Austria

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg called for a pause in the fighting in the Middle East for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Border controls with the Czech Republic will be extended until at least mid-April, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported, citing government sources; they had been introduced last October as measures in the fight against international smuggling organisations

The pigments in 12 million-year-old fossil snail shells from Austria are the oldest preserved dyes of the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum in Vienna and the University of Göttingen have shown

Thousands of people took to the streets across Austria on Friday to protest against right-wing extremism and racism, inspired by similar demonstrations in neighbouring Germany

A political party born as a joke, the Beer Party, has announced that it will participate in this year's parliamentary elections, stating that it could make "a positive contribution in Parliament"

Ahead of federal elections later this year in which the far-right is expected to do well, President Alexander Van der Bellen in his New Year's message encouraged people to engage more with those who have different viewpoints

Gaston Glock, the Austrian engineer who invented the famous pistol that bears his name, has died at the age of 94; the Glock company said in a statement that its founder's life's work 'will continue in his spirit'

Centre-left party SPÖ wants to suspend the price of carbon dioxide emissions to soften the blow of high inflation; 'we demand that the CO2 tax be suspended until energy prices are reduced to a reasonable level,' said Kucher, head of parliamentary group

The country wants to end the suspension of aid to the Palestinians, announced two days after the deadly attack by Hamas militants on Israel, as a review found no indication that the funds were used to finance or promote terrorism

Starting tomorrow, 1 December 2023, Austrians will be able to apply for the new generation of passport in almost 900 municipalities and district administrations, which is expected to become one of the most modern and secure in the world

Austria reached the top ten of the world's most visited international destinations in 2022, according to a recent report by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation

The country is planning deportations of illegal immigrants after signing a 'migration and security agreement' with the UK to work on a programme to deport asylum seekers to a third country such as Rwanda