2015 in Austria
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of Austria.
Incumbents
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
December
- December 5 - Miss Earth 2015 will take 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.[4]
