by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Austria will step up police checks near its border with Germany after its neighbor legalized the possession of limited amounts of cannabis for recreational use, the country’s top security official said Tuesday.Germany’s new rules went into force...
by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] VIENNA (AP) — The arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Austria needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Monday.The...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Austrian police officers stationed at the Russian Embassy during the presidential election reportedly received presents as they left.After the voting concluded, several officers were seen leaving with gift bags bearing the Russian emblem.Police confirmed the...
by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] ‘Social death’Under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi rule, Austria as part of the German Third Reich had persecuted homosexuals to death.Despite the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the early 1970s, thousands of gays and bisexuals continued to be...
by admin | Mar 14, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Austria said Wednesday it has ordered two diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Vienna to leave the country. An Austrian official said the expulsions were related to spying activities.The Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement that the two Russian diplomats...