A non-recyclable plastics tax is planned to fund the VAT cut to 5%, although details have yet to be ironed out.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has reaffirmed its ambition to lead the country and launched a new party-controlled ...

The Austrian government is considering buying one of the country’s best-known private art collections in a bid to help save its owner’s company. Collector and businessman Karlheinz Essl has appealed ...

Turkey on Sunday slammed the incoming Austrian government, a coalition between conservatives and the far-right, for "discrimination" and "racist approaches" after its programme pledged Vienna would ...

Austrian government MPs presented a bill on Wednesday which would continue to allow smoking in bars and restaurants, despite a huge groundswell of opposition. The bill, which would overturn a ban due ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — Austria swore in its first ...

VIENNA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Austria deported an Afghan national back to his home country on Tuesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power there four years ago, and the conservative-led ...

VIENNA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Austria's government has renegotiated civil servants' annual pay rise, saving 310 million euros ($361 million) next year, it said on Wednesday, as it tries to tackle a budget ...

As the devastating socio-economic consequences of COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt across Jordan, the Government of Austria has renewed its support to refugee households amid the increasing ...