A carriage of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (known as Sisi) , originally the Milan coronation carriage of Napoleon 1, is seen on display. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) The museum's most valuable ...

Built in 1876, the neo-baroque hearse was used for five funerals, including Empress Elisabeth, Emperor Franz Joseph and Austria's last empress Zita. "It was controversial to use this museum piece ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The German-language show revolves around Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed Sissi, and her royal courtship with Emperor Franz Joseph I as she navigates the rigid court ...

Tens of thousands of people protested across Austria on Thursday against the ... who are elected by the people," Elisabeth Helminger, 59, told AFP. "I am really worried that people who do ...

The far-right, pro-Israel Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) has been tasked with forming a government for the first time, alarming many in a country which has often struggled to shake its Nazi past.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen gave the green light to far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl to attempt and form the new ruling coalition after the two met in Vienna on ...

VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.

Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days, both as chancellor and party leader, after talks about forming a coalition government collapsed. The chancellor said his ...

VIENNA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Talks between Austria's two main centrist parties on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) collapsed on Saturday, prompting ...