For those who want to apply for citizenship in Austria have to overcome many obstacles. Even those people who fulfill all criteria are sometimes rejected. A case in Tyrol shows that this could be due to a controversial regulation of the Citizenship Act. Hesmat Hashemi has been living in Austria for twelve years. He escaped […]
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The neo-Nazi scene is decreasing in Styria (Southeastern Austria). The numbers of complaints fell. Instead, the police are more worried about Salafi extremist teenagers with migration background who stir up hatred against Jewish people. More than seven decades after the annexation of Austria to Nazi-Germany, right-wing extremism and neo-Nazism still exist in our country. Complaints […]
Austrian police have arrested two butchers from the Czech Republic who worked in a meat packaging plant on the border who used to sneak out into the car park at the back of their firm and throw meat over the fence where accomplices would load into the car and sell it across the border to […]
A highly influential metal band and a celebrated alternative rock group will come to Austria in the coming weeks. Brazilian metal legends Sepultura are lined up to rock the Szene club (www.szenewien.com) in Vienna on 25 July before performing at the p.p.c. (www.popculture.at), a concert venue in the city of Graz, on 14 August. Sepultura […]
Police are investigating after a priceless grapevine was chopped to pieces.The plant was discovered at an unused estate in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, one and a half years ago. Examinations revealed it was several hundred years old and worth around 100,000 Euros since it was found to be a unique precursor of the Grüner Veltliner.The white wine […]