# 2025 in Austria

Events in the year 2025 in Austria.

## Incumbents

* President: Alexander Van der Bellen
* Chancellor: Karl Nehammer (until 10 January), Alexander Schallenberg (acting, 10 January to 3 March); Christian Stocker (starting 3 March)

### Governors

* Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
* Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
* Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
* Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
* Styria: Mario Kunasek
* Tyrol: Anton Mattle
* Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
* Vienna: Michael Ludwig
* Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

## Events
### January

* January – February – Vienna Ball Season
* 4 January – Karl Nehammer announces his resignation as Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after the party fails to form a government following the 2024 Austrian legislative election.
* 6 January – Herbert Kickl of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) receives a mandate from President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a new government.
* 19 January – 2025 Burgenland state election: The SPÖ loses its absolute majority in the Landtag of Burgenland.

### February

* 4 – 16 February – FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
* 10 February – A 14-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack on Wien Westbahnhof railway station in Vienna on behalf of Islamic State.
* 12 February – Herbert Kickl surrenders his mandate to form a government to President Alexander Van der Bellen after talks with the ÖVP to form a coalition fail.
* 15 February – 2025 Villach stabbing attack: A 14-year-old boy is killed while five people are injured in a knife attack in Villach. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, is arrested.
* 27 February – The SPÖ, ÖVP and NEOS announce an agreement to form a coalition government to be led by the ÖVP's Christian Stocker as Chancellor.

### March

* 3 March – Christian Stocker is inaugurated as Chancellor.
* 12 March – The government suspends family reunion procedures for migrants, citing issues in adequately integrating them.

### Predicted and scheduled

* 14 May – The Austria Startup Conference
* 29 May – 1 June – Narzissenfest | Daffodil Festival
* 13 June – Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn
* 20 – 22 June – Donauinselfest
* 27 – 29 June – Austrian Formula One Grand Prix
* July – August – Salzburg Festival (specific date to be announced)
* July – August – Festival of Early Music (specific date to be announced)
* 3 July – 20 July – Wachau Apricot Festival
* 16 July – 17 August – Bregenz Festival
* 25 July – 2 August – La Strada
* 21 November – 24 November – 45th Jazzfestival Saalfelden
* 3 September – 7 September – Ars Electronica Festival
* mid November – Late December – Christmas markets

### All Year around

* 200th Anniversary of Johann Strauss
* 60 Years of Sound of Music

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 6 January – Epiphany
* 18 April – Maundy Thursday
* 19 April – Good Friday
* 21 April – Easter Monday
* 1 May – International Workers' Day
* 9 June – Whit Monday
* 19 June – Corpus Christi
* 15 August – Assumption Day
* 26 October – National Day of Austria
* 1 November – All Saints' Day
* 8 December – Immaculate Conception
* 25 December – Christmas Day
* 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day

## Art and entertainment

* List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees
* List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film