Historically neutral, the country is set to double military spending, even in the midst of a budget crisis, as its neighbors ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler, Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner are attending a memorial service in Graz cathedral.

The Austrian government is likely to face legal challenges after it succeeded on its fifth attempt to pass a law this month ...

Austria will observe three days of national mourning following the deadly shooting at a secondary school in Graz. Chancellor Christian Stocker is set to formally announce the decision this ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said there would be three days of national mourning, with the Austrian flag lowered to half-staff and a national minute of mourning at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said a "national tragedy" had befallen Austria, and that no words could express people's grief and pain across the country.

Chancellor Christian Stocker signs papers during the swearing-in ceremony of the Federal Government in the presidential office at the Hofburg Palace, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 3, 2025.

Chancellor Christian Stocker called the shooting a "dark day in the history of our country." "There are no words for the pain and grief that we all, all of Austria, are feeling right now," he said.

“Today is a dark day in the history of our country,” Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker told reporters in Graz, a city of about 300,000 people in southeastern Austria.

Austria's chancellor says his country will toughen its gun laws after a 21-year-old former student killed nine students and a teacher at his school last week in what's considered the Alpine ...