Talks are resuming in Vienna this week between Iran and the West to try and come to an agreement over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme and trade sanctions placed on the country by the United States and Europe. Several rounds of talks have taken place over the past six months and are some of the […]
By Rob Hyde Caritas has slammed Austria’s move to deport 8 Pakistani asylum seekers who have been living in an abbey. The catholic charity’s general secretary said authorities have made a “completely incorrect” assessment of how dangerous Pakistan is. The Pakistani men were moved in March 2013 from the Votivkirche church in Vienna to the […]
The civil case of the city of Linz, Upper Austria, against the Bawag bank about the swap deal will start on 24 May. The maximum amount of damage for Linz could be as much as 417 million Euros in the worst case. The city of Linz will send its financial director, the former state traffic […]
The extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner stated that the Ministry of Finance spared him additional taxation by political intervention. The former Financial Secretary Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) denies these claims. It was known that Baumgartner moved to Switzerland due to tax reasons. Mr Baumgartner told the newspaper “Kronen Zeitung” that the Ministry of Finance denied his tax-saving […]
The Danube wine region in Lower Austria has won an international award. An American wine magazine wrote an article about the ten best wine travel destinations. The Austrian wine region won second place. It could even overtake renowned wine growing areas such as Italy, Portugal or South Africa. The wine area Rioja in Spain came […]
A renowned economist has warned from reintroducing the drachma in Greece. Greek economic expert Miranda Xafa said such a step would cause “economic chaos and a social explosion”. She told profil that no one could guarantee the stability of the currency. Xafa added: “No Greek exporter, hotelier or restaurant owner would change their Euros for […]
Experts have expressed concerns about a capacity bottleneck as People’s Party (ÖVP) Integration Secretary Sebastian Kurz started a two-year kindergarten pilot project. Kurz – whose party forms a government coalition with the Social Democrats (SPÖ) – said yesterday (Weds) parents in two districts in Salzburg and Lower Austria were offered to send their children to […]
A new concept by People’s Party (ÖVP) State Secretary Sebastian Kurz will become part of the party’s programme, it has been announced. Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, who took over from ex-Finance Minister Josef Pröll as ÖVP chairman in 2011, said yesterday (Weds) that the integration secretary’s democracy paper would be considered “step by step”. Kurz […]
Social workers will visit badly integrated foreigners at home to help them learning German, People’s Party (ÖVP) Integration Secretary Sebastian Kurz announced yesterday (Tues). Kurz said his office planned to expand a successful Viennese pilot project concept based on programmes in Switzerland and Australia to several other Austrian towns and cities in the coming months. […]
Horst Tschaikner has been named head of Vienna’s new anti-truancy office. The secondary modern teacher was asked to work on concepts to lower the number of cases of truancy in the Austrian capital, Viennese education issues chief Susanne Brandsteidl said yesterday (Thurs). Brandsteidl claimed that some students were “coming and going like in a cafe”. […]