Peoples Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Maria Fekter is in hot water after she called the deportation of eight-year-old twin sisters “correct and family-adequate”.Dozens of officers from the special police unit WEGA on Wednesday surrounded the refugee home in Vienna as Dorentinya, Daniela and their dad Augustin awaited the decision about whether they were allowed to […]
Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Heinz-Christian Strache has vowed to press on with a referendum against possible new mosques in Vienna after Sundays city parliament election.The right-winger said today (Fri) he expected Social Democratic (SPÖ) Mayor Michael Häupl to step down if the SPÖ loses its absolute majority in seats in the upcoming ballot. Häupl has […]
The Viennese Social Democrats (SPÖ) have presented their own election campaign comic after cartoons created by the Freedom Party (FPÖ) caused outcry last month.The citys SPÖ who has a majority of city parliament seats today (Weds) officially presented their own comic book which has already been handed out to potential voters in discos […]
SPÖ makes shock U-turn on conscription
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Leading Social Democrats (SPÖ) have spoken out in favour of a referendum about conscription in what is regarded as a sensational U-turn on the issue.SPÖ Vienna Mayor Michael Häupl suggested yesterday (Mon) people should decide on whether young Austrians should still have to serve in the army. Around 25,000 men aged 18 or 19 receive […]
Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) Vienna city parliament election front runner Walter Sonnleitner has ruled out cooperating with the Freedom Party (FPÖ).Sonnleitner said today (Tues) he agreed with federal BZÖ leader Josef Bucher not to form a coalition with the right-wing rivals after Sundays (10 October) Vienna vote.The former business journalist for national […]
The Viennese Social Democrats (SPÖ) bid to retain their absolute majority in Sundays provincial election has received a boost as the city has been found the most popular congress destination in the world.The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) announced today (Mon) Vienna topped the ranking for which participators of conferences all over the […]
Peoples Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Maria Fekter said she “feels confirmed” by the public debate about Thilo Sarrazins new book.The former Deutsche Bundesbank executive board members bestseller “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (Germany Abolishes Itself) caused outcry with its theories about a possible connection between immigrants intelligence, crime rates and their will to integrate.Fekter has been […]
Organisers of an exhibition on late right-wing politician Jörg Haider have claimed “campaigning media” were to blame for the exhibit being a massive flop.Fewer than 11,000 people attended the exhibit in the Bergbaumuseum (Mining Museum) in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, since it opened in October 2009. Organisers and local politicians hoped it would draw 70,000.Curator Gerhard Finding […]
A statement by Social Democratic (SPÖ) Defence Minister Norbert Darabos has fuelled speculations Austria would contribute in more international peace-keeping missions in the future.Looking back on 50 years of international engagement, the minister said today (Weds) he “cannot rule out” Austria will participate in peace-keeping missions in Africa. Austrian troops were sent to Chad in […]
Around 6,000 immigrants have opened accounts at Erste Bank in the past three years following a groundbreaking project targeting foreigners.Peter Thier, a spokesman for the institute, said today (Fri): “Our pilot project worked so well that we decided to keep and expand it.”He explained five clerks speaking Serbian, Croatian and Turkish worked in branches in […]