Austria will hold a public referendum on whether to extend compulsory military service, Chancellor Christian Stocker ...

Austria intends to step up deportations to Syria and Afghanistan, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday. In 2025, the Alpine country was one of the first in the EU to start sending back ...

Austria's parliament passed a law on Thursday banning schoolgirls under the age of 14 from wearing a headscarf. The coalition government, made up of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social ...

Across Europe, countries are shifting from volunteer soldiers to conscript armies — with Austria now also weighing up whether to extend its mandatory military service.

Having previously cancelled compulsory winter sports for schoolchildren, Austria is debating changing tack to bring young people back to the slopes of the ski-centric nation. The 2024 manifesto of the ...