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The Akademikerball: a Tradition that Unleashes Passions

Ferenc Almássy February 5, 2017

By Ferenc Almássy. Austria, Vienna - Between 2 and 4,000 demonstrators and violent antifa activists, 2,700 mobilized policemen, and the entire city center closed to traffic for almost half a day... On Friday, February 3rd, Vienna experienced again a strange atmosphere which…

Interviews

Norbert Hofer: it would be an advantage for Austria to join the Visegrad Group

Ferenc Almássy November 19, 2016

Austria - Interview with Norbert Hofer, candidate to the presidential election in Austria: "I believe it would be an advantage for our country to join the Visegrad Group ", by Ferenc Almássy. Ferenc Almássy made an interview by mail with Norbert Hofer…

Politics

Norbert Hofer in Prague: Austria should join the V4

The Editorial Board September 13, 2016

Czechia, Prague - President Miloš Zeman received the Austrian FPÖ candidate Norbert Hofer on Monday, September 12. The "friendly visit" was concluded by the wish to strengthen Central Europe and enlarge the Visegrád group by including Austria, and President Zeman gave his…

Politics

The Austrian election could be postponed again!

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

UPDATE on 12/IX/2016: the Ministry of Interior announced today that the second round will finally be held on December 2. Austria - New episode in the saga of the Austrian presidential election. It's second round is scheduled for October 2, after the second round in May…

Society

Austria: the vote was invalid, the election must be repeated!

The Editorial Board July 1, 2016

Austria, Vienna - Austria's presidential election will be repeated, the country's constitutional court ruled on Friday, July 1. Austrians must now head to the polls once again in the autumn. After the narrow victory of the far-left ecologist Alexander Van der Bellen…

Politics

Presidential election in Austria: towards an annulation of the election?

The Editorial Board June 23, 2016

Austria - The verdict of the Constitutional Court has not yet been decided but all indications are that the result of the presidential election could be invalidated. The Austrian presidential election, of which the second round was held on Sunday, May 22, 2016, brought…

Politics

The Austrian presidential election is not over: FPÖ challenged presidential election results

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Austria – Two weeks after the presidential elections, the FPÖ – Freedom Party – filed a complaint which has been given to the Constitutional Court of Austria. According to the FPÖ, many irregularities and suspicions of fraud have been proven, which needs…

Politics

Austrian presidential election: close victory of the Green candidate over the populist one

The Editorial Board May 24, 2016

Austria - The Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen won the presidential election after a very tight second round. After 24 hours of suspense, the Green candidate has won against the candidate of the populist Freedom Party (FPÖ), Norbert Hofer. …

Politics

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quits

The Editorial Board May 10, 2016

Austria, Vienna – Austrian SPÖ (Social Democratic Party of Austria ) Chancellor Werner Faymann quit this Monday 9 May after 8 years in power. He also quit his post as leader of the Social Democratic Party. The current Vice-Chancellor, the conservative Reinhold…