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Paris bombings suspects extradited to France from Austria
Two alleged members of the Islamic State cell that carried out attacks on Paris in November have been extradited to France and reportedly charged with terrorism. The men were arrested in December in Austria. Algerian Adel Haddadi, 29 and Pakistani, Mohamad Usman Gani, 35 were arrested at a migrant centre. Investigators...
Austria election: Unity call after close defeat for far right
Austria's new president has vowed to listen to the people's "fear and anger" after his far-right opponent narrowly missed out on a landmark victory. Independent Alexander Van der Bellen beat the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes among the 4.64 million cast in Sunday's election. The...
Far-Right close to victory in Austria
AUSTRIA looked set last night to become the first country in Europe to vote in a far-Right president. Norbert Hofer was close to clinching victory but with a wafer-thin margin. Freedom Party candidate Hofer, an aviation engineer, was in the lead with 51.9 per cent ahead of Alexander van der Bellen, a former Greens leader turned...
Austria presidential vote: Postal ballots to decide result
Postal ballots will decide Austria's presidential election after polling station results from Sunday's vote gave the far-right candidate a slender lead. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party was slightly ahead of his rival, Alexander Van der Bellen, the interior ministry said on Sunday. If elected, Mr Hofer would be the...
Austria presidential vote: Run-off race too close to call
Partial results in Austria's run-off presidential election, which pitches the far right against an independent, suggest it is too close to call. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party and Alexander Van der Bellen were each on 50%, with 94% of the vote counted. For the first time since World War Two, both the main centrist...
Austria concert: Deadly gun rampage in Nenzing
A gunman has opened fire at a concert, killing two people before shooting himself dead, police in the in Austrian town of Nenzing say. Eleven other people were injured after the man opened fire at about 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT). The man, 27, had earlier reportedly argued with a woman in a car park. He went to his car to get...
Migrant crisis: Austria passes controversial new asylum law
Austria has passed a controversial new law that restricts the right of asylum and allows most claimants to be rejected directly at the border. Rights groups say the law undermines the principle of protection from war and persecution. It comes days after Austria's far-right came top in the first round of a presidential...
Now Austria wants to PAY migrants hundreds to LEAVE in desperate bid to ease crisis
AUSTRIA plans to pay migrants £380 each to go back to their homeland in a desperate bid to ease the deepening crisis. The country’s government hopes the last-ditch tactic will help encourage a staggering 50,000 migrants to leave the country by 2019. According to officials in Vienna, the full sum will only be paid if...
Austria suspends Schengen agreement, steps up border control, tells EU to sort out migrant crisis HomeNews Austria suspends Schengen agreement, steps up border control, tells EU to sort out migrant crisis
Vienna is radically changing its policy towards migrants and refugees, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told local media. Faymann said that with the new measures introduced at Austria’s borders, the existence of “the whole EU is in question.” “All refugees must be controlled, economic migrants must be...
Austria deploys army to halt migrants intending to transit through Germany
Austria is set to use its army to stop refugees intending to transit through Germany and not apply for asylum there, as hundreds are being rejected at the German border. More than 1,000 migrants with forged IDs are being turned around at the Austrian border each week. The new regulations issued by the Austrian Defense Ministry...