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 country has launched a €250.000 support program for single wagon transport in Tirol, the Southern region on the border with Italy
Europe Austria Austria's glaciers will disappear within 45 years, warned the Austrian Alpine Club, in its latest glacier measurement report describing the rapid reduction of 93 glaciers in Austria over the past two years
Europe Austria AM Resources Corp has discovered 49 new pegmatites in an area of 12,32 km2; these pegmatites solidify the company's strategic position in one of Austria's most prospective lithium areas within its 1.500 km2 land package
Europe Austria Austria's dependence on Russian gas has increased from 80% to 98% in two years; the country's energy minister, Leonore Gewessler, urges swift action to reverse the trend