2015 in Austria

none 2015 The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of Austria. Incumbents President: Heinz Fischer Chancellor: Werner Faymann Governors Burgenland: Hans Niessl Carinthia: Peter Kaiser Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr. Styria: Franz Voves (until 16 June); Hermann Schützenhöfer (from 16 June) Tyrol: Günther Platter Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer Vienna: Michael Häupl Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner Events January January 5 - An avalanche near the Rettenbach glacier in the Austrian Alps, kills two prospects for the United States ski team, Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle.http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7e3edbfd0bc84166963081c8c92247bc/2-us-ski-team-prospects-die-avalanche-austria 2 US ski team prospects die in avalanche in Austria 5 January 2015 10 January 2015 10 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110090303/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7e3edbfd0bc84166963081c8c92247bc/2-us-ski-team-prospects-die-avalanche-austria dead February February 25 - The Austrian Parliament passes a bill, partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, that gives Muslims more legal security but bans foreign funding for mosques and imams. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31629543 Austria passes controversial reforms to 1912 Islam law BBC News 25 February 2015 May May 19 - Austria held the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna between 19 and 23 May. Sweden won. August August 27 - Burgenland corpses discovery: the bodies of 71 illegal immigrants were discovered in a lorry on the Ost Autobahn in Burgenland November Samra Kesinovic, an Austrian teenager who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is reported dead, having been beaten to death by the group after trying to escape from Raqqa. Her companion, Sabina Selimovic, was reported to have been killed in fighting in Syria in September 2014.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/12014951/Teenage-Austrian-poster-girl-for-the-Islamic-State-killed-by-group-for-trying-to-escape.html Teenage Austrian 'poster girl for the Islamic State' killed by group for trying to escape Justin Huggler 25 November 2015 The Daily Telegraph 30 November 2015 December December 2 - Vienna swimming pool rape December 5 - Miss Earth 2015 took place on December 5, 2015, at Marx Halle, Vienna, Austria. Jamie Herrell of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event. http://www.missearth.tv Miss Earth 2015 in Austria Deaths June 22 - Irma Schwager, Second World War resistance fighter and communist politician (b. 1920)Austrian Nazi resistance heroine dies aged 95 https://t.guardian.ng/news/austrian-nazi-resistance-heroine-dies-aged-95/ Lagos, Nigeria The Guardian 22 June 2015 26 June 2018 27 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005614/https://t.guardian.ng/news/austrian-nazi-resistance-heroine-dies-aged-95/ dead References 2015 Category:2010s in Austria Category:Years of the 21st century in Austria Austria Austria