Bosses of Austria’s strongest right-wing faction are struggling to settle an intense party-internal dispute which experts say poses a risk to its grasp for power. Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache and Norbert Hofer, Strache’s deputy, recently announced that member of the parliament (MP) Werner Königshofer will be expelled over a string of controversial claims. […]
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Neo-Nazi posters removed
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A special police unit is investigating after posters called for the release of an arrested fascist were erected at a busy road.Large banners with German slogans that can be translated as “Freedom for Gottfried Küssel!” and “Let our comrade free!” were eliminated after motorists driving along the B37 near Krems, Lower Austria, informed local police […]
Diplomats ignore most traffic fines
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Diplomats failed to pay more than 2,000 traffic fines across Austria last year, it has emerged.A parliamentary enquiry by Freedom Party (FPÖ) MP Martin Graf forced the office of Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger to reveal that two thirds of the 2,400 fines for various breaches of traffic rules by diplomats went unpaid […]