Green party candidate Alexander Van der Bellen is the new Austrian President, reports Austrian media as the closest electoral contest in living memory comes to an end. While the right-wing candidate was ahead by over one per cent at the
Contents: Austria deeply split between far-right and left-liberal candidates; Austria’s election part of a world-wide move to the right with deep polarization
AFP – Austria and the European Union were on tenterhooks Monday as they waited to see whether Norbert Hofer had won an election runoff to become the bloc’s first president from the populist anti-mass migration right. Projected results late on
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria could elect the European Union’s first populist anti-mass migration head of state on Sunday, with support for Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer buoyed by a migration crisis that has heightened fears about employment and security. Opinion polls
Organisers had expected several thousand people, but in the end just 400 showed up at Vienna’s Hofburg palace to protest Austria’s presidential far-right contender Norbert Hofer. The lacklustre turnout is a further sign that the left has struggled to rally
An Austrian Catholic Bishop has put his weight behind Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) candidate Norbert Hofer, saying Christians who vote for the Green Party are “brainwashed.” Salzburg Bishop Andreas Laun has come out in full support of anti-mass migration FPÖ candidate
A migrant gang, who attacked the father of a girl they harassed for being “immodest” at a shopping centre in Vienna, have been sentenced in court. A gang of men, who come originally from the Muslim-majority Russian region of Chechnya, are
After the apparently motiveless murder of a woman by an illegal migrant which shocked a nation, Austria considers getting tough on deportations of migrant criminals. The murder of a cleaning lady by an illegal migrant in the early hours of
Contents: EU-Turkey migrant deal unravels over brinksmanship on both sides; More refugees now reaching Europe via Italy than via Greece; Italy rescues 800 migrants from Mediterranean Sea, many of them from Syria
After the sudden resignation of Chancellor Werner Faymann this week, an association of industrialists are calling for new elections to regain the trust of businesses. The shocking and sudden resignation of Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann came as a surprise to Austrians and
SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) – Austria’s acting Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner did not rule out a snap parliamentary election after Werner Faymann quit as head of the government, but said on Tuesday he expected to reach agreement in coalition talks with the
A teacher in Austria will be charged for telling students Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was a child molester. A middle school teacher in the Austrian city of Bregenz is facing criminal prosecution for her comments regarding the founder of Islam.
Austria’s Social Democratic Chancellor stood down in a shock announcement this morning amid collapsing support for traditional parties in the country, in a move which has been called “a beautiful day for Austria” by his insurgent nationalist opponents. Socialist-left Chancellor Werner
Contents: Tens of thousands in pro-EU anti-government protest in Warsaw Poland; Thousands of Berlin protesters chant ‘No Islam on German soil’; Hooded anarchists in Italy turn violent on Austrian border
Hundreds of left wing activists gathered at the town on Brenner to protest plans to strengthen the Austrian border to prevent another huge influx of migrants this summer. Far-left activists, believed to have travelled from across the continent, waved red
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has warned against a Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) victory in the country’s upcoming presidential election, claiming the “vast majority” of people do not want national borders. The Europhile German Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician
ZURICH (Reuters) – Around 400 protesters are expected to gather at the Brenner Pass between Italy and Austria on Saturday afternoon to protest a plan to restrict access through the Alpine crossing to control the movement of migrants, police said.
After being beaten and mugged by migrants, a student alleges the Austrian police blamed her “blonde hair and sexy clothing” for the brutal attack. Police officers reportedly told the woman that to avoid such attacks, which they warned are now a
Vienna (AFP) – The man most likely to be Austria’s next president, Norbert Hofer from the right wing Freedom Party, said Thursday he believed the integration of migrants was “possible”, in an apparent bid to woo more mainstream voters. In
In 2015, foreigners were responsible for 44 per cent of the Austria’s crime yet rather than highlighting this massive over-representation in criminality, Austria’s mainstream media chose instead to highlight violent and sexual crime committed by native Austrians. Following the brutal rape of a
Two Identitarians scaled the famous Burgtheater in Vienna to hang a banner protesting the performance of a pro-migrant play, and Breitbart London has the first sneak-peek at the incredible footage they recorded from the stunt. Two activists of the ‘hipster
The Jerusalem Post reports: NEW YORK CITY – The Austrian government and organizations that enabled a Palestinian terrorist to hold an April talk in Vienna faced a firestorm of criticism from Israel’s ambassador and the local Jewish community.
