Viennese school ordered to remove crucifix

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A primary school in Vienna removed the crosses from all classes. The mother of a pupil found that it was religious paternalism as less than half of the pupils were registered as Christians. According to the initiative “Religion is a private matter”, several similar complaints exist at a special registration office. It is expected that […]

Less neo-Nazis, but more radical Islamists

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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 […]

Skirt-clad women banned from fruit fields again

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A strawberry farm manager has come under fire for banning skirt-wearing women from picking the fruits for “hygienic reasons”.Reinhard Piribauer hit the headlines in 2008 when the rule was introduced for the first time at his “Erdbeerland” self-service picking farms across the province of Lower Austria.Now the businessman faces fresh pressure over his decision not […]