Austria
Namibia arrests Iranian women claiming to be Israeli, mistaken for Yahalomis
Rabbi Yosef Rahimi, the Chabad Lubavitch emissary in Namibia, told Walla that he immediately realized the two women were Iranian when he met them at the police station.
In a time of uncertainty, European Jews renovate synagogues, dedicate Torah scrolls
What a Vienna restaurant revealed about Jewish life in Europe - opinion
Israelis in Austria denied service for being Jews, Israel embassy calls it 'concerning' - report
Vienna remembers the Holocaust with music
Israeli-led operas at Vienna’s Volksoper explore Holocaust memory, blending Ullmann’s defiance with Mozart’s Requiem in a stirring musical dialogue.
Court rules media lacked evidence in tax evasion report on Roman Abramovich
The ruling comes after Krone published an article earlier this year accusing Abramovich of orchestrating a complex offshore scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes.
Archaeologists discover 25,000-year-old mammoth slaughter site in Lower Austria
Humans used the landscape near St. Pölten to ambush and hunt mammoths.
Mass grave of Nazi victims found at Hartheim Castle in Austria
From May 1940 to November 1944, about 30,000 people, including disabled individuals, mental patients, prisoners, and laborers, were killed in gas chambers at Hartheim Castle and burned.
SPÖ joining coalition might be only way to stop rise of far-right in Austria - analysis
Sharing power again and blocking the far right might seem important enough for SPÖ’s base and keep it from obstructing the future government’s work.
Austria doubles deposit for used bottles, border with Germany flooded by bottled-opportunists
People are driving trailers filled with crates across the border, burdening retailers and breweries.
Austrian knife attack suspect was radicalized on TikTok, officials say
The attack came just days after a 24-year-old Afghan drove into a crowd in Munich in neighboring Germany, killing two people and injuring dozens.
Austria's far-right fails to build a coalition, talks collapse
Austria's far Right FPÖ failed to form a government after coalition talks with the ÖVP collapsed, raising the likelihood of a snap election.
Likud's engagement with Patriots for Europe raises eyebrows - analysis
Some of the parties within this political group fully support Israel - such as Hungary's Fidesz, Italy's Lega, the Dutch Party for Freedom, and Spain's VOX.
Grapevine January 24, 2025: Memory, heroism, and suffering
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
