What is happening there and why it matters.
So it makes sense
Austria is the nearest western neighbour for Slovakia and Czechia — the border sits just outside Bratislava, which is why topics such as the bridge over the Morava, cross-border commuting or energy prices concern both countries at once. It is a neutral state outside NATO, which gives it a different position in defence debates, and a country that for years was among the Union’s most dependent on Russian gas. The summer of 2026 there was about a record deployment of army helicopters against wildfires and about legionella in Linz.
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210 out of 320 golden Mozart statues disappeared from Mirabell Garden. Artist Ottmar Hörl speaks of organized theft, police admit up to two hundred perpetrators.
Every tier went up by two euros a month. The premium plan costs 21.99 euros in Austria; no new rates announced for Slovakia or Czechia yet.
