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List of events
Events in the year 2023 in
Austria.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
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January 10 – the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted former
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader
Heinz-Christian Strache, citing lack of proof.
[1]
[2]
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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.
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February 5 – Avalanches kill eight tourists across the
Austrian Alps.
[3]
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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.
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March 17 – In Lower Austria, the ÖVP forms a coalition with the FPÖ.
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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]
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March 31 – In
Carinthia, the SPÖ renews its coalition with the ÖVP.
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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.
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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.
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May 30 – Three people are killed during a fire at a hospital in
Mödling.
[5]
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June 30 –
Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years (1703).
[6]
[7]
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September 12 – At
Salzburg Zoo, a
zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a
rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed.
[8]
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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]
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November 3 – A
small plane en route from
Zagreb,
Croatia,
crashes as it approached
Salzburg, killing four people.
[10]
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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
Scheduled
Deaths
January
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January 6
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January 7 –
Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician (b. 1944)
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January 10 –
Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist (b. 1943)
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January 17 –
Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician (b. 1930)
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January 18
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January 19 –
Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist (b. 1951)
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January 21
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January 27 –
Martin Purtscher, 94, politician (b. 1928)
November
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