The number of Austrians backing a total smoking ban in pubs and restaurants has soared after a new ruling went into force earlier this month.Opposition party chiefs have criticised the government coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) for its ruling which forced venues smaller than 50 square-metres to decide between becoming […]
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SPÖ and ÖVP go head to head in Styria
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A hot political summer is ahead as research shows the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) are neck-and-neck in Styria.People in the central province head to the polls on 26 September and SPÖ Governor Franz Voves made clear he will step down as leader of the Styrian Social Democrats if ÖVP Deputy Governor […]
BZÖ wants ‘economy’ a school subject
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The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) plans initiatives for more focus on economic subjects at school.The opposition partys announcement comes after research revealed that half of around 1,900 Austrian university students were unable to answer more than half of the questions about economic issues correctly.Party chief Josef Bucher said today (Mon): “Economics should […]
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 […]
The Social Democrats (SPÖ) fear that a future British Conservative Party government would have “negative implications,” according to SPÖ federal manager Laura Rudas.Speaking today (Fri) Rudas said that such a government would constitute a set-back for efforts to make Europe “more social and for more regulation and control of financial markets. It would be more […]
FPÖ in turmoil as troublemakers expelled
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Turbulence in the Freedom Party (FPÖ) continues as two Tyrolean party officials were expelled today (Fri).A spokesman for the right-wing opposition party said Innsbruck Councillor Christian Haager and provincial parliament member Walter Gatt had “harmed the FPÖs reputation”.Haager and Gatt are accused of questioning the authority of Tyrolean FPÖ boss Gerald Hauser, who is suffering […]
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 […]
‘History lesson’ for Rosenkranz
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Activists spread out tens of thousands of sheets of paper with the names of Nazi victims in Vienna yesterday (Tues) “to teach Barbara Rosenkranz a history lesson”.”A Letter To The Stars” organiser Josef Neumayr said: “We want to show what happens when intolerance shapes society.”Activists said they felt the urge to take action after Rosenkranz […]
MEP accused of making Nazi Salute
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An Austrian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has been accused by a rival of making the so-called Nazi salute.Freedom Party (FPÖ) MEP Andreas Mölzer said today (Tues) independent MEP Hans-Peter Martin clicked his heels in front of his colleague Franz Obermayr in a hallway of the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg, France, before making […]
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 […]