from the Austrian federal government claimed.