The number of ‘asylum seeker’ criminals in Austrian capital Vienna is on the rise, with a greater proportion turning to crime than ever, with nearly one third suspected or guilty of crime. Fastest growing among criminal groups in Austria are so-called
The Austrian government says it plans to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born to stop it being a focal point for Nazi sympathizers.
(AFP) – Austria said Saturday it wants to seize Adolf Hitler’s birthplace from its private owner in a bid to end a bitter legal battle and stop the house from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. “We are currently examining the creation
The Austrian Identitarian youth organization placed a banner reading “Islamisation Kills” on the roof of the Austrian Green Party HQ in Graz. The protest,which took place Wednesday morning is, like many others from the ‘hipster right-wing’ Identitarians, a strong statement
(Reuters) – Italy and Austria will strengthen cooperation and controls at their shared border to guarantee free movement through a busy Alpine pass during an expected surge of migrants this summer. Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano and his Austrian counterpart,
Contents: In desperation, EU tries to overhaul its refugee asylum rules; As migrants turn to the Libya route, Germany warns Italy not to wave migrants through
Demonstrations by pro-migrant social centers at the Austrian Brenner border with Italy tuned violent Sunday, with protesters hurling stones and flares at the Austrian police, injuring five officers, according to reports.
Migrant aid groups in Austria are facing insolvency as the government withdraws their funding. A government scheme, begun last October, to fund charities and non governmental organisations (NGOs) to ease the burden of the migrant crisis will be over at the
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Green Party on Saturday called on an Austrian lawmaker to resign after he compared refugees to “Neanderthals who trample under foot the rights of women”. In remarks in parliament this week which he reiterated later in
A Vienna school director has warned that migrants are dragging down the school system and will likely create a “lost generation”, but authorities have tried to silence her. Andrea Walach, the director of a Vienna school, said that migrant children
Sex orgies, drug use and other questionable activities are alleged to have taken place at an Islamic kindergarten in Vienna. The allegations surround a network of Islamic kindergartens run by a man known only as “Abdullah P”, who is currently under
A significant 86 per cent of Austrians surveyed in a snap poll on Sunday night support their country continuing independent action to deal with the migrant crisis, without the guidance or agreement of the European Union (EU). Austria was on
The Austrian army is leading a training exercise with national police to prepare for what they call a migrant crisis “worst case scenario”. On Thursday members of the Austrian armed forces along with the federal police engaged in an exercise
Austria has extended its anti-migration advertising campaign to Pakistan, as critics note similarities between the posters and those of the right wing Freedom party. Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner has announced a new stage in the public relations campaign the central European
A new report on migrant crime reveals that for every 100 people who attempt to claim asylum in Austria an average of 55 criminal offences are committed, with some communities significantly more represented in statistics than others. The Austrian agency
Dozens of young Chechen and Afghan migrants went to war on the streets of Vienna this weekend, inflicting near fatal injuries in the “mass brawl” with knives, iron bars and wooden batons. Afghans have recently overtaken Chechens as the largest immigrant
Rival migrants gangs are engaging in open warfare on the streets of Vienna, which has led to seven people being hospitalized and one left in serious condition. On Saturday evening violence broke out in the Austrian capital between two rival migrant gangs who
Contents: Turkey and Hungary play hardball at EU-Turkey refugee summit; With summer approaching, European politicians may be close to panic
Contents: Number of women and children refugees to Europe surges; EU and Turkey meet in Brussels for major showdown over refugees; Death of Nancy Reagan reminds us of generational differences
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has urged Germany to set a clear limit on the number of asylum seekers it will accept to help stem a mass influx of refugees that is severely testing European cohesion. The comments by the Social
A teen who tried to join the Islamic State and was convicted for supporting terrorism worked as a helper in an Islamic kindergarten. An 18 year old Chechen born girl living in Austria was sentenced to a total of six
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner has announced the Austrian home office will engage in a coordinated campaign to try and discourage would-be migrants. The programme consists of advertisements in Afghanistan that tell locals Austria has clamped down on migration and
An explosive leaked document from the Austria intelligence agency has revealed they expect a “repeat” of the 2015, resulting in Austria becoming a “huge asylum waiting zone” with up to half a million migrants stuck in transit. Austria took in 68,000
A senior Austrian minister is taking action based on the findings of a recent report into the state of Islamisation in the country’s schools, and is calling for more stringent controls on Islamic education. Austrian People’s Party minister for foreign
Emotions are running high in Austria after a migrant who raped a 72 year old woman was given what some considered to be an unduly short sentence for the crime, and now the judge presiding over the case has had
Contents: Greece facing humanitarian crisis with thousands of refugees on Macedonia border; Tsipras: ‘Greece will not become a warehouse for souls’; Greece recalls ambassador to Austria as refugee crisis worsens
Austria hosts talks Wednesday with countries along the well-trodden migrant path through the western Balkans to northern Europe, as tighter border controls raise fears of a humanitarian crisis, particularly in Greece. But Athens has angrily protested at being excluded from
Chanting “We are the people” is now hate speech according to an Austrian paper after residents of a small German town tried to block the passage of a bus full of migrants. “Wir sind das Volk!” is a very important
The Times of Israel reports: Austria invited Hedy Epstein, a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist whom the Anti-Defamation League criticized for demonizing Israel, to represent Holocaust survivors at a panel discussion about women during World War II. In invitations sent out Friday
Austria introduced a daily cap on asylum-seekers, sparking EU fears of a domino effect along the Balkan migrant trail and a threat from Greece to veto an accord keeping Britain in the bloc. A maximum of 80 migrants per day
Almost half of schoolchildren in the Austrian capital Vienna speak a foreign language as their mother tongue, with the figure at one in five elsewhere in the country. The number of foreign nationals entering the country reached a record high
BRUSSELS (AP) — Austria vowed to press ahead early on Friday with plans to cap the number of asylum seekers entering the country despite claims the move would break the law, as European Union leaders struggled to end their fragmented
Parts of Austria are reporting surging crime after Germany started turning away one in 10 migrants who try to cross the border. The situation is now so bad in one town near the border that passengers have asked officials to
A 39-year-old migrant by the name of ‘Belaid Z’ has been deported at the expense of the German tax payer on ten separate occasions – only for him to easily re-enter the country. Belaid has reportedly committed a number of offences over
Around 550 angry local residents crowded a public meeting in Vienna this weekend in protest at plans to create a new migrant centre near their homes. Authorities plan to house 750 migrants in the suburb of Liesing, but residents are
Two men who were arrested in the Austrian city of Salzburg while posing as refugees have confessed to planning further terror attacks in Paris. The men were arrested at a migrant centre near the city on suspicion of belong to
Austria is set to introduce a daily cap on the number of migrants allowed into the country as it struggles to deal with record levels of immigration. The cap will apply to migrants crossing into the country from the border
(AFP) – Slovenia said Sunday it would clamp down on the number of migrants allowed to enter the country, ahead of tougher measures set to be announced by neighbouring Austria later this week to slow down the influx. The two
The father of a 16 year old girl pleads with an Austrian Governor and Police to protect his daughter in a powerful letter that describes the everyday fear young women have of migrants. “My daughter is 16 and is afraid
A clapped-out old Volkswagen converted into a ‘Sharia police patrol car’ for the amusement of crowds in Maissau, Austria is under investigation by police under suspicion of being ‘racist’. German police have had a number of carnival floats offensive to the
