July 25, 2008 - 3:01 pm - Posted by Galina
Jörg Haider removed three more asylum seekers from Carinthia on Tuesday night in an operation that was kept secret from his colleagues in the federal government.
Haider and his party (BZÖ) have been at odds with the federal government Interior Minister Maria Fekter on this issue and are continuing their highly controversial policy to remove criminal [...]
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July 19, 2008 - 1:48 pm - Posted by Galina
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 Austria. [...]
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July 13, 2008 - 1:01 pm - Posted by Galina
About 120,000 people in colourful 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, [...]
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July 11, 2008 - 12:45 am - Posted by Galina
Press photographer Franz Perc who could be often seen in Parliament, Office of the federal Chancellor and city hall- stays in Vienna all summer and dreams about Greece
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July 4, 2008 - 11:16 am - Posted by Galina
Rudolf Hundstorfer, President of Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (OeGB)
In October 2003 Rudolf Hundstorfer became vice president of the OeGB (Austrian Federation of Trade Unions). After resignation of Fritz Verzetnisch as president of this organization in March 2006 because of the BAWAG scandal, Hundstorfer took the presidency provisionally.
On September, 8th 2005 as a representative [...]
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June 29, 2008 - 7:11 pm - Posted by Galina
Young female beggar in one of Vienna streets listening to arguments of older woman who suddenly stopped to express her opinion on beggary.
For the first time in my life, I was brought at the place against my will and kept there shut. I felt shaken and thought it must be mistake and soon they would [...]
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June 23, 2008 - 10:00 pm - Posted by Galina
One of manifestations in Vienna. The man with the dog has inscription at his shirt: “Nothing moves forward without Haider”
According to my private statistics J�rg Haider is the most frequent Google search term after words sex and nudity that direct visitors to my website.
When you live in the western country and bring reminiscences about [...]
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June 16, 2008 - 8:18 pm - Posted by Galina
New Socialist party(SPOe) Chef Werner Faymann
CV
Werner was born on 4 May of 1960 in Vienna
1985 - 1988 consultant at the central savings bank,
1988 director of the Viennese Tenants’ counseling.
1981 - 1987 provincial chairman of Socialistic Youth Vienna
1985 - 1994 member of the Viennese state parliament and municipal council
1994 executive city councilor for urban renewal,
president of [...]
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June 11, 2008 - 8:45 pm - Posted by Galina
Group of people in Mariahilfer Strasse, Vienna
Zhanna
It was sunny spring of 1982. The university alley of apple and peach trees was all pink lace of blossoms. The air was fresh and clear. But I was ascending marble staircase of main building with monument of Great Chief at the top feeling chill in my heart.
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June 9, 2008 - 5:07 pm - Posted by Galina
Dearest Galina,
I don�t know whether you are teasing your readers with your comments about masculine stupidity, mean-spirited men who want to split bills in restaurants or you really mean it.
I take your point that men are obsessed by their penises - it’s part of the male psyche that would be rather difficult to eradicate, but [...]
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June 7, 2008 - 6:41 am - Posted by Galina
I bought this nice toy yesterday at church flee market in my Vienna 15 district for 1 euro
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Virgil, Aeneid.
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June 5, 2008 - 5:21 pm - Posted by Galina
Homeless woman had found in junk container something to eat. I made the snapshot in very center of Vienna.
This email I received today:
Dear Galina,
I read your blog today and it upset me that you are not finding satisfaction in Vienna.
I can understand why you are contemplating moving to another city or country - I think [...]
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