FPÖ-ÖVP budget plans face challenges, rising cocaine use in Vorarlberg, and beer bottle deposits double—plus more stories from Austria on Friday.

To hedge against Trumpian pressure tactics, it would therefore be in Germany's interest to lead the way toward a more independent European policy. Such a policy would not seek equidistance between ...

The Austrian Ministry of the Interior has held talks at the official level with representatives of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to explore the ...

Putin-friendly, far-right FPO’s imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings.

If the German political class generally pays limited attention to Austrian politics, its southern neighbor’s convulsed start to the year has forced them to ask what it means for Germany. After ...

Most recently, the economy shrank by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2024, revised downwards from an initial ...

Last year's returns marked the best result in the last four years after 6.4% in 2023 and a significantly negative return of -9.7% in 2022 ...

The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition ...

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government.

Mainstream German parties have sworn off working with the far-right Alternative for Germany, but its ongoing rise and ...