conservative political party in Austria
Stocker: “The Future Fund Will Be Implemented” — Press Conference on the Federal Government’s Working Meeting
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Michael Sachs had a plan. The former chief of staff to ex-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) and vice president of the Federal Administrative Court wanted to ... Show more
Maximilian Peter is the ÖVP's mayoral candidate in St. Andrä: The 28-year-old lawyer and art historian was nominated by the St. Andrä People's ...
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Military service: Tanner wants to bring forward the extension of civilian service
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Mourning the Loss of Former Health Secretary Andrea Kdolsky: Former Health Minister Andrea Kdolsky has died at the age of 63. The APA learned this from people ...
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Key FactsAndrea Kdolsky dies at 63, according to her circle
Sep 30, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: diepresse.com
- The APA learned from people close to her that Kdolsky had died at the age of 63.
- She received her cancer diagnosis two years ago and repeatedly discussed her battle with the disease publicly.
- In 2007, she joined Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer’s cabinet for the ÖVP and handled health and family affairs.
- In 2026, she was still working on behalf of Burgenland to plan a center for people with cancer.
ÖVP reshuffles government team: Provincial Councillor Achleitner resigns - | Livestream - | Upper Austria
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Opinion"Herbert Kickl is coming anyway" is not a political concept: In the ÖVP, some want to capitulate, hand over the chancellorship to the FPÖ in a swift transition - ...
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"I'm only 40": Sebastian Kurz keeps the back door open to politics: After former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has consistently denied any ambitions to ...
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Andreas Oberländer is the new ÖVP deputy mayor of Preitenegg: He succeeds Johann Penz (ÖVP), who announced his resignation as deputy mayor and municipal council ...
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Vacant Health Insurance Positions: Why Karl Nehammer Still Deserves Thanks: With his failed activism, the former Chancellor has impressively demonstrated that ...
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200 researchers outraged by ÖVP science spokesperson Taschner, who wants to cancel postcolonial studies
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With an eye on the 2027 state elections, Governor Anton Mattle (ÖVP) speaks about the race for first place. ➡️ Mattle issues a challenge: "I aim to be number one again" | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online To the article: |~1~|
Austrian Armed Forces admit: 13 soldiers also participated in shooting event with Rendi-Wagner effigy
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State party leader Anton Mattle wants to further distance "his" People's Party (VP) from the federal People's Party ➡️ Mattle is shaking up the Tyrolean People's Party: Federal party will only be the second choice in the future | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online To the article: Mattle is shaking up the Tyrolean People's Party: Federal party will only be the second choice in the future | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online
A special evening for Karl Wilfing: At the district ÖVP's autumn reception in Staatz, the State Parliament President was the center of attention after ... Show more
Media funding: The tabloids don't always have to win: Outgoing Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler pushed through his media package without delivery subsidies for ...
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Internal calculation: Reform “saves” Styria 300 police officers: Neues Dienstzeitmodell kürzt laut einem Papier das Arbeitsvolumen der steirischen Exekutive um ...
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Paid articlePaywall Unease among the other parties, then Herbert Kickl launches into his tirade. The government is the "most expensive, bloated, incompetent ... Show more
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Stocker plays steady: The Chancellor struggles for the coalition: The SPÖ crisis is shaking the entire government. Now the future of the ÖVP is also at stake - | ...
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Paid articlePaywallOpinionÖVP-Graf to Marterbauer: Red "economic competence" means red figures.: Finance Minister Marterbauer claims economic expertise for the SPÖ. ÖVP economic ...
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Is the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), with its penchant for combustion engines, partly responsible for the fact that high oil and gas prices are still ... Show more
Hattmannsdorfer: | "I am against banning people in the Mühlviertel from using their combustion engines"
Hattmannsdorfer: | "I am against banning people in the Mühlviertel from using their combustion engines"
Karner: | "Improvements to police duty model possible": VIENNA. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) faced numerous questions in the National Council on ...
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Deputy Governor Khom counters her "Mozartkugel-Gate" on ORF with a bite: Welcome to Austria presents Styrian Deputy Governor Manuela Khom as a smacking "sweet ...
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Paid articlePaywallNeos vs. ÖVP: Coalition was on the brink because of conscription: With the SPÖ in a process of self-discovery, the work of the government depends more heavily on ...
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Paid articlePaywallThe Coalition's "Botch" on the Parcel Tax: The Neos want to abolish the parcel tax again, the ÖVP is at least showing openness. They knew what they were ...
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Eva-Maria Holzleitner: One who wasn't actually available: Eva-Maria Holzleitner has declined a leadership role before. Now, however, as a former supporter of ...
