2023 in Austria

Events in the year 2023 in Austria.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

January 10 – the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted former Freedom Party of Austria leader Heinz-Christian Strache, citing lack of proof.
January 29 – 2023 Lower [Austrian state election]: Incumbent Austrian People's Party 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.
March 5 – 2023 Carinthian state election: Social Democratic Party of Austria 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.
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.
June 30 – Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years.
September 12 – At Salzburg Zoo, a zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed.
October 11 – Police in Vienna, announce that they have banned a pro-Palestinian protest over mentions of "From [the River to the Sea|from the river to the sea]" in invitations and the characterization of the protest as a call for violence.
November 3 – A small plane en route from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approached Salzburg, killing four people.
November 13 – Justice Minister Alma Zadić announces the allocation of €33 million to compensate approximately 11,000 LGBT people affected by the country's historical Discrimination against [LGBT people|discriminatory] laws.

Sports

Scheduled

Deaths

January

January 6
* Ernst Grissemann, 88, radio host, journalist, and actor
* Karl Pfeifer, 94, journalist
January 7 – Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician
January 10 – Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist
January 17 – Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician
January 18
* Melitta Muszely, 95, opera singer
* Leopold Potesil, 89, boxer
January 19 – Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist
January 21
* Kurt Schneider, 90, racing cyclist
* Friedrich Weissensteiner, 95, historian and writer
January 27 – Martin Purtscher, 94, politician

November

November 1 – Gregor Hammerl, 81, politician, ex President of the Federal Council of Austria