Peter Westenthaler (6. November 1967 in Wien; gebürtig Peter Hojač) ist ein österreichischer Politiker und langjähriger Spitzenrepräsentant der FPÖ, später des BZÖ. Westenthaler ließ seinen Familiennamen Hojač auf den Geburtsnamen der Mutter ändern. Peter Westenthaler will not be top candidate for BZÖ. Westenthaler received a sentence of nine months on probation for perjury during his [...]
The daily newspaper ÖSTERREICH published in its Sunday edition the results of recent survey on upcoming elections. Survey predicts that for the first time seven parties of the country would enter the parliament. ÖVP gained 29% of voices, SPÖ – 25%. At the third place was the FPÖ with 15% of voters, being ahead of [...]
Haider was a long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). When he stepped down as party’s chairman in 2000, he remained its major figure until 2005. In April 2005 he founded a new party, the “Alliance for the Future of Austria” (BZÖ-Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) Joerg Haider was born in 1950 in Bad Goisern, Upper [...]
Migration statistics Austria International migration balance to and from Austria by citizenship 2000-2007 2000/Total 17 272 (Austrian citizens: -4 315; Foreign citizens:+21587) 2007/Total 32 714 (Austrian citizens: -5 509; Foreign citizens: +38 223); 38 223 foreign citizens migrated from abroad and settled in Austria in 2007, and 20 464 Austrians left the country (it is [...]
Today I visited press conference with Joerg Haider and Peter Westenthaler in BZOe quarters. For a long time already, I wished I could photograph Joerg Haider. His speech was rather short though. As I was not satisfied with regular shots I made, which looked rather boring, similar to millions of other press snaps, I prefer [...]
About 120,000 people in colorful clothes took part in Vienna’s annual Rainbow Parade on Saturday to call for equal rights for gays, lesbians and transvestites. I must add that to be transvestite does not necessarily mean to be homosexual. Some transvestites are fascinated with women’s clothes only, and want to feel themselves, at least temporarily, [...]
