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School students from all over the world have skipped school to demand that governments take more action against climate change. Worldwide more than 2000 protests were scheduled in…

Due to avalanche danger, the entire ski area of ​​the Hochkar is vacated in Austria. The ski area is about 120 kilometers south-west of Vienna and everyone has to go there in the course of Monday...

Two robber robbers have detained several brothers of a Catholic church in Vienna for hours and left five of them wounded. At this moment a manhunt is going on to the perpetrators.

The United States calls it disappointing that a university founded by the Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros should stop activities in Hungary. The Central European University (CEU) announced on Monday that it was 'expelled' from the Central European country.

The police in Vienna hunt three suspects who stole a painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir from an Austrian auction house. The canvas would be auctioned on Wednesday but was strangely stolen by strangers.

The Italian Government strongly rejects Austria's plan to offer Austrian citizens the Austrian nationality. She has learned that Vienna is working on a legal text that allows the inhabitants of the Alto Adige province, regardless of whether they speak German or Italian, to give an Austrian passport. 'That initiative is misplaced because of the disturbing founding effect that may possibly go,' said Rome in a reaction.

Cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin, does not pose a major risk to financial stability in the EU because of its small size, but consumers and investors need to be better protected against the risks of the virtual money system.

Russian President Putin speaks Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday evening in her official residence, the castle of Meseberg north of Berlin. This dialogue is the first they hold in Germany since relations cooled in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea and the uprising in eastern Ukraine. Merkel began her fourth reign in March and Putin was re-elected in the same month. In May, Merkel visited Putin in Sochi.

An 18-year-old Afghan who wanted to apply for asylum in Austria because he would not be accepted as a homosexual at home received a rejection. Reason: 'The way you walk, behave and dress you do not indicate in any way that you could be gay.'

The Austrian capital Vienna wants to ban food from strong smelling food such as liver cheese, kebabs, pizza and noodles in the underground. The measure will be introduced on a metro line in September.

An American tourist has caused considerable commotion at an airport in Vienna, by taking a non-exploded bomb from the Second World War out of her bag at customs. The 24-year-old lady wanted to know if she could take the bomb as a souvenir. The answer could not have been clearer...

Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Wednesday that Tehran would strongly oppose the threats of the US to restrict Iranian oil sales. He also warned that Washington had not thought about the consequences of such a decision.

The Austrian government wants quick clarification of the consequences of the compromise reached in Germany on migration policy. Vienna wants to know whether the agreements between sister parties CDU and CSU are taken over by the German government, reports Austrian media.

In the Austrian city of Vienna 80,000 people demonstrated against the introduction of the 12-hour working day and the 60-hour working week.

The Austrian authorities have asked Germany for clarification of the systematic spying of government services and companies by the intelligence service BND for years. The magazine 'Profil' and the Viennese newspaper 'Der Standard' revealed these German bugging practices on Saturday.

The German head of government Merkel is almost alone with her asylum policy. At the visit of the Austrian chancellor Kurz last night it became painfully clear that Vienna is on the side of Munich and Orbans Hungary. 'If Europe does not function as a unit in illegal migration, great damage can occur, also for the Schengen zone', the chancellor threatened.

The oil sector represents the largest decrease in production capacity in thirty years. The buffer held by Opec countries is threatening to drop to 2% due to high demand, the bottom since 1984. In conflicts or production constraints, there is not much of a price increase.

Russia is ready to improve relations with the US and there is reason to believe that a conversation with Donald Trump will be constructive. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this on Saturday according to Russian media.

The Russian president Putin brings a working visit to Vienna on Tuesday. According to local media, the Austrian capital is being lamented for 'the Putin show' by security measures and deposits for nine hours. Eight hundred agents and hundreds of soldiers watch over the city and its guest from Russia.

It is the nightmare of all parents: a seven-year-old girl went to the door in Vienna to play. A stranger killed the child with a stitch in the neck and threw it in a garbage container.

On the Asian island of Borneo an ant has been found that can disable his enemies by exploding, so they get a toxic substance over them.

Marching children in military uniforms in a mosque caused a stir in Austria. The children marched behind Turkish flags in one of the largest mosques in Vienna. The authorities start an investigation after images of that procession appeared on the internet.

Australia expels two Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain. According to the British government, the regime in Moscow is behind the attack.

The man who put on a military in Vienna had radical-Islamic sympathies. The authorities have searched the man's home and take a close look at his activities on the internet, the Interior Ministry announced.

An Austrian soldier has shot a man who attacked him with a knife at the Iranian embassy in Vienna. According to the police, the attacker was a 26-year-old Austrian.

A 23-year-old Afghan has announced that he stabbed four people on Wednesday in Vienna. He first randomly put down a father, mother and daughter. Half an hour later he wounded a 20-year-old man whom he knew.

At least three people were injured in Vienna when an unknown person came to bystanders. Austrian media write that.

Oil production by countries that are not members of OPEC oil cartel is increasing this year.

Syrian rebels attacked an army post near Damascus and killed at least 13 soldiers. This is a new offensive unleashed against the troops of the Assad government, said a spokesman for the insurgents Sunday. The attack was deployed from East Ghouta, a stronghold near the capital that is in the hands of Islamic resistance movements.

The Syrian government and the opposition reached an agreement on an armistice in East Ghouta during the negotiations in Vienna on Friday. It has been agreed that from midnight no more will be shot and bombed in this rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus. That is what spokesperson Ahmed Ramadan said of the insurgents. The file is mainly due to Russian mediation.