A flip of the switch, some oohs and ahhs from a crowd of onlookers, and a giant decorated Christmas tree went up in lights on Vienna’s town hall square as the Yuletide season got rolling in Austria’s capital

Russia and Austria have escalated a dispute between their major gas suppliers.

Russia's state-owned natural gas supplier said it won't send any more gas to Austria after Saturday, but Austrian officials say that won't be a problem.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) Amelia Coltman of Britain has won the first womens skeleton World Cup race of the season, with Janine Flock of Austria finishing second and Nicole Rocha Silveira of Brazil placing third. It was the first World Cup skeleton medals for both Coltman and Silveira. Flock got a top-three finish for the 47th time in her World Cup career. In the mens race, reigni...

Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award.The post Russia’s Gazprom Shuts Off Nat...

VIENNA (AP) Russias state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award. The official cutoff of supplies before dawn Saturday came

The St. Paul Fire Department is celebrating a new addition to its fleet: the first electric fire truck in service in Minnesota.The city announced last March it had purchased the RTX fire truck from Austrian manufacturer Rosenbauer. Now, it’s finally built and...

Russias Gazprom PJSC has decided to play its favorite game: pipeline politics. Starting November 16, Austria is off the guest list for Russian natural gas, following a 230 million ($242 million) arbitration spat between Gazprom and Austrias OMV AG. OMV, refusing to let that cash slip away, decided to withhold payments to Gazprom. As one might have guessed, that ended poorly. Unsurprisingl...

SINSHEIM, Germany (AP) Austrian title winner Christian Ilzer has headed to Germany as the new coach of Hoffenheim, taking over from American Pellegrino Matarazzo. Ilzer won the Austrian league title with Sturm Graz last season to end Salzburgs 10-year reign as champion and qualify for the Champions League. His appointment means Hoffenheim now has ex-Graz personnel in all of its top sport...

With the current transit contract for Russian gas through Ukraine expiring at the end of this year, its now a desperate scramble for Slovakia, Hungary, and (to a lesser extent) Austria to secure new deals for alternative gas, while the rest of the European Union watches from the sidelines, simply hoping that new deals dont disrupt the market. The only silver lining is that EU gas storage is ...

European benchmark natural gas prices continued to hover on Friday around their highest level in a year amid soaring demand in colder weather and an imminent risk to Russian gas supply to Austria. Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europes gas trading, were trading on Friday around the highest level so far this year. This level was reached on Thursday, when prices soared by nearly...

116 years ago, the Pasterze glacier in the Austria's Eastern Alps was postcard perfect:

Europes benchmark natural gas prices surged on Thursday to the highest since November 2023 as Austrias OMV warned of a potential halt to Russian pipeline gas supply and as colder weather drives stronger demand for heating and electricity. Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europes gas trading, jumped early on Thursday in Amsterdam by 5%. As of 1:50 p.m. Amsterdam time, price...

Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden all spent a greater proportion of their GDP than America did in 2022.

Austrian economics today needs critics. It doesnt need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real challenge.

VIRGINIA Water, England (AP) The European tour will return to Turkey and Austria next year while the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa is also back on the 42-event schedule for the 2025 season that begins next week. The schedule has been announced with tournaments in a minimum of 26 countries and a record total prize fund of $153 million outside the majors. The Turkish Open hasnt be...