2026 in Austria
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Events in the year 2026 in Austria.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 11 January – A skier is killed in an avalanche in Weerberg, Tyrol.[1]
- 13 January – A Czech skier is killed in an avalanche in Bad Gastein.[1]
- 17 January –
- Four skiers are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche in the Gastein Valley. Another skier later dies in a different avalanche in Bad Hofgastein.[2]
- Three Czech skiers are killed in an avalanche in Pusterwald.[1]
February
- 16 February – A 21-year old suspect in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot is charged with terrorism-related offences.[3]
- 20 February –
- Five people are killed in Linz and Tyrol following adverse conditions caused by a snowstorm.[4]
- A hiker accused of murdering his girlfriend by abandoning her on a climbing trip to the Grossglockner in 2025 is convicted of gross negligent manslaughter after the woman dies from hypothermia and is sentenced to a five-month suspended prison term.[5]
April
- 2 April – Austria denies U.S. aircraft use of its airspace for military operations against Iran.[6]
- 19 April – Hipp Holding orders a recall of its baby food products in Austria following the discovery of a tampered product believed to have been deliberately laced with rat poison in Burgenland.[7]
- 28 April – A 21-year old defendant pleads guilty before a court in Vienna on charges of participating in the 2024 Vienna terrorism plot.[8] He is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on 28 May.[9]
May
- 3 May – Austria expels three staff of the Russian embassy in Vienna on charges of spying.[10]
- 12–16 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2026[11]
June
- 3 June – Austria is elected to a rotating seat at the United Nations Security Council.[12]
Holidays
Source:[13]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 25 May – Whit Monday
- 4 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
Deaths
- 3 January – Eva Schloss, 96, Holocaust survivor.[14]
- 16 April –
- Alex Manninger, 48, footballer.[15]
- Oleg Maisenberg, 80, Ukrainian-born pianist.[16]
- 12 May – Anna Wagner, 111, supercentenarian.[17]
- 14 May – Valie Export, 85, video artist.[18]
