Yesterday, the daily newspaper OE24 – one of the bourgeois tabloids with the widest circulation in Austria – published an inflammatory article against the RCIT on its online portal.

(https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/jetzt-offener-gewaltaufruf-gegen-israel-bei-demo-in-wien/572393412, see also the screenshot below) Under the lurid title “Now open call for violence against Israel at demo in Vienna,” the newspaper writes in connection with a rally in solidarity with Palestine on 14 October: “Now a flyer is causing outrage: activists from the group ‘Revolutionary-Communist International Tendency (RCIT)’ distributed a leaflet at the […]

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Austria’s new night trains are connecting Vienna with Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

‘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 […]

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Pakistani, Indian representatives attend neutral expert proceedings over water dispute in Vienna

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 […]

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Austria offers festivalgoers free public transport for a year if they get a tattoo

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 […]

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