Romania may sue Austria over Schengen
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Monday 18 September issued a warning to Austria, stating that if Austria does not remove...
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Sberbank leaves Austria, completing EU exit
Russian bank Sberbank announced its complete withdrawal from the European banking market with the sale of its remaining shares in a EU member...
CEE foreign ministers convene for energy, security talks
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said it is extremely important that the EU provide support to Africa, when he and his...
OMV to transfer euros to Russia for payments to Gazprom
Austrian energy group OMV announced on Friday that it was opening an account with Russian Gazprombank for ruble conversion. The development came...
EU states see green goals, Russian energy cuts as win-win
A coalition of 11 European Union states led by Denmark wants to accelerate the continent’s green transformation, in order to end...
Nuclear plant expansion is on, Hungary PM says, as FM calls sector sanctions ‘a red line’
The EUR 12.5 bn expansion of Hungary’s only nuclear power plant at Paks remains viable, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told...
Austria delays mandatory vaccine scheme
Austria will delay its controversial mandatory vaccination programme by two months until April for technical reasons, electronic health record office ELGA...
Green minister pulls plug on long-standing Vienna motorway plan
After 20 years of fierce debate, the plan to construct a EUR 2 billion stretch of ring-road on Vienna’s north-eastern outskirts...
Austria’s Kurz steps back, FM Schallenberg to become Chancellor
Alexander Schallenberg is expected to be sworn in “within days” as Chancellor of Austria following the resignation of Sebastian Kurz over the weekend. It would be an "enormously...