A secret meeting discussing ways to rid Europe of the ‘satanic gay lobby’ was hosted by a Russian oligarch and attended by a host of far-right MPs and ultra-conservative Eurasian ideologists in Vienna at the weekend – just across the road from where the Life Ball was taking place the very same night. The meeting […]
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FPOe politician Andreas Moelzer is no longer his party’s top candidate for the European Parliament elections. The news comes after his controversial remarks about race in the European Union led to senior Austrian politicians calling for him to withdraw. Moelzer decided to step down from the top candidacy position for the elections in May, citing […]
Frank Stronach inaugurated his new regional party office in Eisenstadt (Burgenland) yesterday (Thursday). Around 100 people gathered outside the Team Stronach office in the Neusiedler Strasse to celebrate. The Austro-Canadian businessman and party leader Frank Stronach shook everyone’s hand and held a speech on his political and economic philosophy. He then dedicated some time to […]
The Chinese government has threatened to take Schönbrunn’s panda’s away if the Austrian government meets the Dalai Lama again. The foreign minister and deputy president Michael Spindelegger (ÖVP) was presented with a scarf by the Dalai Lama in Vienna’s Stadthalle last year and the chancellor Werner Faymann met the spiritual leader of Tibet for dinner […]
Greens not hygenic
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Dogs are not banned at the Freedom Party headquarters in St Pölten in Lower-Austria – but members of the green party are according to a sign on the front door of their office. But the move intended as a joke has not been welcomed by the Green party members who accused the FPÖ of sinking […]
New probe in Alpe Adria bank scandal
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Prosecutors in Carinthia have confirmed a new investigation around the Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA) bank against 12 people. None of those under investigation were named. BZÖ-Deputy party leader Stefan Petzner had already indicated that there were new investigations around the end of October and now this has been confirmed by prosecutors. Spokeswoman Gabriele Lutschounig […]
Pühringer leads trust index
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Josef Pühringer, the governor of the province of Upper Austria, is the most trusted People’s Party (ÖVP) politician. A new poll by OGM – published in the new edition of magazine profil – lists Pühringer ahead of Economy Chamber (WKO) President Christoph Leitl and Science Minister Karlheinz Töchterle. Leitl has often been rumoured to become […]
Raidl snubs ÖVP hot seat offer
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The Viennese People’s Party (ÖVP) tried to persuade an industrialist and conservative opinion leader to take over as chairman, it has emerged. Claus Raidl – who formerly headed tool steel manufacturer Böhler Uddeholm – confirmed today (Thurs) that he was approached by Vienna ÖVP officials about whether he could imagine becoming the party’s new leader. […]
Former Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer has dismissed a suggestion by his successor on how Europe’s politicians could get the continent’s volatile economic situation under control. SPÖ head and Chancellor Werner Faymann said the federal government and state leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member countries should meet more often to debate how […]
One in two young Austrians never go to church, a new poll reveals.Public opinion agency Karmasin, who questioned 500 Austrians for the study published by magazine profil found that 50 per cent of Austrians aged 30 and younger never attend Catholic masses. The firms research also shows that 35 per cent of all Austrians […]