Politics, page 44

• Ansfelden mayor commits suicide
  Walter Ernhard, the Social Democratic (SPÖ) mayor of Ansfelden, Upper Austria, hanged himself yesterday afternoon, police said.
• Vienna to ban professional beggars
  Professional beggars are to be banned from Vienna's streets, says Social Democratic (SPÖ) whip Siegi Lindenmayr.
• Women's minister meets with UN General Secretary
  Social Democratic (SPÖ) Women’s Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek met yesterday (Weds) with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on the fringes of a UN women’s conference in New York.
• Defence minister calls for overhaul of security doctrine
  Defence Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) called today (Thurs) for an overhaul of Austrian security doctrine.

• BZÖ calls for tougher immigration laws
  The debate on immigration statistics and soaring unemployment figures is set to intensify as the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) today (Weds) called for a "foreigner check".
• Karas says 2011 EU budget will be 2020 test run
  People’s Party (ÖVP) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Othmar Karas has warned the European Union’s (EU) 2011 budget will be a "first test run" for its 2020 strategy.
• Strache says FPÖ presidential candidate has potential for 35 per cent
  Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Heinz-Christian Strache claimed the party’s candidate Barbara Rosenkranz had the potential to garner 35 per cent in next month’s presidential elections.
• Salzburg mayor rules out slashing public transport prices for the needy
  Salzburg Mayor Heinz Schaden has claimed there was "no need" to change current regulations as NGOs called on the city government to slash public transport prices for needy people.

• Coalition denies mineral oil tax increase plans
  Government ministers have rubbished reports a mineral oil tax increase was "virtually certain".
• ÖVP and Greens end presidential election candidate rumours
  Both the People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Greens announced yesterday (Thurs) they would not nominate their own candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.
• Innsbruck mayor to retire from politics
  Innsbruck Mayor Hilde Zach announced yesterday (Thurs) evening that she would retire from politics.
• FPÖ MEP attacks Gaddafi
  Freedom Party (FPÖ) MEP Andreas Mölzer has criticised "Libyan autocrat" Muammar Gaddafi for his call for a Muslim boycott of Switzerland.

• Plassnik blasts Burmese regime
  Former Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has blasted the Burmese regime for its treatment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
• Austrian and Slovene foreign ministers to meet next month
  Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and his Slovene counterpart Samuel Zbogar will meet on 16 March in Vienna, it was announced yesterday (Weds).
• Burgenland announces massive wind park investment
  Burgenland People’s Party (ÖVP) Deputy Governor Franz Steindl said today (Thurs) the province is to invest 405 million Euros in wind parks.
• Greens blast Schüssel's decision to join RWE
  The Greens blasted former People’s Party (ÖVP) Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel yesterday (Weds) for his decision to join the supervisory board of one of Europe’s biggest energy providers - German firm RWE.

• Pressure on Faymann as Pröll is ahead of chancellor in poll
  The pressure on Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Werner Faymann is increasing as new research reveals he has been overtaken by People’s Party (ÖVP) Vice Chancellor Josef Pröll in popularity.
• Spindelegger calls for mandatory German lessons
  Federal Workers Association (ÖAAB) boss Michael Spindelegger called for mandatory German courses for immigrant children with language difficulties in Austrian preschools.
• Dohnal to receive 'honorary grave'
  Former Social Democratic (SPÖ) Women’s Minister Johanna Dohnal is to receive an "honorary grave" at Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof cemetery, it was announced today (Tues).
• Minister calls for federal youth protection law before summer
  People’s Party (ÖVP) Family Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner called today (Tues) for a youth protection law to be passed before summer.

• Austria to contribute €6mn to Auschwitz renovation
  Austria is to give a six million-Euro subsidy towards the renovation of Auschwitz concentration camp memorial site in Poland, it was announced today (Tues).
• Greens say Fekter must step down over Eberau referendum result
  The Greens called on People’s Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Maria Fekter to step down after more than 90 per cent of residents of a Burgenland town voted against building a centre for asylum seekers.
• Defence minister cautiously optimistic about Lebanon mission
  Social Democratic (SPÖ) Defence Minister Norbert Darabos is cautiously optimistic about Austrian participation in the UN mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
• Dead mice sent to mayor
  An Upper Austrian mayor has received a praline box containing two dead mice and an anonymous, threatening letter, according to website krone.at.

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