Austria

The Austrian conservatives of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' party ÖVP and the Greens successfully ended their negotiations for a government coalition they intend to form, German-language media reported. Soon, Germany might choose the same approach.

Whoever wants to book big name Soul and Funk bands in Europe, will need to talk to Georg Leitner, in most cases. The concert agent from Vienna and his helpers…

After the 'Ibiza Scandal' which brought down former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' government coalition in May, he won the Austrian snap elections on Sunday. It…

Now Austria is wondering just how much influence the big northern neighbor has. This includes the media, but also Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU, the ÖVP's German sister party. Its new chairlady with that long name, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, sounded like she knew what to do before Kurz did.

"Europe is a constellation of countries which decided to cooperate on the basis of common values", Merkel said in Zagreb. "We are dealing with populist…

Herbert Kickl, Austria's Interior Minister, has been in office for only 13 months, but he is already a record holder. In the past seven decades, nobody in a…

Today the central Austrian municipality Hochkar became an official disaster zone. Here and in other regions, roads were closed. The famous Hochkar Alpine Road had been cleared on Tuesday. Today, it needed to be closed again today due to all the snow and because trees which could not withstand the weight of the snow fell and blocked the road.