AUSTRIA

Why Austrian chancellor says EU border guards should patrol North Africa

Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants European Union border guards to stop North African refugees from crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. He told German...

UNHCR calls on Austria to protect refugees

The Austrian government should keep the protection of refugees at the centre of draft amendments to an asylum law presented in the country, according...

EU governments cut Austria’s fine

Austria was fined €26.8m by the European Union on May 8 “for the misrepresentation by serious negligence of three government entities of government debt...

Austria’s far-right party unwelcome at Holocaust memorial

Organisers of an upcoming ceremony to mark the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria have warned that ministers from the country’s far-right...

Why Austria can’t stop ‘far-right’ gathering

The annual May 12 gathering in the small Austrian town of Bleiburg in the southern state of Carinthia draws thousands of supporters of the...

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