Tag: Austrias

Austria’s Beer Party, seeing glass half-full, runs for parliament

Austria’s Beer Party will run in this year’s parliamentary election even though it’s still well short of its own funding target, its leader said on Tuesday, buoyed by growing support and choosing to see the glass as half-full. The party, founded largely as a joke in 2015 by medical doctor and rock musician Dominik Wlazny, […]

Austria’s cancelled GTI party moves to VW city Wolfsburg in July

Volkswagen’s home city of Wolfsburg in Germany will become the new home of the VW-backed GTI community bash this July under the motto of “Icons Coming Home”. This is great news for hot hatch fans after the famous Wörthersee GTI was struck from the calender due to environmental concerns. After a Covid-enforced three-year absence, local […]

Leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party denies links to Russia

The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, has distanced himself from Moscow in the course of investigations into suspected Russian espionage in Austria. He has “no personal connection to Russia at all,” Kickl said on Thursday in parliament in Vienna, where he was questioned in a committee of enquiry. Kickl, who served […]