Vienna Social Democratic leader Michael Ludwig said there was a desire for change within the SPÖ, ORF reported, as the party’s national leaders met on Sunday. The party’s federal leadership gathered at a Vienna hotel after a meeting of SPÖ state leaders. Ludwig said he expected them to agree that…

A new IFDD survey shows the SPÖ leading in Vienna with 35 percent, while the FPÖ rises to 26 percent amid shifting party support levels.

Vienna’s state parliament is debating a planned levy on cultural tickets that has since been abandoned, ORF reports. The parliament is holding its first session after the summer break on Tuesday, with the ÖVP submitting the issue for a current affairs debate. The planned “culture euro” would have…

Vienna’s city parliament has ended its summer recess with three sessions scheduled by Wednesday, starting with an emergency meeting requested by the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), ORF reports. The special session was requested by the FPÖ in July. Such meetings must normally be held within 21 day…

Statements by Ernst Nevrivy, head of Vienna’s Donaustadt district, have become a focus of the Ruck affair, ORF reports. Nevrivy attended the meeting in Walter Ruck’s wine cellar, where allegedly recorded remarks were later leaked to the media. The Kurier published alleged statements by Nevrivy ab…