2025 in Austria
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Events in the year 2025 in Austria.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Alexander Van der Bellen
- Chancellor: Karl Nehammer (until 10 January), Alexander Schallenberg (acting, 10 January to 3 March); Christian Stocker (starting 3 March)
Governors
[edit]- Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
- Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
- Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
- Styria: Mario Kunasek
- Tyrol: Anton Mattle
- Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
- Vienna: Michael Ludwig
- Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January – February – Vienna Ball Season[1]
- 4 January – Karl Nehammer announces his resignation as Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after the party fails to form a government following the 2024 Austrian legislative election.[2]
- 6 January – Herbert Kickl of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) receives a mandate from President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a new government.[3]
- 19 January – 2025 Burgenland state election: The SPÖ loses its absolute majority in the Landtag of Burgenland.[4]
February
[edit]- 4 – 16 February – FIS Alpine World Ski Championships[5]
- 10 February – A 14-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack on Wien Westbahnhof railway station in Vienna on behalf of Islamic State.[6]
- 12 February – Herbert Kickl surrenders his mandate to form a government to President Alexander Van der Bellen after talks with the ÖVP to form a coalition fail.[7]
- 15 February – 2025 Villach stabbing attack: A 14-year-old boy is killed while five people are injured in a knife attack in Villach. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, is arrested.[8]
- 27 February – The SPÖ, ÖVP and NEOS announce an agreement to form a coalition government to be led by the ÖVP's Christian Stocker as Chancellor.[9]
March
[edit]- 3 March – Christian Stocker is inaugurated as Chancellor.[10]
- 12 March – The government suspends family reunion procedures for migrants, citing issues in adequately integrating them.[11]
April
[edit]- 27 April – 2025 Viennese state election[12]
May
[edit]- 14 May – The Austria Startup Conference[13]
- 17 May – Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Wasted Love".[14]
- 26 May – A court in Vienna overturns the conviction of former chancellor Sebastian Kurz for perjury in 2024.[15]
- 29 May–1 June – Narzissenfest | Daffodil Festival[16]
June
[edit]- 10 June – Eleven people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting in Graz.[17]
- 13 June – Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn[18]
- 20 – 22 June – Donauinselfest[19]
- 27 – 29 June – Austrian Grand Prix[20]
- 30 June – A mudslide hits the Gschnitztal valley in Tyrol, prompting the evacuation of 100 people.[21]
July
[edit]- July – August – Salzburg Festival[22] (specific date to be announced)
- July – August – Festival of Early Music[23] (specific date to be announced)
- 3 July – 20 July – Wachau Apricot Festival [24]
- 5 July – A light propeller aircraft originating from Germany crashes near Wald im Pinzgau, killing all four people on board.[25]
- 13 July – A man kills one person and seriously wounds another before shooting himself in Traiskirchen, Lower Austria.[26]
- 16 July – 17 August – Bregenzer Festspiele[27]
- 25 July – 2 August – La Strada[28]
- 25 July – An accomplice of the main suspect in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot is convicted by a court in Wiener Neustadt on a separate charge of involvement with Islamic State and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.[29]
- 28 July – Thomas Oberreiter resigns as Austria's ambassador to the European Union amid allegations that he had kept a private blog containing sexually explicit content.[30]
Predicted and scheduled
[edit]- 3 September – 7 September – Ars Electronica Festival[31]
- mid November – Late December – Christmas markets[32]
- 21 November – 24 November – 45th Jazzfestival Saalfelden[33]
All Year around
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[36]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 18 April – Maundy Thursday
- 19 April – Good Friday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 9 June – Whit Monday
- 19 June – Corpus Christi
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 26 October – National Day of Austria
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 8 December – Immaculate Conception
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees
- List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – Thomas Streicher, 66, mathematician[37]
- 9 January – Otto Schenk, 94, actor (Dunja, Always Trouble with the Reverend), film (Die Fledermaus) and theatre director[38]
- 13 January – Walter Deutsch, 101, musicologist[39]
- 16 January – Hans Dobida, 95, ice hockey administrator, president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (1977–1996)[40]
- 17 January – Martin Pollack, 80, journalist and author[41]
- 20 January – Reinhard Todt, 75, politician, member (2001–2018) and president (2013, 2018) of the Federal Council[42]
- 27 January – Baldur Preiml, 85, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1968)[43]
- 29 January – Max Schautzer, 84, Austrian-born German television and radio presenter (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)>[44]
February
[edit]- 1 February – Peter Schmidl, 84, clarinetist, principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra[45]
- 2 February:
- Johannes Hübner, 68, politician, member of the National Council (2008–2017) and the Federal Council (2020–2023)[46]
- Marion Wiesel, 94, Austrian-American translator and Holocaust survivor[47]
- 3 February – Herbert Madejski, 79, politician, MP (2013)[48]
- 26 February – Hans Pirkner, 78, footballer (Austria Wien, Alpine Donawitz, national team)[49]
March
[edit]- 12 March:
- Walter Schwimmer, 82, politician and diplomat, secretary general of the Council of Europe (1999–2004)[50]
- Norbert Cyffer, 81, German-Austrian linguist[51]
- 26 March – Hannes Tretter, 73, lawyer[52]
April
[edit]- 23 April – Waltraut Haas, 97, actress and singer.[53]
June
[edit]- 17 June – Alfred Brendel, 94, pianist.[54]
July
