Female parliamentarians have been demonstratively exiled in Austria at the time of the swearing in of politician Peter Pilz (64). He was discredited last year after he had been accused of assault.
Russia is ready to improve relations with the US and there is reason to believe that a conversation with Donald Trump will be constructive. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this on Saturday according to Russian media.
The Austrian government closes seven mosques and rejects several imams. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that there is no place in his country for 'parallel societies, political Islam and radicalization.'
The Russian president Putin brings a working visit to Vienna on Tuesday. According to local media, the Austrian capital is being lamented for 'the Putin show' by security measures and deposits for nine hours. Eight hundred agents and hundreds of soldiers watch over the city and its guest from Russia.
It is the nightmare of all parents: a seven-year-old girl went to the door in Vienna to play. A stranger killed the child with a stitch in the neck and threw it in a garbage container.
The head of Inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA has unexpectedly resigned on Friday. The UN organization announced the resignation of Tero Varjoranta, without mentioning a reason.
On the Asian island of Borneo an ant has been found that can disable his enemies by exploding, so they get a toxic substance over them.
Marching children in military uniforms in a mosque caused a stir in Austria. The children marched behind Turkish flags in one of the largest mosques in Vienna. The authorities start an investigation after images of that procession appeared on the internet.
Australia expels two Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain. According to the British government, the regime in Moscow is behind the attack.
The man who put on a military in Vienna had radical-Islamic sympathies. The authorities have searched the man's home and take a close look at his activities on the internet, the Interior Ministry announced.
An Austrian soldier has shot a man who attacked him with a knife at the Iranian embassy in Vienna. According to the police, the attacker was a 26-year-old Austrian.
A 23-year-old Afghan has announced that he stabbed four people on Wednesday in Vienna. He first randomly put down a father, mother and daughter. Half an hour later he wounded a 20-year-old man whom he knew.
At least three people were injured in Vienna when an unknown person came to bystanders. Austrian media write that.
In large parts of Europe, the thick ties and hats are currently not dragging in according to the media. In Austria, an exception to the applicable rules had to be activated for these wanted articles at minus 20 minutes. After all, face covering has been legally prohibited since 1 October. Both forehead and chin must be seen. On wearing a burqa or nikab is a penalty of up to 150 euros. This also applies to carnival masks.
Iran has, in terms of its nuclear activities, complied with the major restrictions imposed in 2015 in an agreement with the major powers. This appears from a quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which the Reuters news agency has seen on Thursday.
Due to a collision between two trains on Monday in the Austrian province of Styria, one has fallen dead. Several people were injured, the police said on Twitter.
Oil production by countries that are not members of OPEC oil cartel is increasing this year.
A prominent politician of the Austrian right-wing party FPÖ resigned because he sang after-songs in his student days. The now 31-year-old Udo Landbauer said Thursday during a press conference that he put all his political functions down. He will therefore not be part of the parliament of Lower Austria, for which he was elected on Sunday during the state elections.
In the Austrian ski area Kreischberg, more than 150 winter sports enthusiasts are stuck in a ski lift on Monday. A major rescue operation has been launched.
Syrian rebels attacked an army post near Damascus and killed at least 13 soldiers. This is a new offensive unleashed against the troops of the Assad government, said a spokesman for the insurgents Sunday. The attack was deployed from East Ghouta, a stronghold near the capital that is in the hands of Islamic resistance movements.
The Syrian government and the opposition reached an agreement on an armistice in East Ghouta during the negotiations in Vienna on Friday. It has been agreed that from midnight no more will be shot and bombed in this rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus. That is what spokesperson Ahmed Ramadan said of the insurgents. The file is mainly due to Russian mediation.
The Colombian government wants to resume the peace talk with the left guerrilla movement ELN, the National Liberation Army, as soon as possible. 'We are currently discussing a new armistice,' President Juan Manuel Santos said in Vienna. He hopes to quickly reach an agreement on a cease-fire and then sit down at the negotiating table to 'make a total peace with the ELN'.
The Austrian activist Maximilian Schrems may challenge the Irish head office of Facebook as a consumer to the Austrian courts, but a mass claim on behalf of others is not permitted. That has been determined by the European Court of Justice.
The United Nations is attempting a new attempt to bring a solution to the conflict in Syria closer. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura invited the warring parties to come and talk in Vienna on 25 and 26 January.
Thousands of people have argued against the new right-wing government coalition on Saturday in Vienna. It consists of the conservative Christian Democratic ÖVP (Austrian People's Party) and the radically right FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria). She is led by the young ÖVP politician Sebastian Kurz (31).
The far-right Austrian Minister of Internal Affairs Herbert Kickl called upon the country's anger with a remark about 'concentrating on one place of asylum seekers'. That term, his critics call, is too closely linked to the Nazi term concentration camp.
The new Federal Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, wants a completely new refugee policy for the European Union. He chooses a party for Hungary and Poland. 'Member States have to decide for themselves whether and how many people they will receive', says the 31-year-old conservative politician in Bild am Sonntag.
Two passenger trains crashed on Friday in Austria at the place Kritzendorf just north of Vienna. It concerns two express trains that partly derail. Three to four wagons would have turned over and passengers would still be in there.
The right-wing populist FPÖ gets important ministerial posts in the new Austrian government. The partner of the conservative ÖVP was assigned the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs and Defense.
The Austrian conservative party ÖVP and the right-wing FPÖ want to reign together. The 31-year-old ÖVP leader Sebastian Kurz confirmed on Friday that a coalition agreement has been reached.
