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'COMBATING POLITICAL ISLAM'


Government's new programme disproportionately focuses on Muslims and 'political Islam', but ignores far-right activity... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 5794

AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT SEEKS TO REASSURE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ON GOVERNMENT


Nazi Germany annexed Austria, where Adolf Hitler was born, in 1938... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 30

'WELCOME, DEAR ASEL': AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS ONLINE ABUSE OF NEW YEAR BABY


Austrian newspaper Heute said a number of users had flooded their Facebook page with hateful comments... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 2442

ANALYSIS | ITALY FEARS THAT A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY MAY BE STOKING EUROPE'S NEXT SECESSIONIST CRISIS


Austria's new center-right and far-right coalition government this week proposed giving citizenship to the predominantly German-speaking Italians in the region known as South Tyrol... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 443

A MIX OF FAR-RIGHT, PRO-EUROPE AND YOUTH


A pro-European direction of the future government is central, Mr. Van der Bellen said in a statement announcing his approval of the coalition agreement on Saturday... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 2379

MUTED PROTESTS IN VIENNA AS FAR-RIGHT MINISTERS ENTER AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT


The Freedom party will control key posts in the new government, including the interior and defence ministries... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 1476

AUSTRIA PROTEST AS FAR RIGHT FREEDOM PARTY TASTES POWER


Thousands of protesters rallied in central Vienna against Austria's new coalition government of conservatives and far right, during its swearing-in... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 430

'NOTHING TO FEAR' AS AUSTRIAN FAR-RIGHT ENTERS GOVERNMENT


Strache's electoral success shows that the future is of a Europe of peoples, Le Pen said... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 0

'NOTHING TO FEAR' AS AUSTRIAN FAR-RIGHT ENTERS GOVERNMENT


Strache's electoral success shows that the future is of a Europe of peoples, Le Pen said... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 0

'NOTHING TO FEAR' AS AUSTRIAN FAR-RIGHT ENTERS GOVERNMENT


The agreement reached by Sebastian Kurz's People's Party OeVP and the FPOe sets Kurz, 31, up to become chancellor and also the world's youngest leader... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 0

AUSTRIAN 'WHIZ KID' SEBASTIAN KURZ FORMS RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT


The last time the FPOe entered government, in 2000 under the late controversial leader Joerg Haider, Austria was briefly ostracized within the European Union... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 6

FACTBOX KEY POLICIES OF AUSTRIAS CONSERVATIVEFAR-RIGHT COALITION


Factbox Key policies of Austria's conservative far-right coalition... READ MORE

15th December, 2017 272

AUSTRIA GAS PLANT BURNS AFTER DEADLY EXPLOSION


Baumgarten is a key hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 644

ANALYSIS | WHO SUPPORTS TRUMP ON JERUSALEM? EUROPE'S ANTI-ISLAM POLITICIANS.


Either way, Strache's ability to influence the location of the Austrian Embassy in Israel may be limited... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 610

SANTA'S CREEPY CHUM GIVES AUSTRIANS A SCARY THRILL WITH 'KRAMPUSLAUF' PARADES


Austrian financial adviser Ernst Eigner is ugly and scary -- but only in his Krampus costume with red glowing eyes and horns to frighten naughty children... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 8

AUSTRIA'S CONSERVATIVE-FAR RIGHT CABINET LIKELY SWORN IN DEC. 20


The populist far right last entered an Austrian federal government in 2000 and currently rules in coalition with centrists in two of the country's provinces... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 170

EUROPE'S EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ARE NOT WORKING


By Alois Stoger and Nicolas Schmit Although the European Union is in the midst of an economic recovery, long-term unemployment - joblessness and job-seeking that... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 47

MALAYAN TIGER CUBS CELEBRATED AT PRAGUE ZOO


Two cubs of critically endangered Malayan tigers lie in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 14, 2017... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 1829

3,000 FORM CHAIN OF LIGHT AGAINST FAR RIGHT IN AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT


At least 3,000 people formed a chain of light in Vienna on Wednesday to protest against the formation of a government that includes the far-right Freedom Party... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 131

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AUSTRIA FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE NORBERT HOFER DEFEATED IN PRESIDENTIAL POLL


Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer admits he has lost Austria's presidential election... READ MORE

4th December, 2016 33788

LEFT-LEANING CANDIDATE WINS AUSTRIAN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE


Alexander Van der Bellen defeated right-wing populist Norbert Hofer in Sunday's election... READ MORE

4th December, 2016 17877

AUSTRIA'S PARLIAMENT BANS FULL-FACE VEIL IN PUBLIC


Austria has one of the most restrictive labour markets in Europe and this has not fundamentally been changed... READ MORE

17th May, 2017 16210

AUSTRIA MOVES TO BAN FULL-FACE VEIL IN PUBLIC SPACES


Austria's coalition government has announced plans to ban full-face veils in public and to restrict eastern European workers' access to the country's labour market... READ MORE

31st January, 2017 15666

AUSTRIAN BAN ON FULL-FACE VEIL IN PUBLIC PLACES COMES INTO FORCE


Muslim groups have condemned the law, saying just a tiny minority of Austrian Muslims wear full-face veils... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 13406

CUBA OFFERS RUM TO PAY OFF $276M CZECH DEBT


Cuba has come up with an unusual way to repay its multimillion dollar debt to the Czech Republic... READ MORE

16th December, 2016 11477

AUSTRIA FACE VEIL BAN 'CRIMINALISES MUSLIM WOMEN'


