2025 in Austria

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Events in the year 2025 in Austria .

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

January

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 27 April – 2025 Viennese state election ^[12]

May

• 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

• 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

• 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]

August

• 20 August – The Austrian public broadcaster ORF designates the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna as the venue for Eurovision 2026. ^[31]
• 26 August – An acquaintance of the main suspect in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot is convicted by a court in Germany for plotting and supporting a terrorist attack overseas and sentenced to a suspended 18-month prison term. ^[32]

September

• 3 September – 7 September – Ars Electronica Festival ^[33]
• 30 September – Austria expels a Russian diplomat accused of spying on the oil company OMV. ^[34]

November

• 3 November – A Latvian national is arrested at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof for threatening to stage a hostage crisis aboard a train traveling from Vienna to Innsbruck. ^[35]
• 6 November – The government announces the discovery by the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service of a weapons cache linked to Hamas in Vienna. ^[36]
• mid November – Late December – Christmas markets ^[37]
• 18 November – Austria qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after drawing 1–1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. ^[38]
• 21 November – 24 November – 45th Jazzfestival Saalfelden ^[39]
• 27 November –
  • Three skiers are injured while several others are reported missing following an avalanche that hits the Daunscharte Pass on the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol. ^[40]
  • Austria finishes in second place at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar after losing to Portugal 1–0 in the final. ^[41]

December

• 9 December – A court in Vienna dismisses an extradition request by the United States for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on charges of bribery. ^[42]
• 11 December – The National Council passes a bill outlawing the wearing of Muslim headscarves by girls under 14 years old. ^[43]

All year round

• 200th Anniversary of Johann Strauss ^[44]
• 60 Years of Sound of Music ^[45]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Austria

Source: ^[46]

• 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

• List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees
• List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 2 January – Thomas Streicher, 66, mathematician ^[47]
• 9 January – Otto Schenk, 94, actor ( Dunja , Always Trouble with the Reverend ), film ( Die Fledermaus ) and theatre director ^[48]
• 13 January – Walter Deutsch, 101, musicologist ^[49]
• 16 January – Hans Dobida, 95, ice hockey administrator, president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (1977–1996) ^[50]
• 17 January – Martin Pollack, 80, journalist and author ^[51]
• 20 January – Reinhard Todt, 75, politician, member (2001–2018) and president (2013, 2018) of the Federal Council ^[52]
• 27 January – Baldur Preiml, 85, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) ^[53]
• 29 January – Max Schautzer, 84, Austrian-born German television and radio presenter (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)> ^[54]

February

• 1 February – Peter Schmidl, 84, clarinetist, principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ^[55]
• 2 February:
  • Johannes Hübner, 68, politician, member of the National Council (2008–2017) and the Federal Council (2020–2023) ^[56]
  • Marion Wiesel, 94, Austrian-American translator and Holocaust survivor ^[57]
• 3 February – Herbert Madejski, 79, politician, MP (2013) ^[58]
• 26 February – Hans Pirkner, 78, footballer (Austria Wien, Alpine Donawitz, national team) ^[59]

March

• 12 March:
  • Walter Schwimmer, 82, politician and diplomat, secretary general of the Council of Europe (1999–2004) ^[60]
  • Norbert Cyffer, 81, German-Austrian linguist ^[61]
• 26 March – Hannes Tretter, 73, lawyer ^[62]

April

• 23 April – Waltraut Haas, 97, actress and singer. ^[63]

June

• 17 June – Alfred Brendel, 94, pianist. ^[64]

July

• 17 July – Felix Baumgartner, 56, parachutist (Red Bull Stratos). ^[65]

September

• 27 September – Georg Stefan Troller, 103, journalist, screenwriter and director. ^[66]

December

• 23 December – Josef Ratzenböck, 96, governor of Upper Austria (1977–1995). ^[67]

See also

• Austria portal

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

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52. "SPÖ Wien trauert um Bundesrat a.D. Reinhard Todt". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
53. "Skisprunglegende Baldur Preiml ist tot". ORF (in German). 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
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56. "Ehemaliger FPÖ-Politiker Johannes Hübner verstorben". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
57. "Marion Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, translator, wife of Elie Wiesel, dies at 94". The Jerusalem Post. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
58. "FPÖ-Wien trauert um Dr. Herbert Madejski". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
59. "Die Wiener Austria trauert um eine Klub-Legende". Kurier (in German). 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
60. "Ex-ÖVP-Politiker Walter Schwimmer verstorben". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
61. "NORBERT CYFFER". OEAW (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
62. "Reporter-ohne-Grenzen-Vorstand Hannes Tretter gestorben". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-03-24.
63. Waltraut Haas verstorben (in German)
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65. "Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident". DW. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
66. "Journalistenlegende Georg Stefan Troller gestorben". Welt. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
67. "Alt-Landeshauptmann Ratzenböck ist tot". ORF.at . 2025-12-23. Retrieved 2025-12-23.

External links

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