A new biography revives the generous life of Salka Viertel, L.A. ‘salonnière,’ memoirist, ‘Garbo specialist,’ and Jewish mother to Hollywood stars

Tablet celebrates the great Viennese satirist’s 145th birthday this weekend

Hans Morgenstern’s family fled the Nazis before returning to Austria after the war. Now, as the only Jew left in his small town outside Vienna, he laughs darkly watching the rise of Europe’s new far-right.

The students were fined 100 Euros each because the Vienna police determined that they “behaved insensibly, violated public order and created a provocation”

How an Israeli family conquered the Vienna food scene

Thomas Feiger rebuilds what was lost in the Austrian capital

Making sense of Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s new Chancellor

But plans for the building’s future remain unclear

The 62nd Viennese Opera Ball in New York City, a lavish affair, celebrated Leonard Bernstein and Johann Strauss. And there was cake.

The country’s parliament passes a law allowing it to seize Hitler’s birth home and keep it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine

And a country escapes, yet again, from the prospect of Norbert Hofer becoming Europe’s first neo-fascist head of state

The Austrian government has been renting Hitler’s childhood home from its owner since 1972. Now, it’s working to legally seize the empty property.

‘Europe’s gift to Islam’ was born in Austria-Hungary 116 years ago this week. His ideas on the intersection of politics and religion are more relevant than ever.

Dispatch from Vienna, where a closely contested presidential election may be a bellwether for an increasingly xenophobic Europe

The victory by Hofer—the affable face Austria’s far-right FPÖ Party who ran on an anti-immigration platform—could be a sign of things to come