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Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich arrives at the Western Wall for his son’s Bar Mitzvah, in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 20, 2022.

Court rules media lacked evidence in tax evasion report on Roman Abramovich

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Archaeologists discover 25,000-year-old mammoth slaughter site in Lower Austria

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hartheim Castle became notorious as one of the 6 centers for the Nazi killing program known as Action T4.

Mass grave of Nazi victims found at Hartheim Castle in Austria

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Austrian Chancellor and head of People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer speaks with journalists after coalition talks in Vienna, Austria, December 20, 2024.

SPÖ joining coalition might be only way to stop rise of far-right in Austria

Austria doubles deposit for used bottles, border with Germany flooded by bottled-opportunists.

Austria doubles deposit for used bottles, border with Germany flooded by bottled-opportunists

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025.

Austrian knife attack suspect was radicalized on TikTok, officials say

By REUTERS

Austrian far Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl leaves the presidential office at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, February 12, 2025.

Austria's far-right fails to build a coalition, talks collapse

By REUTERS

A person holds a placard as people take part in a protest against the participation of far-right party FPO in the process of forming a coalition government, in Vienna, Austria February 4, 2025.

Likud's engagement with Patriots for Europe raises eyebrows

(FROM L-R) B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem director Alan Schneider, Chairman of the Committee to Recognize Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust Aryeh Barnea, IPO Musical Director Lahav Shani, Chairman Yuval Shapiro, and Secretary-General Yair Mashiach.

Grapevine January 24, 2025: Memory, heroism, and suffering

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen shakes hands with far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl in Vienna, Austria, January 6, 2025.

Echoes of a Nazi past: Israel keeping watch on Austria politics

By AMICHAI STEIN

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen meets far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl in Vienna, Austria, January 6, 2025.

Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government

By REUTERS

Head of Freedom Party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl attends their final election rally in Vienna, Austria, September 27, 2024.

History in Austria: The far Right tasked to form gov’t

REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

Austria offers Syrian refugees 1,000 euros to return home

By REUTERS

Expatriate Syrians gather to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 08, 2024 in Berlin, Germany

Euro states halt Syrian asylum applications after Assad fall, Turkey opens border for their return

By REUTERS

Vienna

Antisemitic attack in Vienna: Hasidic Jew assaulted, shtreimel stolen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOPRANO MIKA COHEN: Viennese music, in principle, is the basis for most operas.

Sounds and tastes of Vienna: Austrian Culture Days return to Tel Aviv

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz is seen prior to his meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on April 22, 2014.

Austria-Israel alliance and Sebastian Kurz: How he helped both nations find common ground

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG in Ma’alot-Tarshiha.

Grapevine November 8, 2024: A dirty business

By GREER FAY CASHMAN