Vienna
All the latest news, features and essential on the Austrian capital of Vienna.
Hamburg and Vienna plummet in ‘most liveable cities’ ranking due to pandemic
Which city is the best place to live? While Hamburg and Vienna frequently topped the charts in previous years, both cities lost significant ground in an annual ranking.
New high-speed rail network to take you from Vienna to Berlin in four hours
Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria have agreed to work together to upgrade train routes and create high speed lines to improve connections between Vienna, Prague and Berlin.
Plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt forced to turn back due to smoke in cockpit
An Austrian Airlines plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt had to turn back shortly after take-off due to smoke in the cockpit, the carrier said on Tuesday.
Germany approves extradition of Iran diplomat over 'bomb plot'
A German court said Monday it gave the green light for an Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally to be handed over to Belgium.
Germany holds Iran 'spy' on bomb plot charges
German prosecutors said Wednesday a court had remanded in custody an alleged Iranian spy accused of plotting to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in Paris on June 30th.
Diplomat arrested in Bavaria on suspicion of aiding planned terror attack
An Iranian diplomat based in Vienna was arrested in Bavaria on Sunday evening on suspicion of carrying explosives and aiding a planned terror attack in Paris.
Germany arrests 'accomplice' of Austrian terror suspect
German police said on Sunday they had arrested a man accused of having ties to a suspected Islamic extremist captured in Austria and thought to have been plotting an attack.
Europe needs deals to send migrants home: Merkel
Germany's embattled Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that Europe needs to secure more deals with third countries on sending back migrants who do not qualify for asylum.
'We can't beat Isis with military means': Germany
The fight against Isis will not be won with military action but by bringing an end to the civil war in Syria around the negotiating table, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday.
Court jails student for protest at far-right ball
UPDATE: A German student, accused of being the ringleader of far-left demonstrators who protested at Vienna’s far-right Akademikerball, has been jailed, despite questionable evidence of his involvement.
German pension tax bills anger Austrians
Germany has provoked anger by demanding tax payments from people living in Austria but receiving pensions relating to work they carried out in Germany.
'Ice cream parlour killer' chopped up two men
The owner of a Viennese ice cream parlour admitted on Monday to killing her German husband and then a lover - shooting them, cutting up their bodies with a chainsaw and concreting them into the basement of her shop.
German rare violin dealer jailed for fraud
German-born Dietmar Machold from Bremen, one of the world's foremost dealers in rare and expensive violins until his firm went bankrupt in 2010, has been sentenced in Austria to six years in jail for fraud.
German held at elite ball protest 'had explosives'
A German man arrested while protesting against a right-wing elite student society ball in Vienna was carrying explosives, police said.
Austrian police arrest 213 rowdy Germany fans ahead of game
Police arrested more than 200 Germany fans who ran wild through the streets of Vienna on Friday evening, news reports said, just hours before the team's victorious Euro 2012 qualifying match against Austria.