[edit]- 17 July – Felix Baumgartner, 56, parachutist (Red Bull Stratos).[55]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vienna's most beautiful balls". Austria.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Nehammer tritt zurück: Weg frei für FPÖ-Regierung [Nehammer steps down: FPÖ government possible]". derstandard.at (in German). Vienna: DER STANDARD. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II". AP News. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "SPÖ Wahlsiegerin, FPÖ erstmals Zweite". ORF (in German). 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Saalbach 2025 - The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships". Saalbach. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Austrian authorities arrest teenager who apparently planned an attack at a railway station". AP News. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Austrian far-right leader's efforts to form a new government collapse". AP News. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Teen dead and five injured in Austria knife attack". BBC. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Austria is getting a new coalition government without the far-right election winner". AP News. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Christian Stocker becomes Austrian chancellor as three-party gov't sworn in". Al Jazeera. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Austria's new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants". AP News. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Bombshell: Vienna Election to Take Place on April 27th". vienna.at. 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "The Austria Startup Conference 2025". Eventbrite. 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "A court acquits former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements". AP News. 2025-05-26. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Narzissenfest – Ausseerland-Salzkammergut". Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Zehn Tote nach Amoklauf an Grazer Schule". ORF (in German). 2025-06-10. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ "Summer Night Concert 2025". WIENER PHILHARMONIKER. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Donauinselfest music festival 2025". Visiting Vienna. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix 2025 Tickets". F1 Experiences. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Dozens evacuated from Austrian village after mudslide covers parts of Alpine valley". AP News. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Salzburg Festival". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Homepage". Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Wachau apricot". Donau Niederösterreich. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "A small plane crashed in the Austrian Alps, killing all 4 people on board". AP News. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Shooter in Australia kills a man and wounds a woman before taking his own life, police say". Associated Press. 2025-07-13. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
- ^ "Home". Bregenzer Festspiele. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "La Strada: Events in Graz". Graz Tourismus. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Acquaintance of suspect in Taylor Swift concert plot convicted at trial in Austria". AP News. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Austrian EU ambassador quits after 'allegations'". Politico.eu. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Ars Electronica Festival". Ars Electronica Festival. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Advent and Christmas in Austria". Austria.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Jazzfestival Saalfelden". Jazz Saalfelden. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Johann Strauss 2025 Wien - Wien feiert 200 Jahre Johann Strauss - vom 1. Jänner bis 31. Dezember 2025. Und zwar mit einer Premiere wöchentlich. Aus zehn verschiedenen Genres, Indoor wie Open Air". Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Sound of Music". Salzburg.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Austria Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Traueranzeigen von Thomas Streicher". VRM (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-01-31. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ Sarwat, Nadja (2025-01-09). "1930–2025: Otto Schenk ist tot". ORF (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ Ottitsch, Petra; noe.ORF.at (2025-01-13). "Volksmusikforscher Walter Deutsch ist tot". ORF (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Hockey family mourns Dr. Hans Dobida". IIHF. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Wachsamer Blick: Autor Martin Pollack gestorben". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "SPÖ Wien trauert um Bundesrat a.D. Reinhard Todt". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Skisprunglegende Baldur Preiml ist tot". ORF (in German). 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "TV-Star Max Schautzer ist tot". t-online.de (in German). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Wiener Philharmoniker: Klarinettist Schmidl gestorben". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Ehemaliger FPÖ-Politiker Johannes Hübner verstorben". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Marion Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, translator, wife of Elie Wiesel, dies at 94". The Jerusalem Post. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "FPÖ-Wien trauert um Dr. Herbert Madejski". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Die Wiener Austria trauert um eine Klub-Legende". Kurier (in German). 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Ex-ÖVP-Politiker Walter Schwimmer verstorben". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "NORBERT CYFFER". OEAW (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Reporter-ohne-Grenzen-Vorstand Hannes Tretter gestorben". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ Waltraut Haas verstorben (in German)
- ^ "Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel dies at 94: spokesman". France 24. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident". DW. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Online calendar
- Pfandsystem (in german)
