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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Karl Nehammer

Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen gives a press statement at the Presidential Chancellery after his meeting with Austrian Chancellor and leader of Austria's People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer (not pictured) in Vienna on January 5, 2025 (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 11:58 am
Far right set to be tasked with forming new government in Austria
President to meet with Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl after chancellor resigned following collapse of coalition talks between conservatives and center left
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), takes part in a TV debate at the parliament after exit poll numbers were announced in Vienna on September 29, 2024. (Alex HALADA / AFP)
September 30, 2024, 7:23 pm
After election win, Austrian far right seeks path to power through rivals’ blockade
Herbert Kickl led his Freedom Party to win biggest slice of votes, but the 29% he scored requires cooperating with other parties, almost all of whom say they won’t work with him
By Francois Murphy
Head of the Freedom Party (FPOE) Herbert Kickl gestures during his speech at a final election campaign event at St. Stephen's square in Vienna, Austria, Friday, September 27, 2024, ahead of the country's national election two days later. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
September 29, 2024, 9:13 pm
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party set for historic win, but chance to govern unclear
Projection sees Freedom Party winning 29% of vote after it campaigned to suspend asylum, warm up to Russia — but moderate parties say they won’t form coalition with its leader
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
The chairman and top candidate of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) for the Austrian National Council (Nationalrat) election Herbert Kickl waves to his audience after kicking off his party's electoral campaign, in Graz, Styria, on September 7, 2024. (Alex HALADA / AFP)
September 23, 2024, 3:19 pm
Austria sees tight election race, with far-right polling ahead but short of majority
Freedom Party (FPOe) predicted to secure 27% in next week’s vote, but may struggle to find partners willing to join a government it leads
By Anne BEADE
US President Joe Biden (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 20, 2024, 8:52 pm
Biden calls ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrant for Netanyahu ‘outrageous’
Blinken says ‘shameful’ move jeopardizes truce talks; GOP senator, House speaker suggest ‘damning sanctions against ICC’; South Africa, Bernie Sanders and Belgium praise Hague
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
People wave Israeli flags during a demonstration against antisemitism and to show solidarity with Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
October 25, 2023, 8:28 pm
Germany looks to bar antisemites from gaining citizenship amid spike in incidents
Meeting Israel’s envoy, German interior minister says new bill excludes those who have committed anti-Jewish acts from gaining nationality, adds Hamas supporters to be tried
By ToI Staff
Supporters wave Austrian flags during the final election campaign event of the right-wing Freedom Party (FPOE) for the European elections in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2019 (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)
September 2, 2023, 9:04 am
Alarm over Austria far-right Freedom Party’s ‘frightening’ video glorifying Nazi past
As party soars in polls, clip promotes extremist conspiracy theory that white Europeans are being replaced by migrants; video features balcony where Hitler gave speech
By KIYOKO METZLER
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan (Alex Kolomoisky/Yad Vashem)
July 28, 2022, 6:26 pm
Yad Vashem chair: Orban’s race comments evoke ideologies behind Holocaust
Hungary’s PM defends remarks as misundertood, asserts he was referring to ‘a cultural standpoint’; Austrian chancellor says issue has been resolved ‘amicably’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, meets Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 12, 2022, 8:45 pm
Lapid, visiting Austrian chancellor sign strategic partnership, discuss Iran threat
PM stresses to visitor Nehammer importance of international community opposing 2015 Iranian nuclear deal; two leaders discuss combating antisemitism, preserving Holocaust memory
By ToI Staff
Ukrainian soldiers sit on a armored military vehicle in the city of Severodonetsk, Donbas region, on April 7, 2022. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
April 11, 2022, 12:07 pm
Austrian chancellor to meet with Putin as Kyiv braces for eastern offensive
Karl Nehammer is 1st European leader to meet with Russian president since invasion’s onset; EU mulls further sanctions against Moscow; Ukraine FM Kuleba says still open for talks
By Hervé BAR
Mykola, a local resident, takes valuable items from his destroyed house by bicycle on April 9, 2022 in Novoselivka, Chernihiv suburbs, Ukraine. (Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images via AFP)
April 10, 2022, 1:34 pm
Zelensky warns Russian aggression goes beyond Ukraine, as onslaught expected in east
Ukrainian president says ‘entire European project is a target’ as civilians flee eastern parts of the country ahead of advancing Russian troops
By Adam Schreck and Cara Anna
Then- Minister of Finance Yair Lapid at the name reading ceremony for victims of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day at the Knesset, April 8, 2013. (GPO)
January 25, 2022, 10:09 pm
Lapid to speak at Mauthausen concentration camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Foreign minister set to fly to Austria for Thursday ceremony alongside Austrian chancellor and other top officials; will also deliver address at Vienna’s new Shoah memorial
By Lazar Berman
A demonstrator holds a mock-up of a gallows as he take part in a rally held by Austria's far-right Freedom Party FPOe against the measures taken to curb the coronavirus pandemic, at Maria Theresien Platz square in Vienna, Austria on November 20, 2021 (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 22, 2021, 8:09 am
As Austria starts lockdown, minister says protests include far-right, neo-Nazis
Interior minister warns country’s anti-coronavirus protest scene is radicalizing.; just under 66% of population fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in Western Europe
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS
Illustrative: Police officers stand outside an apartment building during a search in Osnabrueck, Germany, November 6, 2020. (Festim Beqiri/TV7News/dpa via AP)
December 12, 2020, 8:58 pm
Joint Austrian-German police operation targets neo-Nazis, seizes arms
Austria’s interior minister says the weapons captured during raids were to be used to ‘establish a far-right network’ in Germany
By AFP
A police officer with mask standing behind a barrier in downtown Vienna, Austria, October 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
November 9, 2020, 1:30 pm
Austrian police raid suspects in Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood terror probe
Prosecutors investigate over 70 people and several groups suspected of involvement in forming terrorist association, financing terror, money laundering; no link to Vienna attack
By Jastinder KHERA
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