2025 in Austria
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Events in the year 2025 in Austria.
Incumbents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]January
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
Predicted and scheduled
[edit]- 14 May – The Austria Startup Conference[12]
- 29 May – 1 June – Narzissenfest | Daffodil Festival[13]
- 13 June – Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn[14]
- 20 – 22 June – Donauinselfest[15]
- 27 – 29 June – Austrian Formula One Grand Prix[16]
- July – August – Salzburg Festival[17] (specific date to be announced)
- July – August – Festival of Early Music[18] (specific date to be announced)
- 3 July – 20 July – Wachau Apricot Festival [19]
- 16 July – 17 August – Bregenz Festival[20]
- 25 July – 2 August – La Strada[21]
- 21 November – 24 November – 45th Jazzfestival Saalfelden[22]
- 3 September – 7 September – Ars Electronica Festival[23]
- mid November – Late December – Christmas markets[24]
All Year around
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[27]
- 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
[edit]- List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees
- List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vienna's most beautiful balls". www.austria.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Nehammer tritt zurück: Weg frei für FPÖ-Regierung [Nehammer steps down: FPÖ government possible]". derstandard.at (in German). Vienna: STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II". AP News. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "SPÖ Wahlsiegerin, FPÖ erstmals Zweite". news.ORF.at (in German). 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Saalbach 2025 - The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships". Saalbach. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Austrian authorities arrest teenager who apparently planned an attack at a railway station". AP News. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Austrian far-right leader's efforts to form a new government collapse". AP News. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Teen dead and five injured in Austria knife attack". BBC. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Austria is getting a new coalition government without the far-right election winner". AP News. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Christian Stocker becomes Austrian chancellor as three-party gov't sworn in". Al Jazeera. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Austria's new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants". AP News. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "The Austria Startup Conference 2025". Eventbrite. 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Narzissenfest – Ausseerland-Salzkammergut". Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ www.wienerphilharmoniker.at, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER-. "Summer Night Concert 2025". www.wienerphilharmoniker.at. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Donauinselfest music festival 2025". www.visitingvienna.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix 2025 Tickets". F1 Experiences. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Salzburg Festival". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Musik, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten. "Homepage". Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Wachau apricot". Donau Niederösterreich. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Home". Bregenzer Festspiele. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "La Strada: Events in Graz". Graz Tourismus. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Jazzfestival Saalfelden". Jazz Saalfelden. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Ars Electronica Festival". Ars Electronica Festival. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Advent and Christmas in Austria". www.austria.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Johann Strauss 2025 Wien - Wien feiert 200 Jahre Johann Strauss - vom 1. Jänner bis 31. Dezember 2025. Und zwar mit einer Premiere wöchentlich. Aus zehn verschiedenen Genres, Indoor wie Open Air". Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "The Sound of Music : This is Salzburg : salzburg.info". www.salzburg.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Austria Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Online calendar
- Pfandsystem (in german)
