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

Wien Energie, Vienna's state-owned heat and gas supplier, will avoid buying Russian gas and ensure that it is not sold to its customers from 2025 onwards

Austrian agriculture is struggling with the effects of the severe drought of recent weeks and months: damage to agriculture caused by the drought is estimated at €150 million

With less than a month to go before legislative elections of September 29, Austria's far-right Freedom Party has highlighted its priorities in its manifesto, ranging from proposals to sharply reduce immigration to strengthening the economy

Austrian Leonhard Baumgartner was named winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 in Bodø, Norway