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Austria has introduced measures to halt the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, including making it mandatory to wear masks in supermarkets.

The Austrian armed forces have deployed just over 900 personnel to help supermarkets across the country keep products on shelves during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

The Austrian government has introduced new restrictive measures to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, including banning meetings of five or more people.

The border between Greece and Turkey is becoming increasingly militarised, with heavily armed personnel from either side continuing to pour into the region as illegal migrants seek to punch through the European Union’s common external border with Turkish president’s blessing.

Authorities in western Germany said Wednesday that a man who contracted COVID-19 is in critical condition and has been taken to hospital.

VIENNA – A member of the Rothschild family is suing the city of Vienna, accusing it of “perpetuating” Nazi laws by plundering the Jewish banking family’s foundation, media reports said Saturday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has praised Austria as being a “natural partner” for tackling mass illegal migration. 

Leader of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) Sebastian Kurz has announced a coalition agreement with the Green Party that will see several green policies but no changes to migration policy. Mr Kurz, along with Green Party leader Werner Kogler presented

An Austrian skier’s life was saved Wednesday in what rescuers are calling a “Christmas miracle,” after an avalanche trapped him under the snow for five hours.

Austrian police said on Monday they have foiled a terrorist plot to attack crowded targets in Austria, Germany, France, and Luxembourg during the holiday season, including the Christmas market at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.

Two police raids of the home Austrian identitarian activist Martin Sellner earlier this year have been declared illegal by a court in the city of Graz.

According to data from the new Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study, immigrants in Austria still perform far below their native counterparts. In Germany, 20 per cent of 15-year-olds can barely read.

VIENNA (AP) – Austrian and Moldovan authorities have broken up an organized crime ring suspected of smuggling nuclear materials, the European police agency said Friday.

Four Turkish-born men, including an imam, have been convicted of recruiting for the Islamic State in Graz, the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria.

Cocaine consumption has hit an all-time high within Europe according to a report that states London’s use alone involves over a billion euros per year.

Austrian police say a 32-year-old social worker has died days after suffering serious stab wounds during an attack at a refugee shelter.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that EU governments can order Facebook to take down content worldwide after an Austrian politician was insulted online.

A 25-year-old man used a pistol to shoot and kill his ex-girlfriend and four others at the Tyrolean ski resort in Kitzbühel, despite gun licensing requirements and in-depth background checks. 

Exit polls released following the Austrian national snap election pont to a decisive victory for Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) leader Sebastian Kurz and huge losses for the populist Freedom Party.

A new study from the University of Salzburg has shown 70 per cent of Austrians feel Islam is simply not compatible with the Western world.

Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has warned that a new wave of migrants could be on the horizon as landings in Italy and Greece rise.

Following a meeting with populist Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Norbert Hofer, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he hopes the next Austrian government would reject political Islam.

BERLIN (AP) – Austria is preparing to repatriate two sons of an Austrian Islamic State group supporter believed to have died in Syria after she headed there in 2014.

An Afghan migrant has been arrested in Austria in connection with the attempted arson of an office of the populist Freedom Party (FPÖ). The attack took place last week in the city of St. Pölten and saw a total of four

An Austrian intelligence report states that radical Islamic terror is still the number one security issue in the country with foreign fighters a chief concern.

Five asylum seekers aged between 17 and 22 have been convicted in a court in Austria of raping a 13-year-old girl.

Austrian firefighters say they have found a body at a residential building in Vienna following a suspected gas explosion.

A drug dealer allegedly offered a man 100,000 euros to plant a bomb in the car of former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, according to a report.

The Vatican canceled a friendly soccer match between its new women’s team and a team in Vienna, after several Austrian players staged a protest against the Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion.

A 45-year-old Iraqi migrant has been arrested after being suspected of setting multiple fires in the centre of Graz including at a district court and the city hall.

Following the collapse of the populist-conservative coalition government in Austria, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has appointed Vienna lawyer Brigitte Bierlein as interim Chancellor until elections are held in the Autumn.

Former Austrian vice-chancellor and populist Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache has managed, through preferential voting, to secure the right to sit for his party in the European Parliament.

VIENNA, Austria: Austrian People’s Party leader Sebastian Kurz has been formally removed as Austrian Chancellor following a non-confidence vote passed by the Social Democrats and the populist Freedom Party.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for an early election after the resignation of his vice chancellor spelled an end to his governing coalition.

VIENNA (AP) – Austrian vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned Saturday after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a potential Russian benefactor.

Austrian lawmakers have approved plans to ban girls in elementary schools from wearing headscarves, a move that would add to existing restrictions on veils.