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 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 7, 2008 - 11:26 pm - Posted by Galina
Alfred Gusenbauer, the tenth chancellor in the history of the Second Austrian Republic, will be remembered for his short time in that position.
Gusenbauer has been Chancellor for 545 days. With an early general election likely to be held by the end of September, he will have been Chancellor for slightly more than 700 days before [...]
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July 1, 2008 - 1:58 pm - Posted by Galina
Governor Franz Voves drinking Styrian wine
In politics one holds no promises
“The head of Styrian government Voves can not be surpassed in incredibility”, told OeVP family speaker Ridi Steibl commenting SPOe-forcingup of prices in Steiermark. On the 1st of July the electricity prices will be raised by 15 percent.
OeVP-family speaker reminded to audience the fact [...]
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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 25, 2008 - 8:25 pm - Posted by Galina
I felt distantly curious about arrival of the car in the yard without any conscious thought it could concern me. However, my eyes were fixed at the fire escape staircase leading on the roof of the building.
I regretted being disobedient to Red Mistress. Moreover, my instincts told me I was in danger after talk with [...]
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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 22, 2008 - 7:55 pm - Posted by Galina
One flew over Cuckoo’s Nest ( Ich flog über’s Kuckucksnest )
When I was 19 years old, I failed entrance examination to the Kyrgyz university.
First exam was English and I passed it very well. Then it came turn of composition. We were to write a few pages on the theme �Communism and future of humankind�.
Instead of [...]
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June 20, 2008 - 2:57 pm - Posted by Galina
Minister Doris Bures and Werner Faymann (SPOe) with Westbahnhof under reconstruction in background.
I must confess I had sent emails to representatives of all Austrian political parties offering my services as photographer,
and Franz Voves - governor of Styria (SPOe) was the only one who replied. Thanks, Franz! When I photographed you, I was fantasizing how it [...]
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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 12, 2008 - 5:39 pm - Posted by Galina
There were hordes of successful soviet ideologues, which made their career imitating fierce creative activity.
But it was not Zhanna case. She belonged to rare type of uncorrupted believers. She was person of sincerity and encyclopedia knowledge, but her eccentricity made her the scarecrow of the university. She expected from students who were fed up with [...]
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