Europe Austria Restoration work has begun in the library of the Benedictine Abbey of Melk; overlooking the Danube River, the UNESCO heritage site contains a hundred thousand historical volumes some older than a millennium
Europe Austria Reichard Wilhelm, a mummified 17th century baby from the crypt of an Austrian aristocratic family, has been identified thanks to CT scans, family records, radiocarbon tests and other burial clues as Frontiers of Medicine explains
Europe Austria The Interior Minister and Greece’s Migration Minister declared that the two countries will tighten cooperation in order to fight the international smuggling mafia and protect the EU external borders
Europe Austria According to projections, liberal President Alexander Van der Bellen is poised to win a second six-year term without a runoff
Europe Austria The European Commission has notified the Austrian government of its failure to report the transposition of new EU labour market directives, triggering infringement proceedings that could end at the European Court of Justice
Europe Austria UN General Assembly has approved the appointment of Austrian Volker Turk as the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Turk works in Guterres' office as Under-Secretary-General for Policy
Europe Austria The government has signed a framework agreement with Ukraine on economic cooperation for the development of projects, particularly in the field of healthcare, which also includes the creation of a rehabilitation centre in Lviv
Europe Austria The government intends to conduct 'anti-marketing' campaigns in safe countries where refugees are suspected of emigrating for economic reasons, to counter the promises made by human traffickers
Europe Austria Vienna will dim street lighting and reduce Christmas illuminations this year as part of the city's energy saving measures; according to the city spokeswoman “there will be no Christmas illuminations on the Ring”
Europe Austria The EU Commission has issued the Just Transition Territorial Plans for Austria and the first funding of €76 million in the frame of the Cohesion Policy in the transition to climate neutrality
Europe Austria Conductor Stefan Soltesz, 73, died Friday night after a collapse while conducting ‘The Silent Woman’ by Richard Strauss at the National Theatre in Munich, Germany
Europe Austria A mixed picture of foodborne diseases for 2021 has been published, showing that reports of Salmonella and Campylobacter increased last year, but remained below levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic
Europe Austria 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