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“We Are Not the United States of Europe”
Karin Kneissl, former Foreign Minister of Austria, talks politics, diplomacy and Europe's place in the world in an exclusive final interview with Metropole magazine
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ÖVP Says Yes to Smoking Ban
With the FPÖ gone, the ÖVP pushes for controversial law in bars and restaurants
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Tanks a Lot
Military convoys carrying thousands of soldiers will be crossing Austria on their way to join U.S.-led exercises in the Balkans – but traffic precautions are in place.
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Creeping Message Control
Recent government moves appear to be aimed at restricting official data collection and distribution. The opposition sees this as unwarranted interfere...
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The Quest for Dignity
Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama was in Vienna in early March to talk about the global crisis of democracy. Gaining world fame for his “E...
Features
Europe Goes to the Polls
It is a rainy Friday night, and Ulises is sitting with his girlfriend Laura at a winebar at the Naschmarkt in Vienna. Ulisesis from Madrid and La...
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Kickl Seeks Preventive Detention of ‘Dangerous’ Refugees
In a press conference Monday afternoon, Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) outlined his plans for "Sicherungshaft," a legal change that wo...
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“You’re a Young Guy” | Kurz Meets Trump
Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz described his meeting with United States president Donald Trump Wednesday as “very disputatious” in an interview wi...
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Papa Stays Home
The Papamonat (paternity leave) has been a PR coup for the present government. After long opposing a new fathers' right to take a month off work,...
Diplomacy
74, 73, 72 … The Countdown to Brexit Has Begun
Following the rejection of Theresa May’s Brexit plan by a devastating majority of 230 votes in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (PM) had to fa...
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#WienStehtAuf – Why the online community is mocking Sebastian Kurz
What time do you normally get up? Austrian’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz recently made some controversial comments amid the ongoing discussion on welfar...
Opinion
The US Midterms and the Consequences for Europe
The world has watched the US midterm elections spellbound. But for Europe, even the Democratic victory in the house of representative might not bring ...
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Austria’s Interior Ministry under fire for suggesting blocking “critical media”
On September 24, some troubling news broke: News outlets like Kurier and Der Standard published a leaked email that was sent from within the Interior ...
July/August 2018
The Sebastian Kurz Show
They love him or they hate him: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is more notorious across Europe than most of his predecessors. Now he is taking ove...
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Austrian Government Plans to Introduce 12-hour Workday
“Welcome to a new world of work.” A 3-minute animated video with this feel-good title was published on June 18 by the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKO)...
July/August 2018
Female Opposition Mushrooms Against Pilz
Liste Pilz founder Peter Pilz has finally taken his seat in parliament after initially declining it in the wake of sexual harassment allegations again...
Diplomacy
Austria Charms and Courts Putin
When Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Vienna with a 30-minute delay on Tuesday, the military guard of honor stood ready, waiting in th...
5 Things You Need to Know to Vote in the U.S. Elections
Key Reminders from the Federal Voting Assistance Program during Absentee Voting Week
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - With less than two months until the General El...
