Ursula Plassnik

China executes Taiwan spy: daughter

File image of China shooting someone dead under state order. by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2008 China on Friday executed a scientist accused of passing information to Taiwan, his daughter told AFP, amid strong...

Family of executed Chinese scientist thanks EU for support (AFP)

AFP/File – Ran Chen, the daughter of scientist Wo Weihan, in Beijing on November 26, 2008. The daughters of a Chinese … VIENNA (AFP) – The daughters of a Chinese scientist executed last week for allegedly spying for Taiwan on...

EU-China relations continue to fray

PHILIPPA RUNNER Today @ 09:29 CET EU relations with China continued to deteriorate over the weekend, as EU leaders criticised Beijing for cancelling Monday's (1 December) summit and for executing Austrian-educated scientist Wo...

EU Strongly Condemns Execution of Chinese Scientist

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The execution coincided with EU-China human rights talks The execution of a Chinese scientist and businessman who had been convicted of spying for Taiwan has drawn strong...

China's execution of alleged spy harms rights dialogue: EU (AFP)

AFP/File – Ran Chen -- the daughter of scientist Wo Weihan -- in Beijing on November 26, 2008. The European Union … BRUSSELS, Nov 28, 2008 (AFP) – The European Union condemned Friday China's execution of a scientist accused of...

Plassnik, Rice call for more women in UN peacekeeping missions

Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for more women's participation in UN peacekeeping missions, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. In a joint letter to UN...

Austrian minister quits over EU referendum clause

VALENTINA POP Today @ 10:44 CET Austria's pro-European foreign minister Ursula Plassnik has refused to be part of the country's new governing coalition because it did not rule out future referendums on EU treaties. "I was not...

Spindelegger set to become new Austrian foreign minister

Vienna - Michael Spindelegger is set to become foreign minister in Austria's new coalition cabinet, his conservative People's Party said Monday, after incumbent Ursula Plassnik stepped down Sunday over a dispute on European...

Austria unveils new government

Conservative figures have secured important posts in the new left-right coalition in Austria, including that of foreign minister. They take over the foreign ministry after Ursula Plassnik, who resigned as Vienna’s top diplomat...

SNAP ANALYSIS-New incarnation of Austrian coalition may last

By Boris Groendahl VIENNA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The realisation that Austria's economy faces the hardest two years in half a century swept aside all possible alternatives to a renewal, agreed on Sunday, of the left-right...

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