Austrian far-right parliamentarian Susanne Winter was convicted Thursday of incitement because of her anti-Muslim statements, including the claim that Islam’s prophet Mohammad was a pedophile. A court in Winter’s home town of Graz also found the 51-year-old politician guilty of humiliating a religion. She was sentenced to a fine of 24,000 euros euros and a [...]
Morning post brought newsletter from Vienna communist party with protest against demonstrative and exposure of corn-flowers in suit lapels by FPÖ members, pointing out to the fact that corn-flower was symbol popular among national-socialists in 1938. The demonstration of Nazi symbols is forbidden in Austria, so I can justify my public sexual arousal about Strache [...]
Heinz-Christian Strache, who by education is a dental technician, has been active in local politics in Vienna since 1991. Snapshots taken from a video in the late 80s were published in January 2007 showing a uniformed Strache participating in paramilitary training activities. Other people on the pictures were claimed to be known neo-nazis. Strache has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]