Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent ...

Austria was a major imperial power in Central Europe for centuries in various state guises, until the fall of its Habsburg dynasty after World War One. But its position at the geographical heart of ...

TODAY is the feast day of St Leopold III, Margrave of Austria from 1095-1136, who was canonised in 1485 and became a patron saint of Austria. 1. Margrave was the title given in the Middle Ages to a ...

Austria is a federal republic state with a parliamentary democracy. With an area of 83.858 sq km Austria consists of 9 independent federal states (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, ...

All the stats, facts and trivia you need to know ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 tie between Austria and Türkiye in Leipzig. Having snatched first place in Group D, Austria will look to extend ...

Just over a fifth of the population of Austria lives in the capital Vienna, a city that has been judged the world’s “most liveable” two years in a row in rankings compiled by the Economist ...

• On the all-time Paralympic Winter Games medals table, Austria currently stands third having won 314 medals made up of 102 gold, 108 silver and 104 bronze medals. Norway leads with Germany second • ...