61. Austrian austrian government passed government decision and action plan on Today,Tuesday, the austrian government passed a decision on the official government http://www.foeeurope.org/press/austrian.htm

Die Österreichische Umweltschutzorganisation PRESS-INFORMATION Austrian government passed government decision and action plan on EU-Enlargement and nuclear power plants. GLOBAL 2000: "Gives new focus to the EU-Enlargement. EURATOM reform possible now through common European effort." Vienna, Brussels (6 th July 1999) Today, Tuesday, the Austrian government passed a decision on the official government position and an „action plan" concerning EU-Enlargement and nuclear power plants (NPPs). This plan was reached through two consultations between the Austrian government, three of the Austrian governors of federal states, GLOBAL 2000 (FoE Austria) and other environmental organisations. „This action plan, which was passed today, gives a new focus to the EU-Enlargement process. It becomes possible now that the spotlight will be on the NPPs in Eastern Europe.", says Corine Veithen, Anti-Nuclear-Campaigner of GLOBAL 2000, „We are confident that for the first time all the member states of the EU would be united in a common effort for nuclear-phase-out." The Austrian government’s position on the NPPs under construction, for example the NPP Temelin in the Czech Republic, is clear-cut. The going-on-the-grid of Temelin will be a severe obstacle for the Czech EU-accession if Temelin does not meet the state-of-the-art of the Union. As to the high-risk-reactors, the Slovakian NPP Bohunice, the NPP Ignalina in Lithuania and Kosloduy in Bulgaria and with regard to the summit of the EU-governments in Helsinki the Austrian government will demand the development of plans for

62. Austrian Business Leads austrian government Institutions on the web Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,Environment and Water Economy Ministry of Commercial Affairs and Labor http://www.austriantradeus.org/rumpf.cfm?menue_state=8&t=links_government.cfm

63. Free.netbase.org We urge the austrian government to acknowledge Public Netbase as a pioneer in the As such, it is the responsibility and duty of the austrian government, http://free.netbase.org/english/texts/openletter/

open letter support t0 documentation press releases news clips about Public Netbase t0 political Statement free.netbase.org ~open letter Open Letter to the Austrian Public Open Letter to the Austrian Public September 2000 ::Right Wing Government Targets Public Netbase The individuals, initiatives, and organizations listed below hereby demand that Public Netbase, the Viennese Center for New Media, should neither be forcibly closed, nor should it be moved from its current location in the Museumsquartier. We urge the Austrian government to acknowledge Public Netbase as a pioneer in the field of new media arts and culture by enabling the organization to continue its work in the Museumsquartier. Unfortunately, since the change in government, Public Netbase has become the target of unreasonable accusations, hidden machinations, and unwarranted attacks. The withdrawal of all federal funding, the government's effort to stop support on the regional level, and the unsuccessful but extensive investigation into alleged financial misappropriations, are clearly being enacted as a means of silencing critical voices in Austrian civil society. We find this situation to be not only shocking but also deeply distressing, considering the contributions Public Netbase has made to the local community and to the field of new media arts.

64. Austrian Government Approves E-government Bill The Austrian Council of Ministers approved on 28/10/2003 an egovernment billdesigned to provide a clear and solid legal basis for the country’s http://egov.alentejodigital.pt/Austria/Austrian_Government_approves_e.htm

Austrian Government approves e-government bill eGovernment News – 29 October 2003 – Austria – Legal aspects The Austrian Council of Ministers approved on 28/10/2003 an e-government bill designed to provide a clear and solid legal basis for the country’s e-government programme and initiatives. The bill, prepared by the Chancellery and its Chief Information Office in coordination with regional and local authorities as well as other administrative bodies, had first been presented last July and submitted to public consultation. The bill is intended to cover all electronic communications, procedures and proceedings with all layers of government. A substantial part of the text covers the legal and technical aspects of back office processes and infrastructure re-organisation for electronic data flow, as well as the issue of electronic identification for e-government services. Among other things, the proposed bill sets the legal basis for the use of the electronic ID card (called “Citizen Card” – Bürgerkarte – in Austria). The use of bank cards and of Citizen Card functions embedded in mobile phones is also foreseen.

