Popular articles tagged "Austrian People's Party"
The outbreak of the US/Israeli-Iran war has showcased the dismal state of Austria’s military, as the army’s large transport planes, usually used for mass evacuations…
The publishers of right-wing Austrian news site Unzensuriert (Uncensored) have filed a complaint with the country’s media regulator.
The Chancellor of Austria, Christian Stocker, has announced plans to hold a non-binding referendum on whether compulsory military service in the Alpine country should…
The right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the left-wing Greens Party are teaming up to thwart the government coalition’s plans for extended surveillance…
Austria’s ruling People’s Party (ÖVP) has called for a total ban of the use of Islamic law, Sharia, in Austria.
Austria’s National Council, the main chamber of the country’s parliament, has greenlighted a law banning Muslim headscarves for girls under 14 in schools.
The Austrian Government is trying – once again – to ban girls from wearing headscarves in schools.
The Austrian government said it will introduce measures to curb so-called "shrinkflation".
Michael O’Leary, CEO of Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, has lashed out at the Austrian government.
Austria has carried out a deportation back to Afghanistan for the first time since the radical Islamists took power in the Central Asian country in 2021.
Dominic Schlatter, Deputy Mayor of Ybbs on the Danube, has resigned from office after he was caught embezzling around €25,000 intended for children battling cancer.
Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria’s foreign minister, has accused State broadcasting behemoth ORF of deliberately cutting a passage from a television interview in…
The European Union said it would start a deficit procedure against Austria as the country has been unable to credibly reduce its burgeoning budget shortfall on its…
Austria has announced plans to give public prosecutors and police the remit to spy on suspects’ encrypted messenger communications.
The Austrian Government has proposed measures to tighten online freedom and access to social media.
On June 10, Austria suffered one of the deadliest school shootings in its history when a man killed 10 people and injured 11 more at his former high school before…
The Austrian People’s Party is the Western hemisphere’s longest-serving government party, having been in the government as a senior or junior coalition partner…
Sebastian Kurz, the chancellor of Austria from 2017 until 2021, has been acquitted of perjury accusations.
The Vienna city council elections have been won by the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPÖ).
Austria’s public finances have deteriorated faster than even pessimists expected.
Austria’s new government has decided to halt family reunification for asylum seekers.
Austria’s economy shrank by 1.1 per cent in real terms in 2024, it was was announced on March 3 by the country’s federal statistical bureau Statistik Austria.
A day after its official announcement, Austria’s incoming government has drawn ire from across the political spectrum.
Austria’s next government will most likely be a coalition between the Conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Social Democrats (SPÖ), after they…
Negotiations over a centre-right government coalition in Austria have hit a tough spot.
The Austrian Freedom Party and the People’s Party pledged cuts in "climate subsidies" to curtail Austria's ballooning budget deficit.
Since 1945, Austria has only been led by the centre-right People’s Party and the Socialist Party, often in coalition with one another.
Austria’s European People’s Party (EPP) carried on its tradition of gifting a grand Christmas tree to the European Parliament but the 4-meter-high fir quickly…
Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) has scored a victory in the regional elections in Styria, one of the country's biggest federal states.
Three Austrian political parties may soon form a ruling coalition aimed at keeping the election's winner, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), out of power.
