Austria

Innsbruck prosecutors are seeking a three-year prison term for Thomas Plamberger, who attempted a difficult winter ascent of Austria’s highest peak, the Grossglockner, with his less experienced girlfriend

EL PAÍS visits Hans Frank’s son on the 80th anniversary of the trials that ended with the death sentence for the so-called ‘Butcher of Poland’ and other Third Reich leaders

The Austrian musician, whose career has been marked by being the son and grandson of Nazis, inaugurates his artistic residency at Spain’s CNDM with ‘In vain,’ considered a masterpiece of the 21st century

A dozen member states have some form of Armed Forces civilian training program, a growing trend since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany is the latest to follow suit

Over the past 20 years, the home ownership rate in many countries in the region has fallen by as much as 15 to 20 percentage points

The researcher believes that environmental crime ‘is the third-biggest criminal sector in the world’

The photography and travel blog ‘Capture the Atlas’ has published its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection with the 25 best snapshots of our galaxy from different parts of the world

Spain, France and Belgium are calling for greater forcefulness after the review of the framework governing bilateral relations was approved

A report by Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization warns of an increased risk of torrential rains on the continent, where warming is progressing faster than in other regions

The American doctor has revealed that enigmatic DNA circles are present in more than half of patients with highly aggressive tumors

The statesman who was president of the European Commision between 2014 and 2019 is writing his memoirs. In his office at the executive branch of the EU, he argues that the combined shock of Trumpism and the invasion of Ukraine is forcing Europe into a geopolitical awakening. ‘The era of Trump, Putin, and Xi,’ he declares, ‘forces Europe to defend itself’ 

The former GDR, a stronghold of the AfD, and Vienna, where the extremists won in September, avoided taking responsibility for Nazi crimes as West Germany did

This formula offers lower prices than those found on the market and is sometimes aimed at specific groups like seniors because of the social benefits they bring

An extraordinary documentary delves into the bitter debate over the fate of the building in the Austrian city of Braunau where the Nazi leader was born

According to the prestigious institution, the works of established artists such as Egon Schiele and Christian Schad have been blocked by Instagram and Facebook

Pieces stolen by the Nazi regime in occupied Europe star in three ambitious simultaneous exhibitions in Austria

One of Austria’s premier cultural institutions has opened a third facility in Klosterneuburg, on the outskirts of Vienna, to showcase its holdings of post-1945 art

A warm, dry El Niño weather pattern coupled with global warming is to blame, scientists say, and has put the threat to winter on center stage

Around 13 of the EU’s 27 member countries have reintroduced internal border checks with their neighbors in recent months, a deviation from the normal border-free travel enjoyed in the Schengen zone

This ‘fine water’ is drawn from volcanic rock in Hawaii, from icebergs that have fallen from melting glaciers in Norway, or from droplets of morning mist in Tasmania

British historian Edward Shawcross presents a very readable biography of a royal caught up in an ill-fated imperial adventure

The EU’s most populous member, Germany, and its neighbor Austria, also said they were suspending development aid for Palestinian territories

Conservative Alexander Schallenberg defends his country’s military neutrality in the Ukrainian war and expresses concern about the possibility of Moscow taking advantage of the loopholes left by the EU

The charges result from an investigation that was launched in 2021, when Kurz was still chancellor

While people the world over enjoy a good laugh, remarkably little is known about this instinctive behavior

In Austria, 25% of real estate is publicly owned and in Vienna nearly half of residents live in rental housing. EL PAÍS takes a trip through the history and geography of European social housing