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People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (A. Slonek/Novetus via AP)
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery. They found intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire.
 
Chancellor Christian Stocker signs papers during the swearing-in ceremony of the Federal Government in the presidential office at the Hofburg Palace, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
The new Austrian government says it has decided to immediately stop family reunion procedures for migrants because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.
 
Markus Soeder, Prime Minister of Bavaria, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Dieter Reiter (SPD),Mayor of Munich, from right, bring flowers to the site where a car crashed into a Ver.di demonstration the day before, Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack
Authorities say the suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that injured 39 people appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there’s no evidence that he was involved with any radical network.
 
The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025. Herbert Kickl received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
Far-right leader pledges to ‘govern Austria honestly’ and makes demands of potential partner
 
Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen addresses the media during a news conference at the presidential office, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
A far-right leader could soon take the helm in EU member country Austria. Here’s why it matters
Austria could soon have its first government led by the far right since World War II. President Alexander Van der Bellen has turned to the far-right Freedom Party and its provocative leader Herbert Kickl to form a new government after the governing conservatives failed to pull together a new ruling
 
Austria's Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl leaves the presidential office, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Jan. 06, 2025. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II
The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.
 
Customers line up at a traditional sausage stand (Wuerstelstand), which are named as intangible cultural heritage by the Austrian UNESCO Commission, in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
The Vienna sausage stand is more than just a snack stall. Now it has a UNESCO heritage recognition
The Vienna sausage stand is a place where the street sweeper, the manager, the tourist and the celebrity converge for the same tasty snack. Now it has the official stamp of approval as part of Austria’s heritage.
 
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer looks up while attending a debate at the national broadcaster studio, set up in the parliament building, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
Austria’s chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader
Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party.
 
From left, leader of The New Austria and Liberal Forum, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, Herbert Kickl, leader of the Austrian Social Democratic Party, Andreas Babler and Austrian Vice Chancellor and Werner Kogler of the Green Party attend a debate at the national broadcaster studio, set up in the parliament building, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Austria’s president seeks a solution after other parties say they won’t work with the far right
Austria’s president has asked the country’s three strongest political parties to hold talks on possible cooperation after an election won by the far-right Freedom Party.
 
FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, on June 27, 2024. Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Orbán traveled to Vienna Sunday, June 30, 2024, to present the “Patriots for Europe” alliance of his Fidesz party with the Freedom Party and former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party — a day before Hungary takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency for six months. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Hungary’s Orbán presents a new alliance with Austrian and Czech nationalist parties
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament.
 
Slovakia's Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok speaks during a joint press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak at the government headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that shook the small country and reverberated across the continent weeks before European elections. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Slovak authorities charge ‘lone wolf’ with assassination attempt on the prime minister
Slovak authorities charged a man with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left the longtime leader in serious but stable condition.
 
FILE - Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Fritzl, who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times, and father seven of her children, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a normal prison under certain conditions, a court ruled Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Josef Fritzl, who is 88, will have to attend regular psychotherapy and undergo psychiatric evaluations during a 10-year probation period, Austria Press Agency reported. (Robert Jaeger/Pool Photo via AP, file)
Austrian man who raped his captive daughter over 24 years can be moved to a regular prison
An Austrian man who had kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.
 
Austria to restrict movement from Tyrol over variant fears
Austria’s leader says people will have to produce a negative coronavirus test to leave the country’s Tyrol province as authorities try to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa.
 
2 dead, 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack, authorities say
Officials say at least one person was killed and 15 others wounded in Vienna after multiple gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last evening out before lockdown in the Austrian capital.
 
UN watchdog: Iran providing access to active nuclear sites
The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog says Iran continues to provide international inspectors access to its active nuclear facilities, even after its announcement that it was no longer bound by “any restrictions” of the landmark 2015 deal with world powers designed to prevent the country from produ
 
Kurz favored to return as chancellor in Austria election
Austrians vote Sunday in an election meant to restore political normality after a scandal that brought down ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s center-right coalition in May. The 33-year-old conservative is strongly favored to return to power.
 
Ousted by parliament, Austria’s Kurz vows to win job back
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote. It paves the way for a new election.
 
Germany, some EU partners oppose Serbia-Kosovo land swap
Germany and some of its EU partners say they fear that a possible land-swap between Serbia and Kosovo could open up old wounds in the Balkans rather than resolve their differences.