Karl Nehammer

Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award.

Establishment parties in Europe suffered another defeat on Sunday as the elections for the National Council in Austria saw the populist Freedom Party come in first place for the first time in history.

The European Union narrowly approved the green agenda Nature Restoration Law on Monday, sparking condemnation from farmers’ groups.

The Jewish area of Vienna’s Central Cemetery was set on fire and defaced with swastikas and Hitler graffiti.

European Union leaders claim they will increase security on the bloc’s common external border after illegal arrivals topped 330,000 last year, the highest number since the 2015-16 migrant crisis.

Hungary, Austria, and Serbia have agreed to coordinate to reduce illegal migrant flows on the Balkan route, with Serbia deploying more police along its southern border and Austria providing reinforcements.

European leaders met Monday in Budapest to discuss the surge of new activity along the Balkan migrant route.

The EU agreed to embargo two thirds of Russian oil immediately with the aims of reducing imports by 90 per cent at the end of the year.

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Ukraine should remove sea mines from areas near its ports to allow safe shipping.

Austria’s chancellor Karl Nehammer said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Russia is winning the war against Ukraine.

In what amounts to a seismic u-turn in policy, Austria is to relax all ‘Corona Apartheid’ rules targetting the nation’s unvaccinated, despite having previously promised to keep unjabbed individuals under perpetual lockdown.

Vaccination against the Chinese Coronavirus has become compulsory for all adults in Austria as of Saturday.

Austria will end strict lockdowns for the unvaccinated but will keep health passport restrictions and is proceeding with mandatory vax plans.

In a vote of 137 to just 33, the Austrian parliament has overwhelmingly voted to make vaccination against the Wuhan coronavirus mandatory.

The Austrian government has announced that it will allow unvaccinated people to enjoy Christmas and New Year’s Eve without being under lockdown restrictions — but some limitations will still apply.

New Chancellor Karl Nehammer has set an end date for the general lockdown in Austria for December 12th but it will only apply to those considered to be fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus.

Throwing the country into another lockdown Interior Minister Nehammer has warned of signs of “radicalisation” among anti-lockdown protestors.

Haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fueled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migrants from Afghanistan.

The Austrian federal government has sent an additional 400 soldiers to the border with Hungary as the number of illegal migrant crossings has surged this year.

The Austrian government will create a terrorist offenders register that will see those convicted of terror offences placed on the registry for life.

BERLIN (AP) – A rabbi was attacked at knifepoint in Vienna by a woman who ripped the Jewish skullcap from his head and yelled an anti-Semitic threat before fleeing, police in the Austrian capital said Friday.

Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer and his family have received death threats from radical Islamic extremists after the government raided and shut down mosques in the aftermath of the Vienna terror attack.

Following the terrorist attack in Vienna earlier this week, the Austrian government has raided and dissolved two radical mosques linked to radical Islam.