65. GreenBudgetNews 11 - Austria Shifts Away From Environmentally Road Traffic The austrian government has decided to abandon proposals for a toll on cars usingthe country s motorways as a means of cutting carbon dioxide (CO 2) http://www.foes.de/GBNnews11/3artikel6.html

GREEN BUDGET GERMANY (GBG) Austria shifts away from environmentally road traffic [Jacqueline Cottrell, Green Budget Germany, 17 Feb 05 The Austrian government has decided to abandon proposals for a toll on cars using the country's motorways as a means of cutting carbon dioxide (CO These two moves seem very out of character for a country in which successive governments have repeatedly pushed aggressive measures to limit transport pollution and speed limits on their Alpine motorways and tunnels. Government reasoning The Austrian Environment Ministry commissioned a study from the University of Graz to investigate the potential environmental and economic impacts of motorway tolls in 2004. This study revealed that CO emissions could be cut by between 570,000 and 1.58m tonnes and traffic volume by between 5.1 percent and 14.3 percent. This interpretation seems questionable, however. The government failed to take the less direct economic benefits of reducing traffic volumes and GHG emissions into account in its reasoning. Lower traffic levels mean lower costs for road repair and maintenance and reduced health costs as a result of both fewer accidents and a fall in the incidence of respiratory illness. Representatives from the University of Graz Increasing speed limits would also increase emissions, as cars travelling at faster speeds emit far more GHGs. The move casts the sincerity of

66. Anschluss The law enacted by the austrian government and accepted by the German - states Austria, like Bavaria, will retain her own Government, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWanschluss.htm

Anschluss Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the First World War , the majority of the German speaking people in Austria wanted to unite with the new German Republic. However, this was forbidden by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles Demands for the union (Anschluss) of Austria and Germany increased after Adolf Hitler became German Chancellor. In February, 1938, Hitler invited Kurt von Schuschnigg , the Austrian Chancellor, to meet him at Berchtesgarden. Hitler demanded concessions for the Austrian Nazi Party. Schuschnigg refused and after resigning was replaced by Arthur Seyss-Inquart , the leader of the Austrian Nazi Party. On 13th March, Seyss-Inquart invited the German Army to occupy Austria and proclaimed union with Germany Austria was now renamed Ostmark and was placed under the leadership of Arthur Seyss-Inquart . The Austrian born Ernst Kaltenbrunner was named Minister of State and head of the Schutz Staffeinel (SS) Kurt von Schuschnigg , radio broadcast (11th March, 1938) This day has placed us in a tragic and decisive situation. I have to give my Austrian fellow countrymen the details of the events of today.

67. Online NewsHour: Austria Vs. Europe -- February 3, 2000 The austrian government is poised to include the farright Freedom Party, despiteprotests from some citizens and threats of isolation from some allies. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june00/austria_2-3.html

AUSTRIA VS. EUROPE February 3, 2000 The Austrian government is poised to include the far-right Freedom Party, despite protests from some citizens and threats of isolation from some allies. Following a background report, Austrian and Portuguese diplomats discuss the situation. Portugal currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. Dec. 20, 1999: Analysis of the Russian parlimentary elections. Nov. 2, 1999: NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson talks about European security issues. Nov. 9, 1999: Berlin, 10 years after the Wall came down Jan. 1, 1999: Banking on the euro Browse the NewsHour's coverage of Europe Austrian Freedom Party BBC Profile: Joerg Haider Returns from Austria's Oct. 3, 1999, elections ... Republic of Austria MARGARET WARNER: For more, we turn to Peter Moser, Austria's ambassador to the United States; and Joao Rocha Paris, Portugal's ambassador to the United States. Portugal currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. Ambassador Moser, despite all these warnings from your European partners not to go down this path, Austria has done so. Why?

68. Austria Apart from the period 196683, post-war governments in Austria have always The austrian government has in general strongly supported the process of EU http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/austria/aboutaus-en.asp

Français Contact Us Help Search ... News from Canada About Austria Overview Political Structure Current Political Situation Foreign Policy ... Useful Links Overview Austria lies at the heart of Europe, and has historically been an important commercial and cultural crossroads. The fall of the Warsaw Pact and the subsequent changes in Europe mean it has once again been able to work and trade with all its neighbours. Just over eight million people occupy nearly 84,000 square kilometers, which range from the Alps in the west to the Pannonian plain on Austria's eastern border. Vienna, the capital, is home to 1.5 million people, nearly one-fifth of the population. Though 98% German-speaking, Austria's Habsburgian past is reflected in its six national minority groups (groups who have been resident in Austria for more than three generations) - Slovenes, Croats, Czechs, Poles, Hungarians and Roma. 12.5% of Austrian residents were born outside Austria; the largest immigrant groups are from the former Yugoslavia and Turkey. Post-war stability in neutral Austria was maintained by a system of social partnership, with government, employers and trade unions working in a consensual way. Governments from 1945 to the present day have been for the most part coalitions between the two dominant political parties, the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), though the last two governments have been coalitions between the ÖVP and the populist right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ). Austria also has an active Green Party. However, the changes in Europe and Austria's own entry into the European Union have changed how the country functions, both domestically and on the world stage. State restructuring, essential to the health of the economy, has altered how social partners work together.

