Officials have engaged in a bitter war of words after the Federal Economy Chamber (WKO) decided to stop subsidising the Austrian Tourism Marketing (ÖW).WKO said recently it will end its annual eight-million-Euro injection from 2012 and intensify its own tourism marketing initiatives instead. The authority criticised the ÖW for neglecting emerging markets like Brazil, India […]
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Trust poll shocks quarrelling government
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The Austrian government has suffered heavily over the level of trust it enjoys, a new poll shows.Research firm Karmasin found that 67 per cent of Austrians have less trust now in the joint administration of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the conservative Peoples Party (ÖVP) than they had one year ago.The agency, which spoke to around […]
Austrian Industry-Holding Stock Corporation (ÖIAG) head Peter Michaelis has claimed that the sale of Austrian Airlines (AUA) to Lufthansa was a “success”.The Austrian government coalition of the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) assigned ÖIAG to sell a major stake of AUA when it became clear that the airline was at risk of […]
Spindelegger meets German leaders
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Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger met with Germanys political elite today (Fri).Spindelegger was welcomed by German President Christian Wulff at Bellevue Palace in Berlin in the morning before meeting with Bundestag MPs and the countrys Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) later in the day.The ÖVP officials office explained […]
A Peoples Party (ÖVP) mayor faces a trial over an alleged sex attack, it has emerged.Wilfried Berchtold, ÖVP Mayor of the city of Feldkirch, went on sick leave from his political position after a womans accusations were uncovered by local media earlier this year. Now the state prosecution of Feldkirch confirmed that Berchtold will be […]
Federal President Heinz Fischer has claimed he is “deeply hurt” by the governments decision to slash its development aid spending from next year.However Fischer, who attended the 2011 budget speech by Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll in the federal parliament in Vienna today (Tues), also stressed that he had understanding for the planned […]
The number of foreigners at Austrian universities will double over the next 15 years, according to a new study.Frank Landler of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Demography (ÖAW) in Vienna announced today (Tues) that he expected 82,000 foreigners to study at Austrian institutions in 2025. Only 44,000 students from abroad were registered by […]
Petrol prices fuel new fury
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A motorist association has called on the government to interfere in the Austrian mineral oil industrys price determination.Arbö criticised today (Mon) that one litre of regular car fuel was 4.5 Eurocent cheaper at a petrol station in Germany than at a station in the adjacent Austrian province of Salzburg despite higher mineral oil taxes in […]
Turkish ambassador to keep post
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The Turkish ambassador in Vienna will not be removed from office despite stressing he would relocate the United Nations (UN) from Vienna were he leader of the international organisation.Turkish newspapers reported today (Fri) that the countrys government had no plans to dismiss Ambassador Kadri Ecvet Tezcan. The 61-year-old took over as Turkish ambassador in […]
Vienna gets first SPÖ-Greens coalition
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Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache has vowed “resistance” as the Viennese Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Greens have agreed to cooperate in the city parliament.The right-winger said today (Fri): “We will fight this horrific experiment, of course.”Strache, whose party garnered almost 26 per cent in last months city ballot, also announced plans to hold […]