Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger met with Germanys political elite today (Fri).Spindelegger was welcomed by German President Christian Wulff at Bellevue Palace in Berlin in the morning before meeting with Bundestag MPs and the countrys Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) later in the day.The ÖVP officials office explained […]
Integration topics are set to dominate a meeting of the federal presidents of German-speaking Europe in northern Germany.Austrian President Heinz Fischer will meet with his German counterpart Christian Wulff, Swiss President Doris Leuthard and Alois von Liechtenstein, the head of the principality of Liechtenstein, in the city of Lübeck today (Mon).Wulff is expected to raise […]
Federal President Heinz Fischer has come out in support of a more human approach to the asylum seekers issue – but it is yet to be seen whether his appeal will have any impact.Fischer said in his National Day speech yesterday (Tues) that well integrated families should be allowed to stay in Austria. The former […]
New German President Christian Wulff will come to Vienna this Wednesday, the office of Austrian President Heinz Fischer has announced. A spokeswoman for Fischer said today (Mon) that the former Christian Democratic (CDU) Minister President of Lower Saxony will stay in Vienna for a few hours. She announced Fischer and Wulff will meet for talks […]
One of the most powerful and influential men in Austria passed away today (Thurs) after Kronen Zeitung boss Hans Dichand died aged 89 at a Viennese clinic.Dichand was chief editor of the Kleine Zeitung and the Kurier before re-establishing the Kronen Zeitung in 1959. The tradition-rich daily was abandoned during the Nazis Third Reich regime.Dichand, […]
Year on year temperature increases of up to four degrees centigrade have been discovered at an Austrian national park.Upper Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Governor Josef Pühringer and nature protection councillor Manfred Haimbuchner of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) said today (Weds) average temperature had risen at most checkpoints at the Kalkalpen national park by 2.1 degrees […]
Incumbent president Heinz Fischers clear victory in yesterdays (Sun) presidential elections was overshadowed by a record-low turn out.Around 50 per cent of Austrians stayed away from the polling booths as almost 79 per cent of the 6.3 million Austrians entitled to vote supported the former Social Democratic (SPÖ) science minister.The Freedom Partys (FPÖ) Barbara Rosenkranz […]
Incumbent president Heinz Fischer is expected to celebrate a landslide victory in Sundays presidential elections, but the main focus will be on the performance of his rival Barbara Rosenkranz.The campaign of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) candidate has been shattered by a series of controversial statements by herself about Austrias Nazi past. The mother-of-ten accused press […]
President Heinz Fischer said he was “satisfied” with his first term in office as Austrians head to the polling booths next Sunday (25 April).Fischer is up against the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) Barbara Rosenkranz and Rudolf Gehring, head of the non-parliament Christians Party (CPÖ) in the upcoming election. He took office in 2004 and decided last […]
Freedom Party (FPÖ) presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz ended a campaign event in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, early after she felt “disturbed” by demonstrating young Socialists.FPÖ MP Bernhard Themessl said the partys stand was “barricaded” by the demonstration of the Socialistic Youth, a youth organisation of the governing Social Democrats (SPÖ).Dornbirn police however said about yesterdays (Weds) incidents […]