News Austria People: 2 people killed in rafting accident in Austria
BERLIN — Two people died in a rafting accident Monday on a river near the Austrian city of Salzburg, emergency services said. Officials were trying to determine whether anyone else was on board the ...
News Austria People: Mir to miss Austria MotoGP round after testing crash
“I must thank all the people who looked after me ... The Suzuki rider secured his debut grand prix win in Austria in the 2016 Moto3 race, before going on to dominate the class the following ...
News Austria People: Austrian Chancellor Kurz toppled following vote of no confidence
On Tuesday, an ÖVP spokesman declared that Kurz would turn down positions both as head of the ÖVP parliamentary fraction and as member of the National Council in favour of taking to the road across ...
News Austria People: A Scandal in Austria and the Far Right’s Fortunes in Europe
For the past two years in Austria, Kurz, youthful and brash, was held up by conservatives as someone to emulate. “Up until last week, many people on the center right in Europe saw Kurz as a kind of ...
News Austria People: Austria names its first female chancellor
Austria is to welcome its first female chancellor after Brigitte Bierlein, head of the country's highest court, was appointed to lead a caretaker government following the fall of the right-wing coalition to a corruption scandal.
News Austria People: At least 10 people have died on Everest as the mountain continues to overcrowd, taking the total death toll this week higher than all of last year
The number of people dead or presumed dead from this week alone has now reached 10. The latest victims were named as Kevin Hynes from Ireland, Ernst Landgraf from Austria, and Kalpana Das and Nihal ...
News Austria People: Disgraced Austria far-right leader files complaints over video
Austria's former vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache said Friday he had filed legal complaints against three people over a hidden-camera video, which forced the far-right politician to resign in disgrace last week and brought down the coalition gov...
News Austria People: Austrian politician “ashamed” of behavior caught on video
BERLIN — Heinz-Christian Strache, who resigned as Austria’s vice chancellor and the leader of ... Strache says he’s filing criminal complaints against three unidentified people, alleging they were ...
News Austria People: Austrian government, the blueprint for Europe’s new wave of populism, fighting for its political life
As Europeans vote in one of the most consequential elections in recent E.U. history, Austria's populist coalition government, seen as a blueprint for several right-wing groups across the continent, is fighting for its political future.
News Austria People: Grand Theft Austria
But on Saturday the Austrian government led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (Austrian People’s Party, ÖVP) and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (Freedom Party, FPÖ), imploded as snippets of a ...
News Austria People: Austria’s “Ibiza Affair” and the rightward shift of the political establishment
The very same political forces who are now crying foul over far-right Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache bear chief responsibility for the projected entry of a record number of right-wing extremists into the European Parliament.
News Austria People: Austria's Kurz names new ministers after scandal
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz appointed new cabinet ministers on Wednesday to replace those from the far right who have left their posts in the wake of the so-called "Ibiza-gate" affair. The centre-right chancellor -- who has called for snap elections in September following the collapse
News Austria People: Austria: Interim ministers sworn in after video scandal
(AP) -- Austria's president on Wednesday swore in new, technocratic ministers to replace politicians from the far-right Freedom Party who left the government following a scandal surrounding its leade
News Austria People: Grime star Stormzy cancels Austria gig on racism allegation
BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian music festival is apologizing to British grime ... that an individual at the show in Mayrhofen had a weapon, and a small number of people, including Stormzy's manager, were ...
News Austria People: Outcry sparked by 'deeply racist' rat poem in Austria
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has demanded his coalition ... The FPÖ has been in coalition with Mr Kurz's conservative People's Party (ÖVP) since 2017 and is among just a few far-right parties to ...
