News Austria Government: Austria highest court ends row over Hitler birth house
Austria's highest court has put an end to a row over the house where Adolf Hitler was born, rejecting the amount the former owner had demanded in compensation, the interior ministry said on Monday. Gerlinde Pommer's family owned the yellow corner house in the northern town of Braunau on the
News Austria Government: A Long Legal Battle Over Hitler's Birth Home In Austria Ends
And for years, she has been locked in a dispute with the Austrian government over ownership of the property — which is the home where Adolf Hitler was born. A major sticking point was over how much ...
News Austria Government: Austria: Firtash Extradition to US Blocked by 'Extensive' Bid to Reopen Case
This story originated in VOA's Ukrainian Service. Some information is from AP. WASHINGTON — The Austrian justice minister's Tuesday announcement that he will extradite Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash to face bribery charges in the United States has been upended by an application to reopen the case in Vienna. Last month, Austria's Supreme Court upheld a decision granting a U.S.
News Austria Government: Austrian Airlines considers government support for domestic routes
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will close six regional crew bases to centralize aircraft operations at its Vienna hub and reduce crew travel costs. Most of Austrian’s four domestic ...
News Austria Government: Facebook finally faces GDPR lawsuit after getting shot down in Austrian court
The lawsuit’s main concern is that the data Facebook has on EU citizens is subject to the US government’s questionable mass digital surveillance. Austrian Supreme Court has now ultimately ...
News Austria Government: Austrian ruling class closes ranks following collapse of government
The Austrian ruling class is closing its ranks following the recent collapse of the far-right-conservative government. On Monday, the Austrian president, Alexander Van der Bellen, swore in a ...
News Austria Government: New Austrian chancellor sworn in with interim government
BERLIN — Brigitte Bierlein, until now the head of Austria's top court, has been sworn in as the country's new chancellor at the head of an interim government that will serve until after an election ...
News Austria Government: “We’re Going to Ibiza!” Austria’s Coalition Government Falls
I was in Austria for several days last week, attending a conference at the university in the Alpine town of Klagenfurt.Austria is probably one of the last places on earth one would expect to have a major political scandal, but the repercussions of one occurred during the time I was there.
News Austria Government: Russian ambassador expects strengthening of ties with Austria under any government
VIENNA, May 28./TASS/. Moscow expects from the interim and the future government in Austria continuity in bilateral relations and the strengthening of ties, Russian Ambassador to Austria Dmitry ...
News Austria Government: Austrian president formally dismisses Kurz's government
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's president has formally dissolved the country's government the day after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. President Alexander Van der Bellen on ...
News Austria Government: Ibiza to Vienna: Vengaboys sing anthem of Austria's government scandal
Several thousand mainly left-wing demonstrators gathered in front of the seat of Austria's government on Thursday (May 30) for a rally that was also a concert celebrating the right-wing coalition's demise. Rough cut (no reporter narration)}
News Austria Government: Austria's Kurz says southern EU states 'gladly take our money'
Austria has clashed with both on those issues before ... “Many, above all the younger heads of government, know that we must change the European Union if we want to reserve it,” Kurz, an immigration ...
News Austria Government: Austria far-right leader ramps up anti-immigration rhetoric before European elections
“There is a creeping Islamisation, a population change, or a population displacement,” Strache told Austrian newspaper OE.24. Critics counter this view with government data on immigration, which shows ...
News Austria Government: Austria’s Far-Right Government Wants to Hobble Critical Media
On April 23, Armin Wolf and his producers created a very powerful television moment. Wolf is the long-serving anchor of Austria’s nightly news program on the country’s public broadcaster, ORF. On the ...
News Austria Government: Austrian government split on EU foreign policy veto
Austria's foreign minister Karin Kneissl has opposed a proposal from chancellor Sebastian Kurz to abolish the right of veto of every EU member state on foreign policy. Speaking in relation to the EU ...
