Events in the year 2025 in Austria.
Incumbents 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 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 January January – February – Vienna Ball Season 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. 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. 19 January – 2025 Burgenland state election: The SPÖ loses its absolute majority in the Landtag of Burgenland.
February 4 – 16 February – FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 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. 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. 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. 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.
March 3 March – Christian Stocker is inaugurated as Chancellor. 12 March – The government suspends family reunion procedures for migrants, citing issues in adequately integrating them.
April 27 April – 2025 Viennese state election
May 14 May – The Austria Startup Conference 17 May – Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Wasted Love". 26 May – A court in Vienna overturns the conviction of former chancellor Sebastian Kurz for perjury in 2024. 29 May–1 June – Narzissenfest | Daffodil Festival
June 10 June – Eleven people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting in Graz. 13 June – Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 20– 22 June – Donauinselfest 27 – 29 June – Austrian Grand Prix 30 June – A mudslide hits the Gschnitztal valley in Tyrol, prompting the evacuation of 100 people.
July July – August – Salzburg Festival (specific date to be announced) July – August – Festival of Early Music (specific date to be announced) 3 July – 20 July – Wachau Apricot Festival 5 July – A light propeller aircraft originating from Germany crashes near Wald im Pinzgau, killing all four people on board. 13 July – A man kills one person and seriously wounds another before shooting himself in Traiskirchen, Lower Austria. 16 July – 17 August – Bregenzer Festspiele 25 July – 2 August – La Strada 25 July – An accomplice of the main suspect in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot is convicted by a court in Wiener Neustadt on a separate charge of involvement with Islamic State and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. 28 July – Thomas Oberreiter resigns as Austria's ambassador to the European Union amid allegations that he had kept a private blog containing sexually explicit content.
August 20 August – The Austrian public broadcaster ORF designates the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna as the venue for Eurovision 2026. 26 August – An acquaintance of the main suspect in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot is convicted by a court in Germany for plotting and supporting a terrorist attack overseas and sentenced to a suspended 18-month prison term.
September 3 September – 7 September – Ars Electronica Festival 30 September – Austria expels a Russian diplomat accused of spying on the oil company OMV.
November 3 November – A Latvian national is arrested at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof for threatening to stage a hostage crisis aboard a train traveling from Vienna to Innsbruck. 6 November – The government announces the discovery by the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service of a weapons cache linked to Hamas in Vienna. mid November – Late December – Christmas markets 18 November – Austria qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after drawing 1–1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. 21 November – 24 November – 45th Jazzfestival Saalfelden 27 November Three skiers are injured while several others are reported missing following an avalanche that hits the Daunscharte Pass on the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol. Austria finishes in second place at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar after losing to Portugal 1–0 in the final.
December 9 December – A court in Vienna dismisses an extradition request by the United States for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on charges of bribery. 11 December – The National Council passes a bill outlawing the wearing of Muslim headscarves by girls under 14 years old.
All year round
200th Anniversary of Johann Strauss 60 Years of Sound of Music
Holidays
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
List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths January 2 January – Thomas Streicher, 66, mathematician 9 January – Otto Schenk, 94, actor (Dunja, Always Trouble with the Reverend), film (Die Fledermaus) and theatre director 13 January – Walter Deutsch, 101, musicologist 16 January – Hans Dobida, 95, ice hockey administrator, president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (1977–1996) 17 January – Martin Pollack, 80, journalist and author 20 January – Reinhard Todt, 75, politician, member (2001–2018) and president (2013, 2018) of the Federal Council 27 January – Baldur Preiml, 85, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) 29 January – Max Schautzer, 84, Austrian-born German television and radio presenter (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)>
February 1 February – Peter Schmidl, 84, clarinetist, principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2 February Johannes Hübner, 68, politician, member of the National Council (2008–2017) and the Federal Council (2020–2023) Marion Wiesel, 94, Austrian-American translator and Holocaust survivor 3 February – Herbert Madejski, 79, politician, MP (2013) 26 February – Hans Pirkner, 78, footballer (Austria Wien, Alpine Donawitz, national team)
March 12 March Walter Schwimmer, 82, politician and diplomat, secretary general of the Council of Europe (1999–2004) Norbert Cyffer, 81, German-Austrian linguist 26 March – Hannes Tretter, 73, lawyer
April 16 April – Peter Ablinger, 66, composer 23 April – Waltraut Haas, 97, actress and singer.Waltraut Haas verstorben
June 17 June – Alfred Brendel, 94, pianist.
July 17 July – Felix Baumgartner, 56, parachutist (Red Bull Stratos).
September–December 27 September – Georg Stefan Troller, 103, journalist, screenwriter and director. 3 November – Peter Skalicky, 84, German-born academic 23 December – Josef Ratzenböck, 96, governor of Upper Austria (1977–1995).
See also
2025 in the European Union 2025 in Europe
References
External links Online calendar Pfandsystem (in German)