All of the people feared missing after an avalanche Sunday near the mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria have been found alive, according to the Austrian Press Agency (APA). Four have been injured, including one seriously, it reported. A final sweep of the area will be done on Monday. It had earlier reported that some of the injured were taken to a clinic in Innsbruck and the hospital in Bludez.

What would you do if you inherited millions of dollars? Would you reimburse your debts? Go on a travelling spree? Or lobby your government to take it away from you in the name of tax justice? Austrian heiress #MarleneEngelhorn was left with millions of euros from her family #business. But as co-founder of the organisation Tax Me Now, she wants the government to take around 90 percent of her wealth through a more equitable taxation system.

The town is ducking future tourism.

Mayor says residents, known as Fuckingers, ‘have had enough of visitors and their bad jokes’

Two days after rallying 7 million protesters across the world by invoking the threat of climate change, Greta Thunberg was credited for motivating voters to redraw the political landscape in Austria.

The Austrian government Thursday (May 16) warned internet users to shun an online cow-kissing challenge, calling it a "dangerous nuisance".

If Theresa May hoped that a two-day summit with European leaders in the birthplace of Mozart would bring harmony to the fraught Brexit process, she will have left sorely disappointed. A lavish dinner in the opulent setting of the Felsenreitschul theater in Salzburg on Wednesday evening failed to smooth the way. By Thursday, there wasn't much left but bitterness and rancour. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, said key aspects of Brexit proposals presented by May "will not work" in their current form.

Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West's stance against Moscow.

No asylum for 18-year-old boy from Afghanisatan because clothing or behaviour "doesn't hint you could be homosexual". One more time, the Austrian Federal Office for Aliens and Asylum (BFA) releases a very disturbing statement regarding LGBT refugees. As Viennese weekly Falter reveals in its current issue, does not believe a young refugee from Afghanistan that he is gay – because he is not gay enough.

An Austrian official is to receive more than €300,000 ($370,000) for being unfairly passed over for promotion because of his gender, Austrian media reported on Tuesday. Peter Franzmayr sued for discrimination after failing to get an internal promotion in the transport ministry in 2011, with the job going instead to the then-head of the rail regulator, Ursula Zechner.

Protesters took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday and called for members of the Austria’s new right wing government to be boycotted by the rest of Europe.

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz appealed to Europe on Friday to give his conservative-far right coalition a chance, during a visit to France whose President Emmanuel Macron reached office by triumphing over the anti-immigration National Front. Kurz chose Paris for his first official bilateral visit since becoming the world's youngest leader at 31 in December.

A 61-year-old Swiss man suspected of selling arms illegally to Austria has been arrested by police in St Gallen. During a search of a property in Degersheim last week police seized 280 weapons, over 100,000 rounds of ammunition and 1.3 million francs in cash, St Gallen police said in a press release.

Austria's Constitutional Court has decided that same-sex couples will be allowed to marry by the beginning of 2019, ruling that the existing laws are discriminatory. The move brings Austria into line with many other European nations including Germany, France, Britain and Spain. Same-sex couples in Austria have been allowed to enter legal partnerships since 2010, but until now have not been able to marry.

Austria's conservative People's Party, led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz, is set to win the country's general election, projections suggest. Mr Kurz is on course to become the world's youngest national leader. The People's Party was set to win more than 31%. It is so far unclear whether the Social Democrats or the far-right Freedom Party will finish second. Short of a majority, Mr Kurz's party could seek an alliance with the anti-immigration Freedom Party.

And he is not the only victim of police who have strictly applied the new law. Also a woman cyclist who wrapped her scarf around her face against the cold, and street musicians performing in animal masks.

Legislation banning full-face Muslim veils in public spaces has gone into effect in Austria. The government says the law, which says faces must be visible from the hairline to the chin, is about protecting Austrian values. It comes ahead of a general election later this month which could see gains by the far-right Freedom Party.

New restrictions come into force in Austria on Sunday banning the wearing of the full Islamic veil and other items concealing the face in public places and buildings. Exemptions "under certain conditions" include items like clown disguises "at cultural events", work wear such as medical masks, and scarves in cold weather, the government says. The restrictions are aimed at "ensuring the cohesion of society in an open society", it says. Violations will be punished with a fine of up to 150 euros ($177).

In “Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire,” Marjorie Perloff returns to the world of her birth. She engages in a close reading of six major post-imperial Austrian writers, making the case for the existence of a distinctive and valuable tradition of “Austro-Modernism.” By Adam Kirsch.

Five German climbers were killed and another climber was seriously injured after an accident in the Austrian Alps. Five rescue helicopters were sent to the scene, 2,900m (9.500ft) above sea level in the Zillertal Alps. The climbers were roped together when one of them slipped, pulling the rest of the group with him, police said.