Finding a doctor in Tyrol is fairly straightforward once you know where to search. Still, newcomers also need to check whether the doctor speaks English and, just as importantly, whether their health insurance will actually cover the visit.
Renters normally have little say over what happens to electricity generated on the roof of their building. A housing project in Innsbruck is trying a different approach, with tenants able to use surplus solar power without paying for it.
Planning to drive via the Brenner in Tyrol on May 30th? Austria is facing a rare full closure of the Brenner corridor for most of the day, and the rules on who can pass are strict.
When a winter ascent of Austria's Großglockner peak ended with a 33-year-old woman freezing to death just below the summit it made headlines around the world. Now a trial in Innsbruck will examine whether the woman's partner Thomas P. made fatal and avoidable errors.
Looking for a short break in Austria that combines city life with the great outdoors? Then make your way to Innsbruck, where you can explore the mountains by day and the city by night.
An avalanche crashed into a ski slope on Austria's Stubai Glacier in the Tyrol region on Thursday leaving several people buried in snow. Some of the injured had to be airlifted to hospital.
Austria’s clampdown on the so-called Ausweichverkehr (avoiding traffic) in Tyrol has already redirected hundreds of thousands of cars. If your plan is a scenic shortcut, expect to be stopped – and sent back to the motorway.
From percentage-based rates in Vienna to new nightly fees in Salzburg and Tyrol, here’s how Austria’s tourist taxes vary - and what’s changing this summer.
With unemployment in Vienna rising faster than the national average, job seekers in the Austrian capital are being advised to look west for opportunities, especially in the hospitality sector.
A planned bus strike in Tyrol and Salzburg will disrupt morning services as drivers push for fair wages and improved working conditions in ongoing negotiations.
With the Alps experiencing less snowfall and prolonged droughts, mountain huts or refuges in Austria are struggling to maintain adequate water supplies in order to stay open.
Authorities in Austria's famous Tyrol region want to hike the tourism tax by more than double. But can one of the country's most visited regions justify the move?
Austrian farmers were left fuming after an advert for winter tourism featured oat -instead of cow's- milk, in what industry representatives sourly slammed as an "affront to Tyrolean farmers".
The Austrian state of Tyrol held elections over the weekend with historical results, especially for the leading ÖVP party. So who will be its new governor?
Nine people died in three days of more than 100 avalanches rolling across Austria as warmer temperatures followed heavy snowfall, creating particularly dangerous conditions, authorities said on Sunday.
The European Medicine Agency (EMA) is expected to approve the Biontech and Pfizer vaccine for everyone over 12 years old on Friday, but it will be up to individual European states such as Austria to decide if they wish to start vaccinating children.
Three suspected cases of the Indian Covid variant have been confirmed by Austria's AGES organisation in the state of Burgenland, while another case is suspected in Tyrol.
