‘Sleeping Dogs Begin to Growl’: Study Probes Persistence of Nazism in Austria
To gauge the impact that fleeing extremist ideologs have on the communities they move into, researchers turned to an unlikely source: an Austrian phonebook.
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Austria Says Turkey Is ‘Blackmailing’ EU With Refugees
Austria’s right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday slammed Turkey for trying to “blackmail” the EU by opening its borders to thousands of refugees seeking to flee to Europe.
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Novel Alliance Forms in Austria: Conservatives and Greens
Austrian political leader Sebastian Kurz, one of Europe’s youngest and most closely-watched conservatives, is seeking a new political formula for staying in power: He’s joining forces with the left-wing Greens only months after his first government coalition with a far-right party fell apart.
Read moreEU Top Court Clears Governments to Seek Payment for Antitrust Losses
Wading deep into the weeds of antitrust law, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that entities indirectly affected by price-fixing or other anticompetitive acts by a cartel – including government agencies – can demand compensation for their losses.
Read moreAustrian Court Strikes Down ‘Trojan Horse’ Surveillance Law
Austria’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down parts of a law passed by the previous government which would have enabled authorities to read encrypted messages online using so-called “Trojan horse” software.
Read moreAustrian Army Says Soldier Mauled to Death by Service Dogs
The Austrian army says a 31-year-old soldier appears to have been killed by two service dogs he was tasked with feeding.
Read moreConservatives Hold Austria, Seek Partners
Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s young conservative leader whose first government was brought down by a video scandal involving his far-right coalition partners, easily won a parliamentary vote on Sunday, and now faces a politically risky decision over whom to choose to form a new government.
Read moreNo Perfume, Please: Viennese Against Scented Subway Air
Vienna subway travelers have decided that they don’t want their train rides to be scented.
Read moreHeirs of Holocaust Victim Prevail in Art-Recovery Case
In a ruling with profound expected consequences for the German-Austria art scene, an appeals court cleared the way Tuesday for the heirs of a Jewish cabaret performer murdered in the Holocaust to recover two paintings from a British collector.
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Facebook US Data-Transfer Case Goes to Europe’s Top Court
An Austrian privacy campaigner’s long-running legal battle against Facebook over its data transfers to the U.S. reached the European Union’s highest court on Tuesday.
Read moreEU Judge Eyes Expansion of Facebook Defamation Patrol
Opening with a quotation from “The Social Network,” an EU magistrate called Tuesday for Facebook to face expanded obligations when it comes to deleting defamatory content posted by its users.
Read moreLawmakers Probe Russia’s Ramped-Up Threats to Democracy
Girding the country for a new round of Kremlin-driven interference in next year’s election, members of Congress grilled foreign-affairs experts Tuesday about how Russia uses disinformation and financial corruption to sow chaos across the globe.
Read moreAustrian Government Collapses Over Right-Wing Video Scandal
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called time Monday on his coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party after its leader was shown on video appearing to offer favors to a purported Russian investor.
Read moreLost Your Passport in Austria? McDonald’s to the Rescue
In Austria, the fast-food chain McDonald’s has been recruited by the U.S. Embassy to come to the rescue of distressed American tourists who’ve lost a passport, cellphone or find themselves in some other traveler’s nightmare.
Read moreHolocaust Survey Exposes Gaps in Austrians’ Knowledge
A new survey has found that many Austrians lack basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide — even though the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp was just outside of the city of Linz, and some of the key perpetrators of the Holocaust were Austrian.
Read moreDiscrimination Suit Over German Highway Tax Circles Drain
Recommending the dismissal of an unusual case between EU member states, a magistrate said Wednesday that Austria cannot support discrimination claims over a new highway tax in Germany.
Read moreAustrian Holiday Unfairly Favors Protestants, EU Court Rules
Although the majority of Austrians identify as Roman Catholic, national law makes Good Friday a paid holiday only for people who belong to Protestant churches. But the EU high court ruled Tuesday that until Austria amends its law to “restore equal treatment,” Good Friday must be a paid holiday for all private employees.
Read moreSnowed-In Austrian Nuns Insist They’re Staying Put
Authorities in Austria tried to reach dozens of Catholic nuns whose Alpine monastery has been cut off from the world for days because of heavy snowfall.
Read morePolice: 3 Men Walk Off With Renoir Ahead of Austria Auction
Three unknown men allegedly stole a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir from an auction house in Vienna, police said Wednesday.
Read moreGreek Actions in Financial Crisis Sidestep Civil Rules, EU Court Says
Because Greece was wielding its public authority when it devalued bonds during its financial crisis, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that a foreign bond holder cannot rely on the EU’s commercial or civil rules to bring a suit in Austria.
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