Elections in Austria

The European War on Free Speech

Jared Taylor, Special to AR News, Dec. 3, 2008 Americans of a certain generation remember Andrei Sakharov, Natan Sharansky, and Vladimir Bukovsky—Soviet-era dissidents who faced criminal charges simply for speaking out against...

New Austrian cabinet in office, continues centrist coalition - Summary

Vienna - Austria's new cabinet, led by Social Democratic Chancellor Werner Faymann and conservative Vice Chancellor Josef Proell, took office Tuesday, forming a coalition that has governed the country off and on for more than...

AP Weekly News Calendar, 1st Ld-Writethru

HONDURAS _ Presidential primaries. VIENNA, Austria _ EU Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla and other officials hold news conference on technology access in Europe. NEW ORLEANS _ The International Association of...

AP Weekly News Calendar

Tuesday, Nov. 25: SEOUL, South korea _ Farmers hold annual rally against the government policies, including proposed US-South Korea free trade agreement. VIENNA, Austria _ International space experts hold news conference on...

European Race Bulletin no. 65 - Grinding down the human rights defenders

The Autumn 2008 issue of the IRR's examines the resistance and the criminalisation of solidarity and protest, also contains an article on the the Austrian general election and the death of Jörg Haider.

NATO's expansion: we need another Ireland

A little more than a year ago, the European Union had to decide on the Lisbon Treaty, which proposed changes to its internal structure. The Americans are pushing Georgia and Ukraine to join the body, and as with the Lisbon...

Fear and Loathing in Europe

Two far-right parties, the Austrian Freedom Party and the Movement for Austria’s Future, won 29 percent of the vote in the latest Austrian general election, double their total in the 2006 election. Both parties share the same...

Obama seen helping put atom test ban pact in force

Obama seen helping put atom test ban pact in force Thursday, November 20, 2008 VIENNA: The election of Barack Obama as US president has given crucial impetus toward implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty more...

New Obama race row as Austrian political pundit claims black people are too uncivilised to rule

New Obama race row as Austrian TV pundit says black people 'are not civilised enough to rule' By Daily Mail Reporter Austria's official state broadcaster is refusing to sack a senior political commentator who said blacks were...

Essay: Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again (AP)

By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer William J. Kole, Associated Press Writer – 23 mins ago AP – Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. celebrate during an election … VIENNA, Austria –...