69. First World War.com - Primary Documents - British Reaction To Austria's Ultimatu Very reluctantly, and against their wish, the austrian government were As the British Government knew, the austrian government had for many years http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/britishreaction.htm

Primary Documents: British Reaction to Austria's Ultimatum, 27 July 1914 Updated - Saturday, 24 May, 2003 Reproduced below is the text of the reaction of Sir Edward Grey , British Foreign Secretary, to news that the Austro-Hungarian government regarded Serbia's reply to their ultimatum of 23 July 1914 unsatisfactory. Grey stated to Count Mensdorff - the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Britain - that he felt Serbia's response sufficient and was consequently disappointed at Austria-Hungary's apparent lack of patience in seeking a diplomatic solution. The day following Grey's statement - on 28 July 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia Official Statement by Sir Edward Grey British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1914 Foreign Office, July 27, 1914 Count Mensdorff told me by instruction to-day that the Serbian Government had not accepted the demands which the Austrian Government were obliged to address to them in order to secure permanently the most vital Austrian interests. Serbia showed that she did not intend to abandon her subversive aims, tending towards continuous disorder in the Austrian frontier territories and their final disruption from the Austrian Monarchy. Very reluctantly, and against their wish, the Austrian Government were compelled to take more severe measures to enforce a fundamental change of the attitude of enmity pursued up to now by Serbia.

70. Digital Media Europe News - Austrian Government To Sell Stake In Daily News Service on the Digital Media sector across Europe. http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=4753

71. Media Release: NEW AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT: FREEDOM PARTY AS COALITION PARTNER Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia, Media Release. http://www.dfat.gov.au/media/releases/foreign/2000/fa008_2000.html

Home Speeches Media Releases Transcripts ... Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade MEDIA RELEASE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS - ALEXANDER DOWNER - 6 February 2000 NEW AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT: FREEDOM PARTY AS COALITION PARTNER The Australian Government understands and shares the concern expressed by Austria's EU partners and other governments about the entry of Joerg Haider's Freedom Party into the Austrian Government. Mr Haider has in the past made statements expressing sympathy for the Nazi era. He has since recanted these views but other recent statements by the Freedom Party have also brought into question the party's democratic orientation and commitment to human rights. It is for the Austrian people to decide their own government. However, I am concerned that Austrian democracy could be put at risk if extremist views expressed in the past were ever put into practice. Australia is a country which took a strong stand against the Nazis, fought alongside our anti-Nazi allies in World War II and is home to many victims of the Holocaust. The formation of a government which includes a party and a prominent public figure linked with the Nazi era and its politics of hate is therefore likely to be received with considerable discomfort in Australia.

72. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT ON AUSTRIAN FUND FOR FORMER FORCED AND SLAVE LABORERS The United States and austrian governments would inevitably be drawn into For all of the above reasons, and because the austrian government asked the http://www.usembassy.at/en/policy/albr.htm

Consular and Visa Information Travel to the U.S. Study in the U.S. ... Contact Us MADELEINE ALBRIGHT ON AUSTRIAN FUND FOR FORMER FORCED AND SLAVE LABORERS January 19, 2001 Secretary of State Madeleine Albright January 19 issued a statement on the government of Austria's "Reconciliation, Peace and Cooperation" fund, which will provide compensation payments to more than 100,000 former forced and slave laborers who were forced during the Nazi regime to work under inhumane conditions. "This statement explains why the establishment of the Fund is in the foreign policy interests of the United States and why it would be in the foreign policy interests of the United States for the Fund to be the exclusive forum and remedy for the resolution of all claims asserted against Austria and/or Austrian companies involving or related to the use of slave or forced labor during the Nazi era or World War II, as well as any other claims covered by the Fund," Albright's statement said. Following is the text of her statement: (begin text) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman January 19, 2001

73. SIGNING OF AUSTRIAN LABOR AGREEMENT REMARKS OF STUART E. EIZENSTAT The austrian government and Austrian companies have courageously come to terms with I commend the austrian government, under the inspired leadership of http://www.usembassy.at/en/policy/rest2.htm

