Politics

Salzburg coalition talks begin

A significant majority of the Green Party decided to start coalition talks with the ÖVP last evening (Wed). Negotiations about a new state government [...]

15 minutes free parking instead of 10

The 15-minute parking ticket will replace the 10-minute parking ticket in autumn. The only alternative is to buy your parking ticket with your phone. [...]

Huge debate over multilingualism in Austria

Possible projects for a "multilingual oriented educational concept" have led to a debate in Vienna. The SPÖ, ÖVP and FPÖ are currently discussing the [...]

Row over slow pace of Schwedenplatz redevelopment

The planned redevelopment of Schwedenplatz and Morzinplatz in Vienna has caused troubles. Head of the district Ursula Stenzel (ÖVP) thinks that the pl [...]

Fraud probe over school registration

The judiciary is still dealing with fake registrations of students in Burgenland. Students were registered as residence in several municipalities in o [...]

Debate over planned stop for wind farms in Lower Austria

The ÖVP of Lower Austria announced that they would stop the expansion of wind farms. The interest group IG Windkraft strongly criticises this as they [...]

Novomatic in debate over possible state subsidies

There is a huge amount of people who are addicted to gambling in Styria. One of these is a 38-year-old father. He has huge debts and is now suing the [...]

Vienna backs down over parking and offers 15 minutes free

The newspaper "Kurier" reported that the coalition of SPÖ and the Green Party in Vienna have decided to introduce a new free 15-minute parking ticket. [...]

Court rejects Strasser's allegations

The legal charges made against "Upper Austrian News (OÖN) by the former Interior Minister Ernst Strasser (ÖVP) were rejected. Mr Strasser charged the [...]

Roma kids allegations

The department of city councillor Christian Oxonitsch gets no peace: the head of the youth welfare, which is part of the magistrate 11, provoked a deb [...]

Cycle paths to be painted green

Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou (Green Party) wants to paint cycle paths in Vienna with a length of 1,223 km green. A test route along the Ringstrasse wil [...]

Support Austrian NGOs in their fight for stopping cutbacks i

For the first time, five parliamentary parties (SPÖ, ÖVP, Green Party, Team Stronach, BZÖ) appealed to the government on 12 November 2012 to provide m [...]

SPÖ Salzburg votes for new party leader

The current health and social state councillor Walter Steidl has been elected the new head of the Social democratic party of Salzburg yesterday (Mon). [...]

SPÖ see devastating loss after weekend election

The SPÖ lost a huge amoung of votes in the Salzburg state election yesterday (Sun). The party of Governor Gabi Burgstaller only achieved 23.81%, which [...]

New German law in favour of the biological father of a child

After the decision of the European Court of human rights, 20578/07 (Anayo against Germany) Germany changed the law in favour of the biological father [...]

Video cameras to enforce emergency lane

One month ago, Traffic Minister Doris Bures presented her plan to monitor emergency lanes on motorways by video cameras. The new regulation has been s [...]

ÖVP NÖ wants to slow wind farm madness

The ÖVP wants to reduce wind farms in order not to spoil the image of the landscape. The government of Lower Austria decided to develop a new Planning [...]

Faymann warns against greed in society

The SPÖ converted its traditional May Parade at Rathausplatz in Vienna to some kind of unofficial election campaign. Chancellor and head of the SPÖ We [...]

BZO and Lugner join forces over Sunday opening

Shopping centre operator Richard Lugner has been fighting for Sunday opening hours in his shopping centre "Lugner City" in Vienna. He is now supported [...]

Finance scandal reason for early election

The financial scandal in Salzburg has been hotly debated since last December. Many people lost their trust in the government and this has led to early [...]

Austria celebrates May Day as a Bank Holiday

A lot of events will take place on today’s May Day: The traditionally biggest event is the manifestation of the SPÖ at town hall square in Vienna. The [...]

FPK to merge with the FPÖ

The FPK, the Freedom Party of Carinthia (Southern Austria), plans to remerge with the Federal FPÖ at the end of June. Christian Ragger, head of the FP [...]

Greens demand lower rents in Vienna

The Green Party of Vienna held their 69th state assembly at the Chamber of Labour. Vice mayor Maria Vassilakou focused on the rental debate and demand [...]

OeVP stays number 1 after Tyrol election

The ÖVP surprised at the state elections in Tyrol last weekend. Despite surveys, they achieved almost the same result as in 2008. The SPÖ came second, [...]