Events in the year 2018 in Austria.
Incumbents President: Alexander Van der Bellen Chancellor: Sebastian Kurz
Governors Burgenland: Hans Niessl Carinthia: Peter Kaiser Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr. Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer Tyrol: Günther Platter Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer Vienna: Michael Häupl (until 24 May); Michael Ludwig (from 24 May) Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events
February 2-3 February — Cyclone Burglind
12 February — Niklasdorf train collision
February 28: Controversial police raid on the headquarters of Austria's domestic intelligence agency (BVT).
May May 28 – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces to cut benefit for foreigners at 564 euros.he says “The fundamental rule we will introduce is that German will become the key to accessing the full minimum benefit,” “That means that whoever has insufficient language skills will not be able to claim the full minimum benefit".
June June 8 – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces its closing seven mosques and could expel up to 40 imams from the country. the mosques were accused of preaching Salafi positions and they were funded by turkey.
Deaths
1 January – Konrad Ragossnig, classical guitarist (b. 1932). 13 January – Walter Schuster, alpine skier (b. 1929) 19 January – Ute Bock, educator and humanitarian (b. 1942).
26 February – Thomas Pernes, composer (b. 1956)
3 March – Franz Pacher, engineer (b. 1919)
21 March – Martha Wallner, actress (b. 1927)
20 July – Heinz Schilcher, footballer (b. 1947).Wir Trauern Um Heinz Schilcher
24 October – Rudolf Gelbard, Holocaust survivor (b. 1930)
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