Austrian climber found guilty after girlfriend froze to death on mountain BBC ‘The costs could rise’: Austria conviction could impact climbing across Europe The Guardian Climber guilty of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend to die The Times Climber is convicted over girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest peak Reuters Climber accused of leaving girlfriend to die on Austria’s tallest mountain goes … Read more
Far-right Freedom Party won most votes in September elections, but new ruling coalition keeps it in opposition. Conservative Christian Stocker has been sworn in as Austria’s chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition government, ending five months of political deadlock that followed a far-right party’s election win. The swearing-in on Monday came days after … Read more
The Austrian foreign ministry says a female citizen has been taken by unknown assailants in the military-ran West African country, Niger. It confirmed the incident to AFP and said they were aware of the “possible kidnapping of an Austrian woman” in Agadez which is 900 km (559 miles) from the capital Niamey. The woman was … Read more
The Italian takes his seventh victory of the season at the Red Bull Ring to reclaim the riders’ championship lead. Double world champion Francesco Bagnaia has won a third successive Austrian MotoGP to complete a dream sprint-race weekend double and take the outright lead in the world championship. Jorge Martin, who went into the weekend … Read more
The Mercedes driver capitalised on Max Verstappen’s and Lando Norris’s lap-63 crash to claim an unlikely victory. George Russell has won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes after Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris collided late in the race while fighting for the lead. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finished second with … Read more