In Vienna, the famous Opernball took place on the 28th of February.
On the 30th of January, Vienna was the scene of an official meeting between Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban and Austrian federal chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The main points of discussion were migrants, the future of the EU, and equipment for and the construction of ‘Paks-2’.
In Graz and Vienna eleven men were detained in a large Austrian police operation targeting Islamic State extremists.
Austria will take up the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on January 1 st in 2017. The country is going to lift gradually the Anti-Russian sanctions.
Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) Heinz-Christian Strache has met with President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in Moscow to discuss their political collaboration.
The candidate of Austrian patriotic forces, Norbert Hofer, has lost to the liberal globalists' candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen, in the second round of presidential elections in Austria.
The re-run of presidential elections continues in Austria. There are two candidates on the presidency: Eurosceptic Norbert Hofer and pensioner Alexander Van der Bellen.
The migrant reception centre in Lower Austria was pelted with Molotov cocktails.
On the border with Hungary Austria began the constructions of a fence. This was reported by the Austrian police.