Austria
Swiss Loïc Meillard won Olympic slalom gold in Bormio, Italy, after rival Atle Lie McGrath crashed out and retreated into nearby woods.
Austrian prosecutors charged a 21-year-old man with terrorism, saying he planned an Islamist attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts in summer 2024.
Lower Austria police and anti-corruption prosecutors, aided by foreign authorities, dismantled a multinational "shock call" fraud ring in Vienna and arrested 17 of 23 suspects, investigators said.
Education Minister Wiederkehr proposed cutting Latin teaching hours and reducing bureaucracy, but the Tyrolean ÖVP opposed the cuts and teachers said promised support had not materialized.
A new report found that women held just 13.8% of board posts at companies listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and none served as chief executive officers.
Avalanches across the Alps killed six people in separate incidents in Switzerland’s Graubünden, Italy’s Courmayeur and Austria’s Tyrol, with some victims buried under more than 1.5 meters of snow.
