The diplomatic relations between the

Republic of Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...

and

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

were largely determined and limited by the global political environment. Generally good cooperation has always been in the interest of Romanian and Austrian foreign policy. Romania has a permanent mission in Vienna named The permanent mission of Romania near the international organizations of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

. Romania has an embassy in Vienna and six honorary consulates in Eisenstadt,

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

, Graz, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Sankt Pölten-

Niederösterreich Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P� ...

. Romania has the Romanian Cultural Institute in Vienna. Austria has an embassy in Bucharest and two honorary consulates. Austria has in Bucharest the Austrian cultural forum. Austria has given full support to Romania's membership of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

History

On 8 December 2022, a vote was held for the accession of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

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and Romania to the Schengen Area. These countries would enter the zone only with a unanimous vote. Croatia entered, but Romania's entry was vetoed by Austria, while that of Bulgaria was vetoed by both Austria and the

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. In Romania, the Austrian veto caused outrage. The Romanian ambassador to Austria was withdrawn from Vienna, and it was announced that relations between the two countries would be reduced significantly. Romanian companies, entrepreneurs, museums and universities began to boycott any type of cooperation with Austria or with Austrian companies, with the Ministry of Tourism of Romania advising Romanians not to go skiing in Austria on the next winter holidays. At a branch of the Austrian bank

Raiffeisen Zentralbank Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich A.G. was the central institution of the Raiffeisen Banking Group Austria (RBG). The central bank was merged with its subsidiary Raiffeisen Bank International in 2017. It functions as the group centre for the ...

on the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, an inscription appeared on the walls of the building reading "Nazi Bank"; municipal police began an investigation into this incident on 9 December. , president of the Association for Clean Energy and Fighting Climate Change, asked for an economical compensation of 200 million euros per month to Romania from Austria, as this is what the Romanian GDP would lose for each month that it was not in the Schengen Area according to an analysis by the Romanian company Big 4.

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Ambasada Austriei in Bucharest

Ambasada României in Vienna
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Bilateral relations of Romania

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