Austria News

A 19-year-old-girl who has no job, was in need for some money. She kicked down a 84-year-old female pensioner infront of the front door of the victim, took her handbag, and escaped. This happend on Sunday in the Styrian capital of Graz. The violent girl captured 30 EUR, a lot of documents and identity cards. [...]

News about the coalition talks in Austria. The Peoples Party cannot imagine a coalition with the Socialdemocrats with Alfred Gusenbauer as chancellor. The Freedom Party now can imagine a coalition with the Peoples Party, but without Wolfgang Schüssel as chancellor. The BZÖ (Alliance for the future of Austria) still can imagine a coalition with the [...]

68. minute: Mario Frick scores the 1:0 lead for Liechtenstein. Austria seemed to be in football hell again, like 16 years ago when they lost the first match against the unknown Faroe Islands. But the goalkeeper of Liechtenstein had pity with the Austrians. Two mistakes made it possible that Austria could turn the match and [...]

The Austrian football national team will play the 35.000-inhabitant-country Liechtenstein in Vaduz today. According to the latest results of the Austrian football team, the Austrians are under big pressure to win this match. It would be the first victory this year. Everything else than a victory for Austria would bring the coach Josef Hickersberger into [...]

The Austrian education minister Elisabeth Gehrer has enough of politics and resigns her function. In 1995 Wolfgang Schüssel, who was vice-chancellor in that time, brought her into the government as education minister instead of Erhard Busek. 4 years later she became the vice-boss of the Peoples Party. The main reason of her retreat were the [...]

The idea to nominate Natascha Kampusch for the “woman of the year” was refused today by the committee of the Women’s World Award. The title “woman of the year” will be given to the medical doctor and scientist Robin Herbert from New York, for a study about the 11th September 2001. The study concerns itself [...]

The ski and snowboard manufacturer Oldenburg from the Lower Austrian town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs files for bankruptcy. The traditional company is unable to pay. The annulment of an exclusive contract with one big client from the United States was too much for the company. The American client wants to produce more cost-effective in [...]

After his big defeat on Sundays election, Schüssel is not thinking to resign as party boss of the Peoples Party. He told he wants to go in coalition talks for the Peoples Party with the Socialdemocrats. In spite of the loss of 8% of votes, Schüssel still has self confidence. Schüssel said to the Socialdemocrats [...]

This was really a surprise. Nobody could imagine the Peoples Party would lose 8%. Freedom Party staid on the 3rd place with 11,21%. The Greens made their best result in history, but still have to stay on the fourth place. Also the BZÖ surprised: 4,2%. But only because of the Carinthians, every second vote for [...]

Nationalratswahl 2006 – the National Council election. 6,1 mio Austrians have the right today to vote. 7 parties can be voted in the whole country. The Peoples Party, Socialdemocrats, Freedom Party, The Greens, BZÖ, Communist Party and MATIN. The 8th party, the NFÖ who wants Austria out of the European Union can only be elected [...]