Switzerland and Austria Join Sky Shield Air Defense Initiative Amid Threats Raised by Russia-Ukraine War
The Sky Shield initiative is aimed at strengthening Europe’s air defenses to deal with threats highlighted by Russia’s assault on Ukraine.
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World’s oldest national newspaper prints final edition after 320 years
Austria’s Wiener Zeitung to publish online only after recent law change makes it unprofitable as print productThe world’s oldest national newspaper has printed its last daily edition almost 320 years after it began.Wiener Zeitung, a Vienna-based daily …
Pro-Russian Politicians Are On The Rise In Austria And Slovakia
Politico.eu: Watch out Ukraine, here comes the Hungaro-Austrian Empire Pro-Russian politicians in the vein of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán are on the rise in Austria and Slovakia.
VIENNA — Austrian politician Herbert Kickl is a pro-Russian, anti-Amer…
Austrian Social Democrats announce wrong leader after ‘technical error’
Party officials say Andreas Babler won race, not Hans Peter Doskozil as previously declared due to Excel errorAustria’s Social Democratic party has admitted a “technical error” in an Excel file led to it announcing the wrong candidate as its new leader…
India, Austria Hold Discussion On Issues Including UNSC Reforms, Ukraine
New Delhi: The Seventh Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Austria were held in New Delhi where both sides discussed regional and multilateral issues including UN Security Council reforms, Ukraine and India’s G20 presidency.The Indian side was led by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West) Sanjay Verma and Gregor Koessler, Political Director, Federal Ministry for
Toni Erdmann star Peter Simonischek dies aged 76
Celebrated in Austria for his theatre work, the actor made his international breakthrough aged 69 in the Oscar-nominated film about an ageing pranksterAustrian actor Peter Simonischek, who played a whimsical patriarch in the Oscar-nominated film Toni E…
Austria to use Hitler’s birthplace for police human rights training
House in Braunau am Inn will become police station and training centre after €20m renovationAustria has announced it will use the house where Adolf Hitler was born to provide human rights training to police officers, in what authorities hope will be th…
Austria tightens border controls as Hungary frees convicted people smugglers
Budapest blames EU for decision to release foreign detainees provided they leave country within 72 hoursAustria has stepped up security on its borders after Hungary released convicted people smugglers from its prisons in a row that has also raised ten…
Helmut Berger, star of Visconti’s The Damned, dies aged 78
Acclaimed actor in European art cinema also secured a prominent role in US soap opera DynastyAustrian actor Helmut Berger, who became a star of 60s and 70s art cinema with roles in films such as Luchino Visconti’s The Damned, and Ludwig and Joseph Lose…
Two charged after Hitler speeches played on Austrian train intercom
Snippets from Nazi leader as well as shouts of ‘Sieg Heil’ played on train running from Bregenz to ViennaTwo people have been charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz t…