Activists and experts have condemned a law implemented in Austria on Sunday prohibiting the face veil as counterproductive and as an attack on religious freedom ... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 10720

THE WRITER WHO DREAMED OF A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS


Zweig began to write The World of Yesterday after leaving Austria in 1934, anticipating the Nazification of his homeland... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 10510

CUBA OFFERS TO PAY OFF DEBT TO CZECH REPUBLIC IN RUM


If the entire debt were repaid in rum, the Czechs would have enough rum for 130 years at this pace... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 10036

BIKINI HIRING CONTEST FOR NUCLEAR PLANT INTERNS GETS TOXIC REACTION


A Czech nuclear power station seemed to focus more on looks than qualifications to hire interns, using a swimsuit contest on Facebook... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 8391

FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE CONCEDES IN AUSTRIA'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE


The Austrian vote was a replay of elections in May, in which Hofer narrowly lost by 31,000 votes... READ MORE

4th December, 2016 6176

THE CHART THAT SHOWS WHO IS STILL LIVING AT HOME IN EUROPE


Buffeted by the European Union's slow-moving economy, many young people save money by still living with their parents... READ MORE

26th October, 2016 5822

AUSTRIAS FAR RIGHT SEES A PRIZE WITHIN REACH


Austrias Far Right Sees a Prize Within Reach The Presidency... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 4006

USTA APOLOGIZES AFTER NAZI-ERA GERMAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYED


The USTA extends a sincere apology to the German Fed Cup team fans 4 the outdated National Anthem... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 3983

VICTORY FOR VAN DER BELLEN AND THE LEFT IS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR EUROPE


The sigh of relief that followed Alexander Van der Bellen's victory in Austria's rerun presidential election on Sunday could be heard all over Europe... READ MORE

4th December, 2016 2833

AUSTRIA BECOMES LATEST EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO BAN BURQAS BUT ADDS CLOWN FACE PAINT, TOO


The Islamic Religious Authority of Austria calls it an infringement on privacy, religious freedom and freedom of opinion... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 2784

AUSTRIAN POLICE FORCE MUSLIM WOMEN TO REMOVE THEIR BURQAS


Vienna Muslim women in Austria were forced by police to remove their facial coverings on Monday, as an anti-burqa law came into effect... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 2610

MEET THE 31-YEAR-OLD AUSTRIAN ON COURSE TO BECOME THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST LEADER


He will become the world's youngest leader, ahead of North Korea's 34-year-old Kim Jong-un, and France's Emmanuel Macron, who is 39... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 2426

AUSTRIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO BE POSTPONED DUE TO FAULTY GLUE


A rerun of Austria's presidential election is set to be postponed because the glue on postal votes is not sticking, the interior minister has said... READ MORE

12th September, 2016 1552

USING SIMILAR TACTICS, AUSTRIAN NATIONALISTS HOPE FOR A 'TRUMP BUMP'


It is as if Hofer -- from the nationalist, right-wing Freedom Party -- is reading from the same winning playbook as President-elect Donald Trump... READ MORE

3rd December, 2016 1542

AUSTRIAS RIGHTWARD LURCH IS EUROPES NEW NORMAL


In a challenge to the European Union, hard-right parties are surging by confronting the neoliberal consensus on opening borders to trade and immigration... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1373

AUSTRIA CONVICTS ASYLUM SEEKER OF SYRIA WAR CRIMES


A Palestinian is sentenced to life in jail in Austria for killing 20 unarmed Syrian soldiers in Homs... READ MORE

11th May, 2017 1226

AUSTRIA WANTED TO BAN BURQAS. NOW IT ALSO FINES MASCOTS AND STOPS CYCLISTS WHO WEAR SCARVES.


For one thing, most Austrians still refer to the new law as a burqa ban, despite officials' efforts to forestall such shorthand... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 1070

AUSTRIA'S SEBASTIAN KURZ: THE MAN SET TO BE THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST LEADER


Austria's Sebastian Kurz The man set to be the world's youngest leader... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1055

AUSTRIAN NATIONALIST BEATEN TO PRESIDENCY IN BLOW TO POPULISTS


While mail-in ballots will only be counted on Monday, Van der Bellen's margin of victory was too great to change the outcome, and Hofer conceded defeat... READ MORE

5th December, 2016 980

THIS BLUE-EYED MILLENNIAL IS SET TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN EUROPE


After a Social Democratic-People's Party coalition was formed four years ago, Kurz, then 27, became Austria's foreign minister -- the youngest top diplomat in Europe... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 970

ALMOST A FIFTH OF 'EUROPEANS' WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A MUSLIM


Almost a fifth of participants from five European countries would not want to have a Muslim as a neighbour, a recent study found... READ MORE

26th August, 2017 954

'DON'T INTERFERE,' AUSTRIA'S FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TELLS NIGEL FARAGE


For me it could be important to help build a friendship between Russia and Washington, he said... READ MORE

4th December, 2016 885

MENACE OF FAKE NEWS IS RATTLING POLITICIANS IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY


Facebook has been forced to block posts targeting Eva Glawischnig, chairwoman of Austria's Green Party, that appeared to have been spread via a fake profile... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 838

BUS CRASH IN AUSTRIAN ALPS AVERTED AFTER TOURIST APPLIES BRAKE


A quick-thinking French tourist has been praised for preventing a bus from plunging over a cliff in the Austrian Alps after the driver passed out... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 761


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