Austria’s JJ wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Austria’s JJ has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with the song Wasted Love, securing Austria’s first Eurovision Song Contest win since 2014.
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EUROPE 
May 1, 2025 Austria awaits court ruling on family reunification ban, Chancellor Stocker tells Euronews
The Austrian leader signalled he would withdraw a plan to ban family reunification for migrants if the courts ruled that the measure is not compatible with EU law.
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EUROPE
December 30, 2023 Romania, Bulgaria in partial Schengen deal with Austria, says Bucharest
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government said Wednesday (27 December).
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EUROPE
May 7, 2023 Austria rejects German push for EU majority voting
Chancellor Karl Nehammer told the Austrian parliament that he opposed a more deeply integrated EU, rejecting a German-led push for a move away from unanimity voting, citing European countries’ individual histories.
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WORLD
February 11, 2023 Austria suspends rescue operation in Turkey after ‘clashes’
Michael Bauer, a spokesman for the Austrian ministry of defence, said the country’s forces were operating in “an increasingly difficult security situation”, and that they would continue their operations once the environment becomes safe.
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EUROPE
November 30, 2022 Austria loses EU court case against Hungarian nuclear power plant
The European General Court has dismissed a 2018 case brought by the Austrian government against the European Commission over a new Hungarian nuclear power plant, Paks II, financed by Budapest and Russia.
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EUROPE
January 20, 2022 Austria pushes for more restrictive EU border protection
Austria is calling for a more rigid European border control system to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the bloc amid the ongoing migrant crisis at the Belarus border. Together with Greece, Poland and Lithuania, Austria is initiating a border protection conference in Vilnius to give its push more political weight.
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EUROPE
November 15, 2021 Austria introduces lockdown for the unvaccinated
Austrians who have not had a COVID-19 vaccine, around 25% of the population, will be placed into a fully-fledged lockdown from Monday (15 November). But according to experts, additional measures will soon be needed to combat the rise in infection rates.
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AUTO MOTO
July 5, 2021 Palmer thinks Mercedes ‘waved the white flag’ in Austria
Allowing Valtteri Bottas to pass Lewis Hamilton rather than act as his rear gunner was Mercedes waving the “white flag” in the Drivers’ Championship – that’s according to former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer.
