Designated Peoples Party (ÖVP) chairman Michael Spindelegger may be forced to change his partys strategy as rumours about the looming foundation of a new party are growing.Newspapers report that Veit Sorger, head of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), considers setting up a new political movement. The businessman who has hit out at the […]
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Poison-pen teen sentenced
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A teenage convict had his jail term extended for writing threatening letters to the president.Michael D., who currently serves time behind bars in Gerasdorf near Vienna for various youth crimes, wrote to Federal President Heinz Fischer some months ago he “would love to torture you if there is enough time.”The 17-year-old warned the former Social […]
Faymann defends aid for Greece
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Freedom Party (FPÖ) chief Heinz-Christian Strache accused the government of “dispossessing” Austrians of their assets and savings by supporting ailing Eurozone member Greece.The right-winger said in the federal parliament in Vienna yesterday (Tues) the coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) must stop offering any further support to the struggling Southern European […]
Tens of thousands of Vienna’s residents are cycling to work every day, according to a traffic research organisation.The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) announced today (Weds) that 34,000 of the citys overall 1.7 million residents use their bikes to get to their workplaces.Now the capitals coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Green Party presented an […]
The Austrian Social Democrats (SPÖ) refuse to stop calling for a nuclear energy-free Europe.The party which currently forms a government with the conservative Peoples Party (ÖVP) asked physicist and nuclear technology expert Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker to speak at its meeting in Schwechat near Vienna yesterday (Mon).The German warned that there were limits […]
Eight in 10 rule out ÖVP win
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A vast majority think that the Peoples Party (ÖVP) has no chance to come first in the next elections.Research group Karmasin questioned 500 Austrians for political magazine profil. The agency said today (Mon) that 48 per cent of interviewed citizens think the conservative party “will rather not” come out on top in the next federal […]
The number of people failing to find a job for a long time is in decline, new figures show.Social Democratic (SPÖ) Labour Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer said today (Mon) that 5,037 of all of last months jobseekers had been out of work for more than a year. The minister pointed out that this number was 30.2 […]
Jude Law gorges on sweet dumplings
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Jude Law enjoyed a fish dish, steak and a typical Austrian dessert when he made a surprise appearance at the 20th anniversary party of a trendy eatery in Vienna.The British actor currently in the city for the shooting of a new film called “360” had tuna tartare, chocolate-chilli steak and strawberry-nougat dumplings at […]
A 40-year-old man has been arrested for attacking the mayor of a town in Carinthia.St. Veit an der Glans Social Democratic (SPÖ) Mayor Gerhard Mock said today (Thurs) he and a secretary suffered minor injuries in the incident outside the local town hall yesterday.”Ive been threatened with murder a few times over the phone ahead […]
Raiffeisen confirms Pröll talks
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A Raiffeisen manager has fuelled speculations that former Peoples Party (ÖVP) boss Josef Pröll could join the finance industry giant.Erwin Hameseder, head of Raiffeisenlandesbank Lower Austria-Vienna, said today (Weds) representatives of the bank discussed future options with the agricultural economist.Pröll retired from all his political functions vice chancellor, finance minister and party leader […]