Austria

Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig said he opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement during the Agriculture Council in Brussels, despite alleged pressure from industry

Construction has begun on an expanded power line that will connect Germany and Austria, with an investment of EUR 600 million that is expected to increase grid stability and help provide cheaper power to industry in the region

Austria's unemployment rate reached its lowest level since 2008; some 369.769 people were unemployed or in training with labour market services at the end of February, making this the lowest unemployment rate in 15 years

Austria's imports of Russian gas are approaching the market shares last reached during the pre-war period, as Gazprom is again delivering the total contracted quantities

From 6 February the authorities will only carry out so-called 'mobile border controls' towards Slovakia, replacing the previous controls, according to the Austrian Interior Ministry

Austria, with Hungary, decided not to send weapons to Ukraine to avoid further escalation, said Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner and her Hungarian counterpart Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky

The government wants to reduce the burden of high electricity prices for households by covering 80% of grid tariffs, while the authorities are trying to counter inflated prices from utility companies by investing an additional €200 million

The conservatives, eager to win the upcoming local elections in the state of Lower Austria, want to further crack down on climate activists with harsher penalties, although legal experts consider such a move problematic

The country has installed more than 1.000 MW of solar power and has now reached over 4,2 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity

The 10 skiers buried by an avalanche were rescued after the last two missing, injured but alive, were pulled out of the snow

The government's new circular economy strategy, focusing on higher recycling rates in 2030, is expected to significantly reduce resource use in Austria by 2050