Ex Gadhafi minister found dead in Danube

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By Fidan Aliyeva in Vienna One of toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s top official’s has been discovered dead floating in the river Danube. Shukri Ghanem, 69, who was Libyan prime minister between 2003 and 2006, was dressed normally when he left his home on Sunday morning and was found dead in the Danube at 6:40am […]

Austria freezes Gaddafi fortune

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Politics

Austria has blocked all assets of the Libyan Gaddafi clan in the country, it has been confirmed.The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) appealed on the country’s banks to block the deposits of 26 people including Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, his wife, their eight children and high-profile military and secret service chiefs.The OeNB said it estimated the […]

Austrian firm to get busy in Libya

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Business

An Austrian company has been contracted to get one of Libya’s most ambitious infrastructure projects back on track.Austrian Rail Engineering was assigned by the Libyan government to oversee and manage construction of hundreds of kilometres of motorways and railroads. Work started in 2006 but various problems slowed down its progress recently, according to a report […]

Haider ally compares Austrian papers with Nazis

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Politics

Former allies of late right-wing spearhead Jörg Haider have launched an unprecedented attack on Austrian media over their coverage of alleged secret bank accounts.News weekly profil claimed on the weekend that ex-Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Haider stashed around 45 million Euros in more than 40 different accounts in the principality bordering Austria.The magazine wrote that […]