A man from Lower Austria has been sentenced to prison for glorifying the Third Reich. The 54-year-old was found guilty of breaching Austria’s anti-Nazi propaganda law. He was ordered to spend six months behind bars, with another 12 months on suspension. The verdict – issued by a court in Wiener Neustadt yesterday (Tues) – is […]
Bosses of national broadcaster ORF have come under pressure over a Holocaust joke in a popular late night show.It emerged today (Fri) that ORF officials were forced to censor the most recently produced episode of “Willkommen Österreich”. The show, which is co-hosted by Dirk Stermann and Christoph Grissemann, is produced a few days before its […]
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki failed to speak out about the Holocaust in Vienna yesterday (Sun).Mottaki met with Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger for talks in which Austria warned the Iranian regime of possible sanctions by the United Nations (UN) over the countrys controversial uranium enrichment programme.Asked by an Israeli journalist […]
A neo-Nazi gig has been cancelled after club bosses found out the orientation of the groups music.Szene Wien music club chief Josef “Muff” Sopper said he had booked four bands for the Black Metal concert on 29 March through a foreign organiser but backtracked when he found out who he had lined up. He said: […]