Consular and Visa Information Travel to the U.S. Study in the U.S. ... Contact Us SIGNING OF AUSTRIAN LABOR AGREEMENT REMARKS OF STUART E. EIZENSTAT Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Holocaust Issues Vienna, Austria October 24, 2000 Mr. Chancellor, Madame Vice-Chancellor Riess-Passer, Leaders from the Austrian Parliament including President Dr. Heinz Fischer, Dr. Van der Bellen, Dr. Kostelka, Dr. Kessler representing the private sector, Ambassador Winkler and Excellencies from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine as well. The Austrian Government and Austrian companies have courageously come to terms with injuries to laborers they caused and that have remained largely unaddressed for 55 years. In so doing, they are providing a measure of justice, however belatedly and albeit for a small fraction of victims who survived, but justice nevertheless for the elderly survivors of slave and forced labor in the territory of present-day Austria. I commend the Austrian Government, under the inspired leadership of Chancellor Schüssel and my wonderful colleague, Maria Schaumayer a great Austrian patriot for moving swiftly to draft the legislation establishing the Austrian Reconciliation Fund and to sign the labor agreement and Joint Statement today. This will lead to the establishment of the Austrian Reconciliation Fund, which will provide some justice to around 150,000 laborers, the overwhelming majority non-Jews from Central Europe and elsewhere, even those who worked for Austrian companies during World War II which are now defunct. I also want to commend the Austrian government for ensuring that other victims who suffered in labor camps, but who may not have performed labor, also receive some justice. In particular, I want to cite the specific inclusion of certain victims:

74. ESIB European Student LINK 3/2004 - ÖH Under Threat and the motion was subsequently supported by the austrian government. the party in the current austrian government, who is in opposition in ÖH http://www.esib.org/newsletter/link/2004-03/oeh.php

The European Student Magazine of ESIB - Number 3/December 2004 - Issue 28 since 1996 News Austrian NUS under threat Austrian students on the march. By Thomas Nilsson A "coup". A "farce". And a threat of expelling ÖH from ESIB. That's the story so far in Austria, where the parliament recently passed a new law on national student representation. A "coup" A "farce" Johan Almqvist and the president of Austria Heinz Fischer. ESIB reactions "As a coincidence, this change will also benefit the party in the current Austrian government, who is in opposition in ÖH"

75. Untitled Document In 1991 the required legislation was enacted by the austrian government andAndreas Maislinger began organizing what became known as the Gedenkdienst http://www.gedenkdienst.org/

76. Austrian Government Honors U Of M Faculty And Retired Staffer: News Releases: UM austrian government Honors U of M Faculty and Retired Staffer All have beenvital figures in the university’s Center for Austrian Studies, http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=1895&from=umnnews

77. Austrian Government Loan austrian government Loan Previous Screen. GBP500 Bond. Only 1800 bonds ever issued . Ref, Type, Price £, Purchase. AT02, austrian government Loan, 150.00 http://www.antiquarypartnership.com/AT02.htm

Austrian Government Loan Previous Screen GBP500 Bond. Only 1,800 bonds ever issued. Dated 1930. With coupons attached. Rare document. Printed by Waterlow. One only. Order by credit card. Instructions to order: If you wish to pay via credit card, please select the PayPal icon and follow on screen instructions for a secure payment screen. Should you wish to pay by other means, please complete the form below or send an email to info@antiquarypartnership.com Ref Type Price £ Purchase Austrian Government Loan Order by other method. Ref Type Price £ Select Austrian Government Loan Payment will be made by Cash Cheque Your details. Name Address City Postcode Country Email Questions/comments:

78. Classical Music - Andante - Austrian Government Extends Ioan Holender's Contract Classical music magazine from Andante an extensive online reference forprofessional musicians and dedicated amateurs. http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=22401&highlight=1&highlightterms=&

79. European Federation Of Journalists Journalists Condemn austrian government Over Threat To Jail Investigative Reporters.17/05/2001 Amidst growing concern over media developments in Austria, http://www.ifj-europe.org/default.asp?index=1093&Language=EN

80. Austrian American Educational Commission - Fulbright Comission Since 1985, the austrian government has also directly funded the program.The AustrianAmerican Educational Commission currently funds its program using the http://www.fulbright.at/about/english_program.php

Deutsch Englisch Partners Participants ... Fulbright Students, Graduates, Young Teachers Fulbright Grants for US Scholars Kurzinformation High School Visa ... StudentInnen, AbsolventInnen, LehrerInnen WissenschaftlerInnen Institutionen Fulbright Stipendien U.S. - EU Fulbright Programm ... Other Grants The Austrian Fulbright Program in brief The program was initially proposed and sponsored by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas) in 1946. The legislation, best known as the Fulbright Act , authorized the Secretary of State to use proceeds from the sale of surplus war property outside the United States after the Second World War to finance exchanges of students, teachers, and professors. According to the official text of the Fulbright Act, the purpose of the Program is "to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the peoples of other nations." The new Act made available an unprecedented amount of funding for exchange programs and stipulated that awards be granted to foreigners to teach or study in the U.S.A. as well as to U.S. citizens to teach and study abroad. It also introduced a new concept for exchange agreements by providing for program administration based on binational commissions. In 1961, various pieces of legislation affecting educational exchange were consolidated into the

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 4     61-80 of 115    Back | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | Next 20