Contents: Female suicide bomber attacks Bursa in northwestern Turkey; Austria votes to close border with Italy to slow refugees
As Austria steps up border security at the Brenner Pass, Italian authorities have joined European Union officials in denouncing the measures as fundamentally contrary to Schengen regulations guaranteeing open internal borders among member states.
The the success of Donald Trump in the United States and victory of Eurosceptic, anti mass-migration candidate Norbert Hofer in the first round of Austrian presidential elections at the weekend had emboldened the European right, and has inspired a new
The presidential frontrunner in Austrian elections said Tuesday that border controls at the Brenner Pass between Italy and Austria are “inevitable,” while also remarking that only one in five migrants entering Austria is a “real refugee.”
Vienna swimming pools have come up with stricter security rules to prevent sexual assaults by migrants. The summer pool season is fast approaching in the Austrian capital and authorities are looking at ways to prevent further sexual attacks by migrants. The
Europe’s populist right have hailed the unexpected success of the Freedom Party of Austria’s (FPO) presidential candidate in this weekend’s elections, but tactical voting in the second round may rob him of victory. Pollsters were once again proven to be
(Reuters) – Austrian police used batons and pepper spray to repel Italian marchers who were protesting on Sunday against plans for tighter anti-migrant checks at the Alpine Brenner Pass border. Scuffles broke out when several hundred protesters, including some leftist
Austria’s anti mass immigration party triumphed Sunday in the first round of presidential elections, dealing a wake-up call to Vienna’s cosy political establishment two years before the next scheduled general election. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) won 36.7
After months of saying erecting a border fence would be politically and morally impossible Austria is now building border defences, but they are to be frustrated by the Catholic church which owns land in the affected area. The new border fence,
A group of asylum seekers in Austria have been evicted from student accommodation after one allegedly subjected a 13-year-old schoolgirl to a three-month rape ordeal. Around 20 migrants from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, all claiming to be minors, were given
Migrants at an asylum centre in the Austrian state of Salzburg rioted after being denied halal food last week. The incident happened at a converted hotel in the small town of Unken, when a travelling halal meat salesman turned up
Activists from the anti-mass migration Identitarian movement stormed a pro-migrant play by ‘refugees’ in Vienna last night. Some ended up ‘brawling’ with leftists in the crowd, with both sides blaming the other for violence. Around thirty activists from Austrian branch of Génération
Many migrants who are recent converts to Christianity fear retaliation from Muslims and that converting may become a “death sentence.” One of the more surprising aspects of the migrant crisis has been the number of Muslims from places like Syria and Afghanistan,
A former luxury hotel-turned migrant centre in Austria is the site of an outbreak of a deadly bacterial disease which has seen at least one migrant put into intensive care. The outbreak of louse-born relapsing fever is just the latest
An Algerian asylum seeker threatened to kill two district attorneys in an Austrian court after claiming police had taken away his money. The Algerian national who lives at the refugee camp at the site of the Schwarzenberg barracks, was arrested
Without pulling any punches, Austria’s Defense Minister has stated he would be prepared to completely shut down the historic Brenner Pass at the Italy-Austria border if Italy doesn’t start controlling its migrant problem. Austria has already begun construction of new
Contents: EU threatens to impose travel restrictions on US/Canada visitors; EU migrant crisis moves to Italy as Austria begins closing border; Austria begins construction on border controls with Italy
Numbers of anti-Semitic incidents are reaching historically high levels in Austria, according to a Jewish organisation concerned by the numbers of Muslim migrants. Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria grew by 82 per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to the Jewish community representative group Israelitischen