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Journalist arrested in Steyr: Was this really correct?: STEYR. Interior Minister Karner stands behind the Steyr police, but a video published online paints a ...
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Paid articlePaywall After Vorarlberg's Governor Markus Wallner, Mattle is now also openly advocating for it. ➡️ Criminal responsibility from age 12: Now Governor Mattle is also in favor | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online To the article: |~1~|
This man has had quite a career. University studies, several years in the private sector abroad. Then the move into politics: Manuel Zahrer first became a ... Show more
How well is Austria prepared for the current security policy challenges? Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) will discuss this on Sunday in the ORF "Press ... Show more
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Press conference - | tv.ORF.at
"For us, the government program stands, and we intend to continue implementing it consistently" - | Minutes after Andreas Babler announced his gradual ... Show more
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Upper Austrian News | OÖN
This is how FPÖ leader Markus Abwerzger wants to bring about the change of power in Tyrol
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"Sleepy Stocker": Ryanair withdraws more aircraft from Vienna: Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary is making good on his threats and reducing the budget ...
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According to a STANDARD poll, the FPÖ would currently receive 38 percent of the vote, the ÖVP 20 percent, the SPÖ 16 percent, and the Neos eight percent. Neuwahlen nur bei blauen Wählern beliebt, FPÖ kratzt an der 40-Prozent-Marke
Ask your questions to Governor Anton Mattle: ➡️ Readers have their say: What questions would you like to ask Tyrol's Governor Anton Mattle? | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online To the article: |~1~|
Fruitless appeal: Planned cemetery on the Loreto meadow has been approved: St. Andrä's deputy mayor, Maximilian Peter (ÖVP), vehemently opposed the rezoning ...
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Fresh push for Vienna shops to stay open later on Saturday: The ÖVP in Vienna has called for longer Saturday opening hours and flexible Sunday opening at stores ...
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Fernpass criticism, high prices, radicalization: Governor Mattle answered questions from TT readers
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Paid articlePaywall Gmunden's municipal council clears the way for the new lake district: GMUNDEN. The town hall makes concessions to investors regarding the building rights ...
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Paid articlePaywall FPÖ and ÖVP accidentally voted against their own motion in Styria - | Revote apparently unlawful
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40 percent of Vienna's compulsory schools have no heat protection: According to the city's response to an inquiry, 173 out of 408 schools have no ...
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OpinionMainstream parties like the SPÖ and the ÖVP are currently destroying themselves across Europe
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Lucrative PR contracts from the Chamber of Commerce for young Karas: He belonged to Walter Ruck's inner circle, heads the Young Entrepreneurs Vienna and ...
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JVP leader Sebastian Stark confirmed with 95.5 percent: At the 30th regular state convention of the JVP Lower Austria in Litschau, the new executive committee ...
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Tyrolean ÖVP official causes a stir with a racist remark at Oktoberfest: In a video, the politician and businessman tells a man that he is not at home in Germany ...
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Wolf shooting in Arzl in the Pitztal Valley:: | "Consider the situation in a differentiated manner..." - | Imst
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Three-party coalition: When new elections are truly imminent: The reports of the imminent demise of the three-party coalition are exaggerated ...
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Paid articlePaywall A former ÖVP official and farmer confirmed his resignation from the party to the broadcaster BR24. The reason was that the local politician had racially ... Show more
Tiroler ÖVP-Politiker tritt nach rassistischem Sager auf Oktoberfest zurück
Tiroler ÖVP-Politiker tritt nach rassistischem Sager auf Oktoberfest zurück
“Nothing happened in the ÖVP”: Stocker doesn't want to touch Babler: The Chancellor is trying to downplay the situation. Political scientist Thomas Hofer ...
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Mikl-Leitner on SPÖ internal matters: "Stagnation is out of the question": Nach der Neuaufstellung der SPÖ-Parteispitze sieht Niederösterreichs Landeshauptfrau ...
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Why Edtstadler and Kurz suddenly have to appear before the Pilnacek inquiry committee
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Paid articlePaywallOne is already a chancellor candidate, the other could become one: SPÖ Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer is currently replacing his party leader ...
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Paid articlePaywall Holzleitner: "We are committed to the government program": The government is stable, emphasizes Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr.
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OpinionÖVP scuttled Babler's media package: Has the tabloid won?: The latest orchestrated leadership debate in the SPÖ is damaging the Social Democrats - | and ...
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Litschau: Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker visited metal foundry - | Gmünd: The Schösswender metal foundry in Litschau offered a behind-the-scenes look as ...
