The Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Spanish party “Platform for Catalonia” (PFC) have signed a friendship agreement, FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache announced today (Fri).Strache and PFC leader Josep Anglada I Rius said at a Vienna press conference today that both parties supported an end to mass immigration and the “Islamisation” of Europe, social justice and […]
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Lendvai to present new book in Vienna
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Award-winning journalist Paul Lendvai will present his new book at a Viennese bookshop later this month.Shakespeare & Company manager Guy Perlaki announced today (Tues) that the 81-year-old Hungarian-born Austrian political expert will talk about his new work “Inside Austria New Challenges, Old Demons.” on 12 May (7.30pm).Perlaki stressed that his store was the first […]
Austrian experts are at odds over whether officials reacted correctly to the eruption of an Icelandic volcano, while FlyNiki boss Niki Lauda considers suing aviation safety organisation Eurocontrol.Fritz Pachowsky, aviation engineering lecturer at Viennas Technical University (TU), said today (Mon): “Shutting down the whole European airspace for several days is like sending someone with a […]
Number of VIA’s passengers up in January
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The number of passengers at Vienna International Airport (VIA) rose by 4.1 per cent year on year to 1,203 million in January 2010, the airport reported today (Thurs).VIA added that the number of passengers with Middle Eastern destinations had gone up by 11.3 per cent and the number with Western European destinations had risen by […]