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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Werner Faymann

Presidential candidates Alexander Van der Bellen (left) and Norbert Hofer attend a television discussion after the second round of the Austrian President elections on May 22, 2016, at the Hofburg palace in Vienna. (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)
July 1, 2016, 2:08 pm
Austrian far-right gets presidential election defeat annulled
Constitutional Court orders do-over of May 22 runoff, in which independent candidate barely beat Freedom Party nominee
By Simon Sturdee
Right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer on May 20, 2016 (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)
May 21, 2016, 3:52 am
Far-right Austrian presidential hopeful accused of lying over Jerusalem terror incident
Norbert Hofer claims he saw a woman armed with grenades being shot at Temple Mount in 2014. Times of Israel and other reports on incident are very different
By AFP
President of Austria Heinz Fischer, right, entrusts Austria's interim Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner with government functions in Vienna, Austria, on May 9, 2016. (AFP/APA/GEORG HOCHMUTH)
May 10, 2016, 8:11 am
Austria seeks to regroup after far-right surge sparks shakeup
Center left ruling party considers joining forces with anti-migrant far-right after watching support erode at polls
By AFP
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann arriving for a press conference in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2016. (AFP/Dieter Nagl, File)
May 9, 2016, 3:47 pm
Austrian chancellor quits after far-right election triumph
Center-left pol Werner Faymann announces ‘resignation from all functions’ after Freedom Party sweeps first round of presidential voting
By AFP
Election campaign posters of presidential candidate Norbert Hofer from the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOE) is seen in Vienna, Austria on April 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR)
May 3, 2016, 12:28 am
Austria registers spike in far-right extremist crime
Government reports 1,156 offenses in 2015, up 54% from 2014; Jews, other minorities are main targets
By AP and AFP
Police stand in formation as they clash with protesters at a traditional May Day demonstration on May 1, 2016, in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA)
May 1, 2016, 9:44 pm
In France, Turkey, cops fire tear gas at May Day protesters
As many countries battle high unemployment, thousands across the globe mark annual celebration of worker’s rights
By Stuart Williams
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Austrian counterpart Werner Faymann shake hands following a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 15, 2015, after their meeting on the refugee crisis. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL)
September 15, 2015, 5:53 pm
Germany, Austria, Slovakia urge EU refugee summit
Angela Merkel says challenge of influx of asylum seekers can ‘only be resolved in a pan-European way’
By AFP
Migrants walk to a temporary shelter upon their arrival in Munich from Budapest on September 12, 2015. (Sven Hoppe/DPA/AFP)
September 12, 2015, 6:37 pm
Austrian leader says Hungary’s treatment of migrants evokes Nazis
Budapest takes hard line against refugees; increases number of soldiers building controversial border fence
By AFP
A migrant runs after he enters the territory of Hungary by crossing the temporary protection fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border as a Hungarian police car approaches at Roszke, southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, September 7, 2015. (Edvard Molnar/MTI via AP)
September 8, 2015, 7:26 pm
Migrants pour into Hungary as work on fence speeds up
Authorities rush to close border that has become the gateway to Europe for thousands of asylum-seekers
By Balint Szlanko and Pablo Gorondi
July 23, 2013, 4:51 pm
Ex-governator pumps up Austrians
Arnold Schwarzenegger helps sway his native country to back the EU Hezbollah declaration
By Gavriel Fiske
A United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeeper on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and Israel. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
July 17, 2013, 6:37 pm
Nepal moving peacekeepers from Lebanon to Golan
Some 130 troops to be redeployed to help fill the gap created by the departure of the Austrian contingent
By Asher Zeiger
May 30, 2013, 5:23 pm
‘Assad is lying about possessing S-300 missiles’
Military officials say Syria does not yet have its hands on Russia’s advanced anti-aircraft system, hasn’t even paid for most of the contract
By Stuart Winer
Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, in January (photo credit: AP/SANA)
May 30, 2013, 9:27 am
Assad: Russia already delivered S-300 batteries
Syrian president warns that he’ll retaliate if attacked; Israeli defense official vows to prevent system becoming operational
By Stuart Winer
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner, left, Resistance fighter Katharina Sasso and Chancellor Werner Faymann attend a March 12, 2013 unveiling of a plaque honoring Austrians killed by the Nazis. (Hans Punz/AP)
March 12, 2013, 3:18 pm
Austria marks annexation by Germany 75 years ago
Official expressions of remorse follow worrying new survey showing how Nazis are remembered
By George Jahn
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