Three counterfeiters arrested in Italy for forging banknotes worth €180,000
Members of a criminal group involved in the production of high-quality counterfeit euro banknotes have been arrested in a cross-border…
Ukrainian Prime Minister on investments in energy, defence, agriculture, construction, and IT
Ukraine offers foreign businesses a wide range of investment opportunities in the most promising areas. This was emphasised by Prime…
Paks II: EU Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-59/23 P – Austria v EU Commission
EU Advocate General Medina proposes to set aside the judgment of the EU General Court that upheld the EU Commission’s…
Austria: EU Commission approves €227m state aid to “ams Osram” wafer manufacturing
The EU Commission has approved a €227 million Austrian state aid measure to support ams Osram's advanced manufacturing facility in Premstätten,…
Online-Casinos: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem EU Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑77/24 Wunner
Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2025 Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑77/24 Wunner Rückforderung von Glücksspieleinsätzen –...
Austria: EIB Group increases investment in Austria by nearly a third
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) reported a total lending volume of nearly €1.7 billion and granted around 30% more loans…
Europol warns consumers to be mindful about fake medicines offered online
Between April and November 2024, law enforcement, judicial, customs, medical and anti-doping authorities from 30 countries joined forces in Operation…
Zigarettenverpackung: Schlussanträge des EU Generalanwalts in der Rechtssache C‑717/23 Bundesminister für Gesundheit
Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2025 Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am EU-Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑717/23 Bundesminister für Gesundheit...
EU Solidarity Fund: Italy, France and Austria receive €392m to recover after floods
The EU Commission paid an amount of €392.2 million from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Italy, France and Austria…
Archaeological treasures: Four suspects arrested for illegal exports
Italian authorities have disrupted a sophisticated operation that was illegally exporting precious archaeological artefacts belonging to the Italian state. The…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
Austria: EIB supports Püspök Group with €80m for solar farms and agrivoltaics
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €80 million to the Püspök Group to build six agrivoltaic farms in Burgenland, Austria.…
Germany: Criminal network smuggling Syrian migrants via Balkan route dismantled
Eurojust and Europol have assisted the German authorities with the coordinated takedown of a smuggling network, which was illegally transporting…
European Hydrogen Bank: Auctions-as-a-Service scheme to fund clean investments
Today, the EU Commission, Spain, Lithuania and Austria are announcing new financial support for the development of renewable hydrogen via…
Taxonomie: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem EU-Gericht in der Rechtssache T‑625/22 Österreich / Kommission
Montag, 21. Oktober 2024 14h30 Uhr! Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gericht (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache T‑625/22...
Austria’s National Energy and Climate Plan under EU Commission scrutiny
The EU Commission has published its assessment of the draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) of Austria, with recommendations on where Austria…
EU Court: Police access to data on a mobile phone is not limited to serious crimes
Access by the police to data contained in a mobile telephone is not necessarily limited to the fight against serious…
EU Court on asylum applications by women discriminated in Afghanistan
Discriminatory measures adopted in respect of women by the Taliban regime constitute acts of persecution. When carrying out an individual…
Austria sends second RRF payment request for €1.6bn to the EU Commission
Austria's second payment request concerns 54 milestones and 13 targets. It covers reforms that support investment initiatives in the areas of healthcare, the…
Disaster relief aid 2023: EU Council mobilises €1,03bn for several EU regions
The EU Council agreed to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to several regions in Italy, Slovenia,…
New U.S.-led actions expand global commitments to counter commercial spyware
Ahead of a groundbreaking inaugural September 22 meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Department of…
Austria: €2.7bn state aid approved by the EU to support industrial decarbonisation
The EU Commission has approved a €2.7 billion Austrian scheme to support companies active in the industrial sector to decarbonise…
EESC Conference in Austria emphasises the importance of just transition and social climate policy
Shaping a socially just climate policy: Today's Just Transition Conference at the Austrian Ministry for Climate Action in Vienna provided…
Desaster recovery: EU Commission offers over €1bn to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece, and France
The EU Commission is proposing over €1 billion in financial support from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and…
ECDC alert: West Nile virus season in full swing in Europe
In 2024 and as of 31 July 2024, eight countries in Europe reported 69 locally acquired human cases of WNV infection. Cases were…
Electricity intraday trading: Antitrust investigation into EPEX Spot SE closed
The EU Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into allegedly anticompetitive behaviour by EPEX Spot SE in the market for electricity intraday…
Austria: EU Commission approves €50m state aid to primary agricultural producers
The European Commission has approved an approximately €50 million Austrian scheme to support primary agricultural producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.
