Der Standard is a newspaper from Austria that tells people what is happening in their country and around the world. It's kind of like a big book that people read to get information about things that they might not know about.
People who make the newspaper go around and talk to lots of different people, like politicians, teachers, and business owners, to find out what they're doing and what they think about things. Then they write all that information down in the newspaper so that lots of other people can read it too.
People read Der Standard so they can learn things like who won an election, what laws are being made, and even what the weather will be like. It's kind of like a big news report that tells people everything they need to know about what's going on in Austria and in the world.