Tag: Freedom Party of Austria
Relegation of the year: Sebastian Kurz, failed exceptional talent
Sebastian Kurz The 35-year-old has withdrawn from politics. Even Sebastian Kurz’s opponents can hardly deny that he is a real exceptional talent. He has radically modernized his People’s Party and…
Lockdown in Austria ends almost everywhere – around 44,000 people protest against Corona measures in Vienna
Cable car in Fieberbrunn, Austria The three-week lockdown has been over almost across the country since midnight. (Photo: dpa) Vienna The three-week lockdown in Austria has been over almost across…
The secret godfather of Munich
Munich He was still the godfather of his hometown Munich, but hardly anyone knew it. The outer insignia of power were gone, the well-known companies associated with August (“Gustl”) von…
What the political earthquake means for the country
Vienna You are “on thin ice”, said the then Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in mid-October after he was determined to be Sebastian Kurz’s successor in a push-button action. In view of…
What the political earthquake means for the country
Vienna You are “on thin ice”, said the then Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in mid-October after he was determined to be Sebastian Kurz’s successor in a push-button action. In view of…
Corona in Austria: Falling new infections due to lockdown
Christmas market in Vienna Public life in Austria is paralyzed until at least mid-December. It is uncertain whether the Christmas business can still be saved. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Ten days…
How Austria’s judiciary combats corruption
She has charged the two businessmen and other people for allegedly bribing the green politician Christoph Chorherr from Vienna. The WKStA claims that Canon has received donations for the S2Arch…
A pandemic of anger is raging in Europe
Düsseldorf, Rome, Brussels, Zurich, Vienna The “storm on the Reichstag” is still badly remembered in Berlin: When around 400 “lateral thinkers” demonstrators occupied the stairs in front of the Reichstag…
How the government brought the country into a fourth lockdown
Vienna Day one of the nationwide lockdown in Austria: It’s quiet, but not deserted. Vienna doesn’t seem as deserted as it did during the first lockdown in March 2020. At…
Corona demo in Vienna: Austria’s anti-vaccination campaigners mobilize tens of thousands
Vienna On the Saturday before the lockdown, everyone is out and about in downtown Vienna. The terraces of the coffee houses are full, queues form in front of the sausage…
Corona demo in Vienna: Austria’s anti-vaccination campaigners mobilize tens of thousands
Vienna On the Saturday before the lockdown, everyone is out and about in downtown Vienna. The terraces of the coffee houses are full, queues form in front of the sausage…
The whole of Austria is going into lockdown again
The government made up of the ÖVP and the Greens announced a tough lockdown for all of Austria on Friday in Vienna after a meeting with the provincial governors in…
The whole of Austria is going into lockdown again
The government made up of the ÖVP and the Greens announced a tough lockdown for all of Austria on Friday in Vienna after a meeting with the provincial governors in…
Austria decides to lockdown for unvaccinated people from Monday
Anyone who has not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 with a vaccine is only allowed to leave the house to go to work, stretch their legs or do the necessary…
Austria decides to lockdown for unvaccinated people from Monday
Anyone who has not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 with a vaccine is only allowed to leave the house to go to work, stretch their legs or do the necessary…
Upper Austria imposes lockdown for unvaccinated people
Thomas Stelzer The situation is dramatic, said the governor of the conservative ÖVP. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Austria is taking ever stricter measures against the fourth corona wave spreading in the…
3G will soon be mandatory in the workplace
Bar in Kitzbühel The rules for the winter season are becoming stricter. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Vienna Crowds of tourists and locals are enjoying the Viennese autumn weather in…
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns
Vienna Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has announced his resignation as Austrian Chancellor. He announced the move on Saturday after prosecutors named the conservative politician as a suspect in a corruption case…
Sebastian Kurz fails because of his contradictions
The ÖVP owes him a lot. He has taken over the graying party in its deepest crisis and made it the undisputed number one. The 35-year-old’s political genius has always…
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns
Vienna Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has announced his resignation as Austrian Chancellor. He announced the move on Saturday after prosecutors named the conservative politician as a suspect in a corruption case…