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EU considers suspending asylum law: A foundation to build on: The migration pact is only a few months old, but the EU interior ministers want to tighten it ...
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UN General Debate: Van der Bellen accuses Israel of war crimes: The Federal President, Federal Chancellor Stocker and Foreign Minister Meinl-Reisinger hope for ...
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Obdach wind farm: Referendum could bring the decision: The FPÖ distances itself from the planned project on the Weißensteinberg. The ÖVP mayor is in favor ...
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Paid articlePaywall Pilnacek Report: "Connection to the ÖVP, Rejection of the WKStA": A report by the Public Prosecutor's Office for Corruption was the subject of the ...
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Austrian Armed Forces: Vodosek takes over as new Chief of the General Staff: Rudolf Striedinger was simultaneously retired.
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Germans look "white": Munich police investigate racism scandal at Oktoberfest: A visit to Oktoberfest will likely cost a Tyrolean ÖVP local politician his ...
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After cardiac arrest: Wilfing back in the state parliament: Following his medical emergency during a bike ride a few weeks ago, State Parliament President Karl ...
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Wilfing: “My sisters are true guardian angels”: Ohne das rasche Handeln seiner beiden Schwestern wäre vieles anders gekommen. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus der Reha ...
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Racism scandal at Oktoberfest - | ÖVP politician resigns: An Austrian politician from the ÖVP (Austrian People's Party) racially insulted a Black person at ...
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Following his derogatory and racist remarks at the Oktoberfest, the Tyrolean ÖVP official in question has apologized. Now the party is also reacting ➡️ Young Tyrolean ÖVP official causes racism scandal at Oktoberfest | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online ... Show more
New fuel price cap to bring relief of 12 cents per liter: VIENNA. The new fuel price cap is expected to bring relief of around 12 cents per liter of fuel ...
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Key FactsFuel-price brake intended to lower prices in October and November
Sep 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nachrichten.at
- The relief is planned for October and November and is expected to exceed 12 cents per litre.
- The mineral-oil tax is planned to fall by 6.7 cents per litre, bringing diesel to the EU minimum.
- A margin reduction of 3.5 cents per litre is also planned, thereby lowering value-added tax.
- The Federal Chancellery cited combating inflation; Christian Stocker pointed to the Middle East escalation and so-called Trumpflation.
The escalation in the Middle East and the associated Trumpflation have once again driven a clear rise in fuel prices. We are addressing this development with the new fuel-price brake, through which prices at the pumps will fall.— Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) said in a press release
Key FactsEU plans multiple “Return Hubs” after Munich migration meeting
Sep 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- The Munich meeting drew 18 interior ministers from European countries on Saturday; Spain was absent.
- Brunner reported 210 million registrations in Europe’s entry-exit system; 70,000 entries were denied, including 2,000 over security threats.
- Frontex is intended to reach and intervene at any border incident within 24 hours.
- Several “Return Hubs” are planned across multiple countries, with Dobrindt promising more specific information by December.
These waves are not caused by a humanitarian emergency, but they are driven by misinformation.— Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, at the Munich Migration Meeting in Munich; he explained that the migration waves are driven by misinformation rather than humanitarian emergencies.
Continue governing or new elections? What Gerhard Zeiler could learn from Christian Kern or Sebastian Kurz as the new party leader
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SPÖ wants a 55 percent top tax rate starting at €500,000: The additional money is intended to finance an increase in the child tax credit ...
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Paid articlePaywall Pilnacek's "frequent contact" with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and his "horror" at Grasser's guilty verdict
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Gerhard Zeiler's call for a millionaire's tax is diametrically opposed to the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) line, and he once opposed the SPÖ holding ... Show more
Kurs von Gerhard Zeiler: Wo steht der Millionär, der SPÖ-Chef werden möchte, inhaltlich?
Kurs von Gerhard Zeiler: Wo steht der Millionär, der SPÖ-Chef werden möchte, inhaltlich?
Key FactsBabler seeks to retain SPÖ leadership after Zeiler’s move
Sep 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: kleinezeitung.at
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: kleinezeitung.at
- Babler said Zeiler’s move was no reason for him to withdraw from party leadership.
- He cited his March reelection and a clear mandate received six months earlier.
- Regarding a possible Zeiler candidacy, Babler cited existing rules and said it currently amounted only to rumors.
- Under the statutes, ten percent—around 13,000 members—can trigger a direct election; the board may convene a special party congress.
I believe that in the near future it will become clear that the public pressure within the party will be so strong that even the party chairman will see that it is better to step down.— Peter Pelinka, longtime journalist who advises Zeiler, told Ö1.
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