Politics, page 43

• In the service of the dictator
  North Korean officials brought hundreds of thousands of dollars stuffed into suitcases into Austria to go on shopping sprees for their glorious leader while at the same time back home children were abandoned in the streets because families could not afford to feed them.
• EC threatens Austria with court over sexual equality
  Austria’s gender equality laws have been blasted by the European Commission (EC) and could land the country in court if it doesn’t introduce guidelines on equal treatment for men and women.
• Minister calls for CO2 emissions tax
  Austria's environment minister has called for the introduction of a carbon tax that he says would bring in 1.5 to 2.0 billion Euros of revenue annually, according to today’s (Thurs) edition of the newspaper Die Presse.
• Fischer and IAEA DG discuss nuclear proliferation
  President Heinz Fischer met the new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, yesterday (Weds) where the two discussed nuclear proliferation and disarmament.

• Strache calls for drug addicts' centres in suburbs
  New ideas on the Viennese drug scene problem by Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Heinz-Christian Strache is set to cause controversy.
• 'Travel agent' ministers splash out millions on foreign travel
  Globe-trotting government ministers spent a whopping 2.16 million Euros on 310 trips abroad last year, the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) said yesterday (Tues).
• Hitler's gift causes renewed controversy
  Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s 1942 gift to the city of Linz of a duplicate statue of Greek goddess of love Aphrodite is causing renewed controversy.
• Minister makes U-turn on asylum seekers
  People’s Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Maria Fekter has said for the first time that Austria might not need a third asylum seekers’ centre - a move seen by many as being a policy U-turn.

• Europa Forum Lech is cancelled
  Europa Forum Lech, which was to have been held from Friday to Sunday this week, has been cancelled owing to lack of prominent participation, it emerged yesterday (Mon).
• Austria 'might help' Greece, says minister
  People’s Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll said on Saturday that Austria might play a secondary role in helping almost bankrupt Greece.
• Morning after pill information campaign to begin
  An information campaign on the morning after birth-control pill is to be launched by the health ministry, Social Democratic (SPÖ) Health Minister Alois Stöger announced yesterday (Thurs).
• Nuclear weapons debate in Vienna next week
  A panel discussion about US president Barack Obama’s vision of a world free of nuclear weapons organised by top international organisations will take place in Vienna next week.

• New express passport to cost €220
  The new Austrian express passport, ready 24 hours after application, starts on 15 March will cost 220 Euros for adults.
• VIDC calls on Austria to shelter Iranian dissidents
  The Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) called on the Austrian government today (Weds) to give refuge to Iranian dissidents.
• Carinthian Slovene organisation opts for self-dissolution
  The Council of Carinthian Slovenes’ executive committee voted yesterday (Tues) in favour of its dissolution, head Karel Smolle announced.
• OSCE to monitor presidential election
  The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will send election observers to Austria for the first time since World War II to monitor next month’s presidential elections.

• Government reveals harsh 2011 budget cut plans
  The coalition government has announced drastic plans for higher taxes next year in its bid to reduce the Austrian budget deficit.
• Military frontier patrols useless, says report
  Military patrols of Austria’s eastern frontiers are practically useless in terms of increasing public security, the Federal Audit Office (RH) said yesterday (Mon).
• Oppitz-Plörer is new mayor of Innsbruck
  Christine Oppitz-Plörer was elected new mayor of Innsbruck yesterday (Mon) by the city council.
• Rosenkranz 'condemns Nazi crimes'
  Barbara Rosenkranz, head of the Freedom Party’s (FPÖ) Lower Austrian branch, said today (Mon) she wanted to disassociate herself from Nazi ideology in a reaction to criticism of her running for president.

• More than 1,000 attend Dohnal funeral
  More than 1,000 people attended the funeral of former Social Democratic (SPÖ) Women’s Minister Johanna Dohnal’s on Saturday at the crematorium at Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof cemetery.
• Schönborn and Leitl rule out voting Rosenkranz
  Vienna Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said today (Fri) he could rule out voting for the Freedom Party’s (FPÖ) presidential election candidate Barbara Rosenkranz.
• EU commissioner gives thumbs up to funding Nabucco
  New EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project "especially worthy of financial support" today (Thurs).
• ECJ rules against minimum cigarette prices
  The minimum price for a pack of cigarettes in Austria is a violation of EU guidelines, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today (Thurs).

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