OECD suggests policy measures driving resilient growth in Austria
Continued reforms to boost productivity, improve social mobility and accelerate climate action would put the country on a stronger growth…
EU Commission allocates €77m of the agricultural reserve to Austria, Czechia, Poland, and Portugal
The EU Commission proposed to mobilise €77 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers from the fruit, vegetables and…
Austria: ACER assesses the gas transmission tariff methodology
Today, ACER releases its report on the Austrian gas transmission tariffs proposed for 2025 by E-Control, the National Regulatory Authority…
EU HR Borrell travels to Austria to discuss relations with the Western Balkans
The High Representative will attend working sessions and discussions with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, Western Balkans Foreign Ministers and representatives of…
Authorities dismantle a €113m fraudulent investment scheme – Eurojust
A fraudulent pyramid scheme was taken down by authorities from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Lithuania and Liechtenstein, with the support…
European elections: Preliminary results in Austria
Preliminary results of the European elections in Austria.
European elections 2024 background: Austria country sheet
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU…
Wasserstoffkorridor: Deutschland, Österreich und Italien unterzeichnen Absichtserklärung
Die Unterzeichnung der gemeinsamen Absichtserklärung (JDOI) soll die Schaffung eines Wasserstoff-Importkorridors zwischen den drei Ländern voranbringen.
EU Commission adopts opinion in road transport case Italy against Austria
The Commission today adopted a reasoned opinion in a procedure brought by Italy against Austria under Article 259 of the…
Austria: IMF Executive Board concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation
The IMF Executive Directors welcomed Austria’s strong policy responses which have helped mitigate severe economic shocks in recent years. Directors…
Joint investigation Team dismantles Pakistani-led migrant smuggling network
In total, 12 suspects have been formally identified and will be charged during an action day with the active support…
Austria: Concluding IMF Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission
Nimble policy has helped mitigate the effects of major adverse shocks in recent years (the pandemic, the energy price shock,…
Europol: Violent hate crimes targeted in joint action day
Law enforcement authorities targeted 209 individuals, mainly right and left wing extremists, for their alleged involvement in serious offences related…
United States-Austria Strategic Dialogue: Joint statement
Austria and the United States expressed unwavering support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, discussed the situation in…
EU approves €3bn aid for Austria amid energy cost surge
The European Commission has approved an approximately €3 billion Austrian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the…
Recovery fund: EU Council greenlights updated national plans for Denmark, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden
The Council today adopted implementing decisions approving the amended recovery and resilience plans of Denmark, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden. The amended…
UK and Austria strengthen cooperation on migration and terrorism
The UK and Austria have signed a statement today agreeing to closer cooperation on tackling illegal migration and terrorism. Home…
Asylum for Afghan Women: EU Advovate General Opinion in Joined Cases C-608/22 and Case C-609/22 Austrian Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl and others
Two Afghan women applied for asylum in Austria, but the Austrian authorities rejected their applications. The authorities considered that the…
EU Commission endorses Austria’s €4bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Austria's REPowerEU chapter, worth €210 million, includes two new reforms, one new investment as well as a scale-up of an investment in the original plan to…
Austria: EU Commission approves €233m to compensate energy-intensive companies
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €233 million Austrian scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies for higher…
State aid: EU Commission approves €750m Austrian scheme to support companies affected by Covid-19
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €750 million Austrian measure to support companies in the context of…
North Macedonia: Visit of Foreign Affairs Ministers on behalf of EU HRVP Borrell
On 13 July, Alexander Schallenberg, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Jan Lipavský , Minister of Foreign…