The court declared the ban unconstitutional in a Friday ruling, saying it violates Austria’s principles of religious and ideological neutrality. “The school is based, among other things, on the basic values of openness and tolerance,” the court’s president, Christoph Grabenwarter, said, adding that, by focusing on a specific religion, the …
Read More »UK raises terrorism threat to ‘severe’ after attacks in Austria & France
The decision, taken by the UK’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), moves the terrorism threat back to its second highest level, having lowered it in November 2019 after the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The update comes less than 24 hours after an Islamist extremist killed four people …
Read More »Portugal, Austria & England announce lockdowns as Europe increasingly toughens Covid-19 restrictions amid fierce protests
In Portugal, people were ordered to stay home except for work, school or essential shopping, while companies will switch to remote working wherever possible. New lockdown measures are set to take effect on November 4 and will immediately impact nearly 70 percent of the population in 121 municipalities. Prime Minister …
Read More »Austria’s Kurz vows to fight ‘political Islam’ after Turkish teens rampage through Vienna church
Between 30 and 50 Turkish teenagers are said to have rampaged through the Catholic Church of St. Anton von Padua in Vienna-Favoriten. According to local media reports, the youths shouted “Allahu akbar” as they kicked benches and the church’s confessional. The youths scattered after the pastor called the police. Writing …
Read More »SECOND WAVE of Covid-19 already looming in Austria as new infections rise ‘day by day’ – Chancellor Kurz
The Alpine country recorded 350 new infections per day two weeks ago, but this figure had jumped to over 869 by last Saturday, Kurz said. He warned that Austria is set to pass the 1,000-case mark soon and that the Covid-19 comeback is therefore just around the corner. What we are experiencing …
Read More »I was set up by ‘MAFIA’ & media served up misleading tapes, Austria’s Russiagate victim, ex-vice-chancellor Strache tells RT
Austria’s right-wing government imploded in spectacular fashion last summer, after two German newspapers, Der Spiegel and the Suddeutsche Zeitung, published excerpts from a videotape of Vice-Chancellor Strache negotiating a ‘quid pro quo’ deal with the supposed “niece of a Russian oligarch” in Ibiza. The woman was later revealed to be …
Read More »In Austria, shot by the blogger, who criticized Ramzan Kadyrov
At Vienna, he shot the native of Chechnya of Mamichan Umarov, who criticised the work of the head of the Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. This is with reference to sources in the Chechen Diaspora in Europe, the magazine writes, “the Caucasus. Realities” (media recognized by the Ministry of justice of the …
Read More »“MBKH media”: the case against Shuvalov flew to Austria
Gulfstream G650, which, presumably, is the head of state Corporation “VEB.Russia,” the former Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, 16 may flew to Austria. About it reports “MBH media” with data link service ADS-B Exchange. The plane took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport at 7:00 and landed at Salzburg airport at …
Read More »“Free Falcon” flew to Austria and Germany
One of the drivers of Russian non-oil exports is in Lipetsk pipe company “Svobodny Sokol”. The only one in the post-Soviet space Lipetsk manufacturer of pipes and fittings of ductile cast iron with nodular graphite (ductile iron) was able to conquer the European markets with high competition from the world’s …
Read More »To embarrass Putin during a meeting with the head of Austria
Putin was not able to open the door. Russian President Vladimir Putin is caught in a new embarrassment. It happened during a meeting with the head of Austria’s Alexander van der Bellena. Videos of their walks on the sanatorium “Russia” (Krasnodar Krai) showed in his Twitter journalist of the Kremlin …
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