A far-right leader could soon take the helm in EU member country Austria. Here’s why it matters
Austria could soon have its first government led by the far right since World War II. President Alexander Van der Bellen has ...
TikTok and more hit by EU privacy complaints in Austria
Austrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against TikTok and five other Chinese firms in the EU. Read ...
Austria Far-Right Eyes €6.3 Billion Budget Cut to Avoid EU Probe
Austrian negotiators trying to form a nationalist-conservative government will target €6.3 billion ($6.4 billion) in ...
Politico Europe9d
Far-right Austria braces for first punishment from EU
Helmut Fohringer/APA/AFP via Getty Images While the size of Austria’s budget deficit would normally warrant the punishment the EU metes out to overspending countries, the Commission delayed the ...
Slovenia Plans First Sovereign Sustainability-Linked Bond in EU
Slovenia is aiming to become the first European Union member to issue sustainability-linked bonds, the country’s Treasury ...
'Power shift' within EU inevitable if far-right leader Kickl forms Austrian government, analyst says
The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 ...
TikTok, 5 other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints
TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian ...
The Economist8d
Herbert Kickl, Austria’s hard-right ideologue who played the long game
Other commentators fret that Mr Kickl’s views contradict the values of human rights, the rule of law and media freedom that the EU stands for ... thousands (25,000 in Vienna alone) took to ...
TikTok, AliExpress Sued By EU Privacy Group For Sending User Data To China
None of Your Business (NOYB), a prominent Austria-based advocacy group, filed GDPR complaints on Thursday against TikTok and ...
Politico Europe29d
Von der Leyen’s mission:
Shortly after Paolo Belcastro, a Vienna-based software industry employee ... And did she stop Europe’s economic decline?” said an EU diplomat. “All the rest are details.” Europe has long lagged the ...
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OSCE Members Invoke Vienna Mechanism on Situation in Georgia
38 OSCE participating states have invoked the OSCE Vienna Mechanism expressing deep concern over human rights developments in Georgia since the November 28 announcement on withdrawal from the EU ...