Category: Austria

‘Every kilometre on the train is a kilometre for climate protection’: Take a look inside Austria’s new night trains.Austrian rail operator OeBB on Saturday unveiled its new generation of sleeper trains – a response to demands from travellers for less pollutant alternatives to planes and petrol or diesel cars.Night trains are starting to make a […]

VIENNA: Late on Saturday evening, four people were injured by gunshots and stabbings in Vienna-Floridsdorf, according to police. Contrary to initial information, it was not a gang war, but a family dispute that escalated. After a full-scale manhunt, four suspects were arrested. According to police spokesman Markus Dittrich, the suspects had fled in two cars. […]

ANKARA: Pakistani and Indian officials participated in a two-day meeting convened by a neutral expert in Vienna to resolve the long-standing water dispute between the two South Asian nuclear neighbours. According to the Indian Foreign Ministry, senior advocate Harish Salve attended the meeting as India’s lead counsel. “A delegation from India, led by the secretary […]

Nearly 1.000 Syrian migrants demonstrated on 27 August in the centre of Vienna to show their support for the new wave of mass protests in Syria. It was an extraordinary and very enthusiastic demonstration, reflecting the electrifying spirit of the Syrian masses who are determined to bring down the tyranny of Assad. Comrade Michael Pröbsting, […]

The promotion has been criticised for using young people’s bodies to advertise political policies. Austria is offering free public transport for a year to people willing to get a tattoo reading ‘Klimaticket’ – the name of the country-wide public transport scheme. Leonore Gewesseler, Green MP and Austria’s climate minister, was seen promoting the deal at […]

Austria’s ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false evidence at a parliamentary committee. Mr Kurz, who resigned in 2021, was accused of misleading the committee when asked about appointments to the state holding company. If found guilty the former People’s Party leader could face up to three years in prison. Mr Kurz denied […]

The European Commission’s proposal to ease current restrictions on genetically modified crops has riled up EU organic farming leader Austria and its farmers. “I think it’s outrageous… They have a nerve even considering this,” organic farmer Beate Brenner told AFP on her farm in a small village surrounded by grain and sunflower fields some 100 […]

Austria, a neutral country, announced on Saturday its intention to join the European Sky Shield initiative, launched in 2022 by Germany against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. “We must and will take precautions to protect our country against the risk of drone or missile attacks,” Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said in a press […]

About 200 Syrian migrants joined a rally on 25 June in the centre of Vienna on occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. We commemorated the tens of thousands of Syrian brothers and sisters who have suffered by the brutal tyranny of Assad. Abdulhkeem Alshater from the group „Free Syrian Community […]