EU takes legal action against Great Britain
The European Union has initiated proceedings against Great Britain for violating the EU Withdrawal Treaty. The EU Commission announced this on Monday in Brussels. The background is a dispute over the Brexit special rules for the British province of Northern Ireland. Brussels accuses London of arbitrarily changing agreements and...
Union is wrestling with electoral slippers in the German super election year
After the slips in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, the Union is struggling to find a way out of its crisis at the beginning of the super election year. CSU boss Markus Söder called on Monday for a restart before the federal election and described the CDU’s performance in the state...
Bloodiest day so far in Myanmar
The situation in Myanmar is getting worse after the brutal crackdown on demonstrators over the weekend. Despite the massive violence, there were new protests on Monday. According to estimates by the prisoners’ aid organization AAPP and local media, the military and police killed several dozen people on Sunday alone....
Video: SPÖ loses city leaders in Klagenfurt, Spittal and Hermagor
In the mayor’s runoff elections on Sunday in 28 Carinthian municipalities, the SPÖ suffered a bitter defeat. She not only lost the mayor’s office in Klagenfurt, but also in the district towns of Spittal / Drau and Hermagor. In Klagenfurt, Maria-Luise Mathiaschitz’s predecessor, Christian Scheider, who had switched from...
Kurz loses approval on the Chancellor question
If the head of government could be chosen directly, 47 percent would currently choose the incumbent Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP). According to the current “Austria Trend” by pollster Peter Hajek for APA and ATV, Kurz is confronted with a falling value on the chancellor question, but is still well...
Baby shower in Upper Austria, Haimbuchner there: Now it is determined
After up to 30 people were said to have gathered at a baby shower in Steinhaus near Wels this week, the District Authority (BH) Wels-Land initiated surveys. The district chief Elisabeth Schwetz confirmed Saturday evening to ORF radio Upper Austria. As the APA reported, FPÖ Governor Deputy Manfred Haimbuchner...
Record need for civil servants in 2020 covered to 85 percent
In the Corona year 2020, a total of 14,093 young men were working as ordinary civil servants. The requirements of the 1,600 supporting organizations were at a record 16,500, 85 percent of which could be met, said the responsible minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP). An additional 4,500 men performed extraordinary...
US civil protection on duty for migrant children
The administration of US President Joe Biden has ordered the civil protection agency FEMA to help shelter thousands of migrant children on the border with Mexico. Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Mayorkas commissioned the agency on Saturday to support the construction of makeshift shelters for unaccompanied minors. The existing accommodations...
Mayor run-off elections in 28 Carinthian municipalities
In 28 Carinthian municipalities, the runoff election for the mayor’s office began early this morning on Sunday. In addition to the state capital Klagenfurt, votes are also taken in the district cities of Spittal an der Drau and Hermagor, as well as in the cities of St. Andrä, Bleiburg...
Mayor run-off elections in 28 Carinthian municipalities
On Sunday, the population in 28 Carinthian municipalities is called to the runoff election for the mayor’s office. In addition to the state capital Klagenfurt, a second ballot is also required in the district cities of Spittal an der Drau and Hermagor, as well as in the cities of...