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Austria fails to win over neighbours for nuclear phase-out

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, on his first trip abroad Thursday since being re-elected, failed to persuade the governments of four central European countries to give up on nuclear energy which they largely depend on.

Green

Austria's greens vote to join conservatives in coalition

Austria's Greens on Saturday gave the go-ahead to a coalition with the country's conservatives at a party congress in Salzburg, removing the last obstacle to the unprecedented alliance.

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World record amount of solar energy stored in Austria

A research team has made huge gains in one of the global energy industry’s most critical issues after managing to store world record amounts of thermal energy in Austria

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Green energy puts Güssing on the map

Broke, remote and deprived of jobs -- just 25 years ago, the border town of Güssing close to Hungary was one of the poorest in Austria, a forgotten frontier along the Iron Curtain trail.

Tourism

Vienna is second most 'liveable city'

Vienna came second place in an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) poll of the most pleasant cities to live in - after Melbourne which has topped the ranking for the fourth year running.