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International Herald Tribune: "Torn by NATO Debate, Coalition Parties Can't Devise a Security Policy: Neutrality Issue Deeply Divides Austria" (1998)

Austria Economy

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Guide Note

Austria is a centrally located European power, and a member of the European Union. Since 1955, like its neighbor Switzerland, it has been officially neutral. It is known for its skiing and its classical music and arts.

Fast Facts

Capital: Vienna
Government: Federal Republic
Population: 8,316,487
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Official Language: German
Country Code: 43
President: Heinz Fischer
Chancellor: Alfred Gusenbauer

History

Historical records of Vienna date back to the Roman era, when it was a Roman military garrison. The first records of the location name Austria are from 996. It was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and became a duchy in 1156. Beginning in 1278, it was ruled by the Habsburgs, whose command of the country would not end for over six hundred years. The Habsburgs grew the size of their empire, and the country was a dominant force in European politics until World War I. After the war, the country went through a period of political flux, and was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. After World War II, it was occupied by Allied powers until 1955, when it once again became independent.

Geography

Austria is landlocked and mountainous. It is south of Germany and the Czech Republic, north of Slovenia and Italy, west of Hungary and Slovakia and east of Switzerland.

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