Projections show Alexander Van der Bellen winning over 55%, avoiding runoff and winning second six-year term, with Freedom Party's Rosenkranz forecast to get 18% of ballots

Alexander Van der Bellen, seen as a beacon of stability in central European country, tipped to get more than 50 percent of vote and avoid run-off with other 6 candidates

Jewish Community of Vienna records 65% increase in incidents; vast majority were 'abusive behavior' in person or online, with largest proportion of perpetrators from far-right

Program set up in 2001 has 'completed its tasks' after dispersing $215 million to restitute plundered property acquired after war

Suspect who went by pseudonym Mr. Bond gets 10 years; court also sentences his younger brother to 4 years for managing antisemitic website

Russian central bank moves to stem plunge in currency; Moscow forex exchange to open late amid turmoil; Austria’s Financial Market Authority imposes moratorium on Sberbank Europe

While tens of thousands have demonstrated weekly against initiative, it is believed to have broad political support, leading to law's approval by parliament, president

Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein says 'law is urgently needed right now' amid surging Omicron wave; 72% of population fully vaccinated

Gertrude Pressburger went viral in a video during country's 2016 presidential campaign

Curators say they tried not to give the pieces an 'aura,' packing them into 2 rooms as if in a warehouse; use of public funds to preserve Nazi art draws some criticism