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Autopsy as Turk trucker found dead An autopsy has been ordered after the body of a truck driver was found on the Austrian-Hungarian border.
Bear killer suspect expelled from hunters union A man accused of killing a brown bear has been excluded from the Carinthian Hunters Association.
One in five firms hit by business crimes, says expert One in five companies are affected by business felonies, according to an internationally-linked detectives body.
Vienna police present hotel safety initiative Vienna police have announced plans to cooperate with the city’s hotels more closely in a bid to tackle crime.
Mössner goes to Germany Former SV Mattersburg star Lukas Mössner has joined Eintracht Trier.
Anger as artist gets ready for 'chick jump' Animal activists are up in arms over a Viennese performance artist’s announcement to jump into a basin of fledglings.
Plane crash claims two Two people were killed in a plane crash in Upper Austria this afternoon (Thurs).
Denying Greece support 'dangerous', Pröll warns People’s Party (ÖVP) Vice Chancellor Josef Pröll has warned of "dangerous developments" as European Union (EU) member states have backed out of the previously agreed upon support package for Greece.
Doomed Triumph staff to work part time Employees at underwear and lingerie manufacturer Triumph International AG’s Hartberg factory will work part time for the next few months, it has been revealed just weeks after firm chiefs announced plans to lay off everyone.
Teen bank accounts have high overdraft charge rates, study shows Consumer rights watchdogs have warned of excessive overdraft charge rates for youths’ bank accounts.
Katy Perry to rock Vienna Pop sensation Katy Perry will rock Vienna next month, it has been announced.
Public Enemy to perform in Innsbruck American hip hop superstars Public Enemy will come to Austria later this year.

26. 02. 10. - 14:00

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.

Mölzer, a member of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said today (Fri): "Gaddafi’s call for a boycott of Switzerland because of the Swiss referendum calling for a ban on minarets is nothing more than inadmissible interference in the internal affairs of another country."

He went on to say that it was "insufferable" that Gaddafi had called for "jihad" or holy war against Switzerland. "That concept comes from Islamic fundamentals who want to bring aggressive missionary Islam to Europe," he added.

Gaddafi, Mölzer declared, was "no partner for Europe."

Gaddafi is also reportedly angry at Switzerland because his son Hannibal was briefly detained in 2008 in Geneva for beating his servants.

Former Carinthian Governor Jörg Haider had visited Libya and said the country could function as "a bridge builder" between the rest of the Arab world and Europe. Haider also worked with Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam.

Haider led the FPÖ until he left it in 2005 to form the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ).