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Events in the year 2023 in Austria.
Incumbents[edit]
Governors[edit]
- Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
- Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
- Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
- Styria: Christopher Drexler
- Tyrol: Anton Mattle
- Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
- Vienna: Michael Ludwig
- Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events[edit]
- January 10 – the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted former Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache, citing lack of proof.[1][2]
- January 29 – 2023 Lower Austrian state election: Incumbent Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remains strongest with slightly less than 40%, the party's weakest result in Lower Austria yet.
- February 5 – Avalanches kill eight tourists across the Austrian Alps.[3]
- March 5 – 2023 Carinthian state election: Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) loses 9% of votes but remains strongest party with roughly 39% of votes.
- March 17 – In Lower Austria, the ÖVP forms a coalition with the FPÖ.
- March 30 – Lawmakers from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria walk out from the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a protest against the violation of Austria's national principle of neutrality.[4]
- March 31 – In Carinthia, the SPÖ renews its coalition with the ÖVP.
- April 23 – 2023 Salzburg state election: Following the election, a coalition between ÖVP and FPÖ was agreed on, the first of its kind in Salzburg.
- April 24–June 3 – 2023 Social Democratic Party of Austria leadership election: Hans Peter Doskozil initially leads in the non-binding member vote, but Andreas Babler is officially elected as new chairman during a party congress in Linz on June 3.
- May 30 – Three people are killed during a fire at a hospital in Mödling.[5]
- June 30 – Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years (1703).[6][7]
- September 12 – At Salzburg Zoo, a zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed.[8]
- October 11 – Police in Vienna, announce that they have banned a pro-Palestinian protest over mentions of "from the river to the sea" in invitations and the characterization of the protest as a call for violence.[9]
- November 3 – A small plane en route from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approached Salzburg, killing four people.[10]
- November 13 – Justice Minister Alma Zadić announces the allocation of €33 million (around US$35 million) to compensate approximately 11,000 LGBT people affected by the country's historical discriminatory laws.[11]
Sports[edit]
Scheduled[edit]
- 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga[12]
- 2022–23 Austrian Cup[13]
- Austrian Grand Prix
- 2023 ACCR Formula 4 Championship[14]
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- January 6
- Ernst Grissemann, 88, radio host, journalist, and actor (b. 1934)
- Karl Pfeifer, 94, journalist (b. 1928)
- January 7 – Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician (b. 1944)
- January 10 – Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist (b. 1943)
- January 17 – Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician (b. 1930)
- January 18
- Melitta Muszely, 95, opera singer (b. 1927)
- Leopold Potesil, 89, boxer (b. 1933)
- January 19 – Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist (b. 1951)
- January 21
- Kurt Schneider, 90, racing cyclist (b. 1932)
- Friedrich Weissensteiner, 95, historian and writer (b. 1927)
- January 27 – Martin Purtscher, 94, politician (b. 1928)
November[edit]
- November 1 – Gregor Hammerl, 81, politician, ex President of the Federal Council of Austria (b. 1942)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ehemaliger FPÖ-Chef Strache in Korruptionsprozess freigesprochen". www.spiegel.de (in German). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Freispruch für Strache im zweiten Anlauf". www.orf.at (in German). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Weekend avalanches kill 10 in Austria and Switzerland". BBC News. 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Austria's far-right lawmakers walk out of Zelenskyy speech". Al Jazeera. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Overnight fire at Austrian hospital kills 3 patients, cause unclear". AP NEWS. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Stop the press: Vienna newspaper Wiener Zeitung ends daily print edition after 320 years". AP News. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "»Wiener Zeitung«: Älteste Tageszeitung der Welt erscheint zum letzten Mal" [The world's oldest daily newspaper was published for the last time]. Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Zookeeper trampled to death by rhino in Austria". euronews. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ "'From the river to the sea' prompts Vienna to ban pro-Palestinian protest". Reuters. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "A small plane headed from Croatia to Salzburg crashes in Austria, killing 4 people". AP News. 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "Austria puts aside millions for gay people who faced prosecution". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2023-11-13. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Offizielle Webseite der Österreichischen Fußball Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Salzburg triumphiert im UNIQA ÖFB Cup-Finale". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ Miltner, Harry (2022-11-03). "BREAKING NEWS: ACCR F4 STARTS AS CERTIFIED FIA SERIES IN 2023!". ACCR F4. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Die steirische ÖVP trauert um Gregor Hammerl". Kleine Zeitung. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
