Vienna now ranks first among the world's most liveable cities - according to The Economist Intelligence Unit report - as Auckland, former number 1, dropped to 34th place mainly due to the measures taken to contrast the pandemic

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier in a freefall jump in 2012, died in a paragliding crash on Italy's eastern coast; he was 56 and reportedly died because of a heart attack while flying

Two streets in Braunau am Inn, Adolf Hitler's hometown, are to be renamed following a 28 to 9 vote by the city council as they are named after classical music composer Josef Reiter and entertainer Franz Resl, both of whom were Nazi party members

A convicted Syrian offender has been deported to his country, marking its first forced return to Syria in 15 years

A wave of shock is upsetting Austria after a former student, who reportedly had felt bullied, opened fire at his high school killing 10 people and himself, in one of the worst European school shootings ever; he used legally acquired weapons