Austria has filed a lawsuit against BayernLB on the grounds that it believes it was misled by the German lender over the true financial state of the Hypo Alpe Adria bank, which had to be nationalised in...

Austria is not happy that the EU’s planned €315 billion growth scheme could be used to fund the construction of nuclear power plants.“It surely cannot be seriously the case that we invest in...

Austria has yet to record its first case of Ebola, but the feared virus has already had a severe impact on the lives of Africans living in Vienna. One of them is Jusu M., a 27-year old Sierra Leone national,...

When a nuclear bomb landed in the Gregg yard in South Carolina in 1958, it left a big crater, killed a few chickens, caused the family minor injuries and wrecked their Chevrolet. Luckily, the device that...

Lung cancer specialists in Vienna have warned that for many people the disease is a death sentence, and that this most fatal form of cancer has a huge global death toll. Speaking ahead of the Central...

Austria’s government has said it fully supports a €300 billion ($374 billion) European Commission investment package, designed to pull Europe out of its economic slump over the next five years. At...

New research shows that under Nazi rule hundreds of patients were murdered at the Maria Gugging psychiatric hospital in Lower Austria – many more than previously believed. Patients were murdered...

As Europe struggles with floods of refugees fleeing Syria and other hotspots, one award-winning village in Austria is showing that it is possible for locals and asylum-seekers to get along just fine. Two...

Austria’s federal states have agreed on a common approach to dealing with the current influx of asylum seekers. At a governors’ conference in Klagenfurt they approved admission quotas and the establishment...

We know how daunting it can be when you’re first looking for a job in Austria. Especially intended for students, recent graduates and young people in Vienna, the annual career fair kicks off on Thursday. Organized...