Category: Austria

VIENNA: Pakistan has received three Region­al Cooperation Agreement (RCA) awards in Vienna, Austria, both for the institutional category and the individual category. Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recognised achievements of Pakistan Atomic En­ergy Commission (PAEC) on its 50th Anniversary. A ministerial level meet­ing was organised by the Interna­tional Atomic […]

A photo exhibition was organised by the Uyghurs in Vienna on 22nd September at Stephansplatz,Vienna. Mevlan Dilsat, President of Uyghur community in Vienna, spoke on the atrocities committed by Chinese Communist Party against Uyghurs and ethnic minorities in the concentration camps in Xinjiang province. The situation of Uyghurs in China has been bleak under the […]

Police have arrested “one of Europe’s biggest money launderers” after a raid in southern Spain, saying the British-Irish suspect is believed to have shifted more than 200 million euros ($200m) in illicit cash. The operation led by Spain’s Guardia Civil and coordinated by Europol is seen as a significant blow against the notorious Kinahan organised […]

United Nations – The United Nations on Thursday approved Austrian diplomat Volker Turk to be its new high commissioner for human rights, replacing former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in the sensitive, high-profile post. The 57-year-old envoy has spent most of his career within the UN system, with a particular focus on refugees, and worked closely […]

VIENNA: Iran’s stock of uranium enriched to up to 60%, close to weapons-grade, has grown to enough, if enriched further, for a nuclear bomb, a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog showed on Wednesday. Passing that threshold is a milestone in the unravelling of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, which […]

A private jet carrying four people that was due to land in Germany but which continued to fly across Europe as air traffic controllers tried unsuccessfully to make contact crashed Sunday off Latvia, authorities said. The jet “was flying between Spain and Cologne but when it changed course, air traffic controllers were not able to […]

Powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern Europe, killing at least 13 people including three children. The deaths, most from falling trees, were reported in Italy and Austria, and on the French island of Corsica. Heavy rain and winds wrecked campsites on the island, while in Venice, Italy, masonry was blown off the […]