Tag: ÖVP
Austria: The state ensures its own incompetence
The country finds itself in the middle of an espionage scandal involving ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek – but the government only has itself to blame for the fact that…
After Benko’s rejection: MPs want a penalty – economy
The members of an investigative committee in the Austrian Parliament are not planning to accept the last-minute cancellation of ex-billionaire René Benko so easily. The Social Democratic SPÖ announced a…
Salzburg local elections: Communists and SPÖ on a par – ÖVP slips
Local elections in Austria Salzburg: Communists and SPÖ are neck and neck – defeat for ÖVP The People’s Home of the Austrian Communist Party in Salzburg. © Daniel Scharinger The…
Austria: Ex-Chancellor Kurz found guilty – politics
Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been found guilty of making false statements before the Vienna Regional Court. The public prosecutor’s office had accused Kurz of telling untruths before the…
ÖVP starts the election campaign – politics
The temporal overlap was due to chance. After all, the ÖVP could not have foreseen that large demonstrations “against the right” would take place in Vienna and other larger cities…
Trial against Austria’s ex-Chancellor Kurz, his former confidant testifies. – Politics
Sebastian Kurz has made it a rule to make a short statement before each day of the trial in the Vienna Criminal Regional Court; He usually does this around 9:15…
Israel Liveticker: ++ Israels UN-Botschafter fordert UN-Chef Guterres zum Rücktritt auf ++
Der israelische Botschafter bei den Vereinten Nationen hat UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres wegen dessen Äußerungen zum Nahost-Krieg zum Rücktritt aufgefordert. Guterres‘ Aussage vor dem Weltsicherheitsrat, die Terrortat der islamistischen Hamas sei…
Vienna: Satire becomes serious – politics
A year ago the venerable wrote Timesthat a specter is haunting Austria’s old parties: a satirical movement with a “charismatic punk rock singer at its head” is about to become…
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Austria: Tactical diversionary maneuvers by the ÖVP – politics
On Friday morning, a charming colleague asked the Austrian Justice Minister in a press conference whether the ÖVP had recently wanted to show its coalition partner, the Greens, “the instruments…