To mark World Heritage Day, Vienna's Natural History Museum and the Hallstatt region organized “Unveiling Hidden World Heritage”; the event showcased finds that are normally hidden from view: from Alpine pile dwellings to latest discoveries in salt mines

Austria’s coalition government has agreed to introduce a social media ban for children under 14, after days of negotiations over how the measure would work

94 out of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last two years, the Austrian Alpine Club reported, with an average loss of 20 meters in length and record of 100 meters of Alpeiner Ferner in Tyrol and Stubacher Sonnblickkees in Salzburg

A club in the ski-resort town of Schladming is providing accessible skiing and allowing everyone to enjoy the slopes thanks to donations and with support of non-profit PSOactive for guided training for sit-skis

Skiers Ariane Rädler and Katharina Huber won the alpine team combination, the first Olympic victory for the ÖSV women in over ten years; the first gold at Milano-Cortina Winter Games came with snowboarder Benjamin Karl in the men's parallel giant slalom