Vienna

Austria foreign ministry expels four Russian diplomats from Vienna over suspected espionage

Russia will respond to the expulsions, Russian news agencies cited a foreign ministry official as saying soon after Friday's announcement, without elaborating.

A Russian flag flies in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation is seen in Vienna, Austria on May 4, 2026.
 Participants waving Palestinian flags walk behind a banner reading "Austria you enable genocide" during a pro-Palestinian demonstration under the motto 'Song Protest Vienna 2026 - No Stage for Genocide' against Israel's participation in Eurovision in Vienna, Austria, on May 16, 2026.

Austria recorded 671 antisemitic incidents in first half of 2026, majority tied to anti-Israel acts

An Airbus A320-214 (OE-LZB) from Austrian airlines is landing in Brussels Airport on July 29, 2022 in Zaventem, Belgium.

Austrian Airlines confirms 'no danger' found on board Tel Aviv-Vienna flight diverted to Bulgaria

A general view of the cityscape of Vienna with the Maria vom Siege church in front, Austria, April 16, 2025.

What a Vienna restaurant revealed about Jewish life in Europe - opinion


Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees to the right to shift ‘perspective’

Karl Lueger served as mayor of Vienna for 13 years until his death in 1910. He was known for antisemitic rhetoric that is said to have inspired Adolf Hitler.

 The monument of Karl Lueger in downtown Vienna

Ukrainian Jewish refugees choose to stay in Vienna with aid from Jewish community

The aid that the Jewish community offers the refugees includes housing aid, psychosocial care, food vouchers, Shabbat meals and other forms of social welfare.

 Protestors stand outside Hofburg Palace as a Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) takes place in Vienna, Austria, February 23, 2023.

Austrian police charge 2 men after Hitler speech plays on public train's loudspeakers

Vienna’s chief rabbi was on the train and said that the recording started with “strange music, snippets of conversation and laughter which suddenly turned into a Hitler speech."

 Two trains of the national rail company OeBB are seen during a warning strike in a railway station in Vienna, Austria November 26, 2018.

Speech by Hitler, Nazi chants blasted on Austrian train speakers

For unknown reasons, parts of a speech by Hitler and Nazi chants were blasted over the speaker, on a train carrying an Austrian Rabbi, among others.

 Two trains of the national rail company OeBB are seen during a warning strike in a railway station in Vienna, Austria November 26, 2018.

Adolf Hitler’s country of birth salutes Karl Lueger, a mayor with a checkered past

Ode to an antisemite: Preserving a towering tribute to one of Hitler’s sources of inspiration

 The monument of Karl Lueger in downtown Vienna

Closing a Circle - Rabbi Pinto to the Bank Manager: We Danced in Honor of Your Father


Police deploy to sensitive sites in Vienna, warning of Islamist attack

"Our intelligence services have reason to believe that an assault with an Islamist motive is planned to be carried out in Vienna," Vienna police said in English on Twitter.

A police car passes the Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran will take place, in Vienna, Austria, March 11, 2022.

How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder

We may have lost sight of why we created the State of Israel. This memoir should serve as a timely reminder.

 The Ostbahnhof (Eastern Railway Station) in Vienna, built between 1867 and 1870, was replaced by a new Südbahnhof in 1955, which in turn was demolished in 2009 and replaced by the Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station). Painting based on a photograph by Ellen Harvey: ‘The Disappointed Tourist.’

Vienna's many faces, from cultural hub to antisemitism promoter - review

The author obviously loves Vienna, but he has not allowed his passion for the city to blind him to so many of its residents’ history of hatred and persecution of the Jewish people.

 THE SHOAH Wall of Names Memorial in Vienna in 2021, bearing the names of more than 64,000 Austrian Jews killed in the Holocaust.

'Saving Freud': How the Jewish psychoanalyst escaped the Nazis - review

In Saving Freud, Andrew Nagorski reviews Freud’s life and provides biographical sketches of the eclectic group of people who helped rescue him as the Gestapo was closing in.

 THIS 1929 photo of Sigmund Freud was released by the US Library of Congress in 1998 with the opening of a new related exhibit.