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Austria's Strabag wins 1.6-bln-euro Polish highway contract — 30 June 2009, 23:51 CET

Austrian construction company Strabag is to build a stretch of the A2 east-west highway in Poland by 2012 for 1.5 billion euros, Strabag's consortium said on Tuesday.

Conservatives finish first in Austria EU vote: full results — 15 June 2009, 23:36 CET

Austria's ruling Social Democrats and conservatives will hold respectively four and six seats in the new EU parliament, official results showed Monday after the full tally of votes.

Austrian eurosceptic Martin scores big in European election — 08 June 2009, 09:34 CET

With an Austrian tabloid for support but no party machine behind him, Hans-Peter Martin will take a growing band of eurosceptics to the European Parliament.

Eurosceptic gains in Austria's EU vote: official — 07 June 2009, 23:59 CET

A eurosceptic campaigner made major gains in Austria's European Parliament election Sunday, while the ruling Social Democrats had their worst election debacle, official results showed.

Eurosceptic gains in Austria's EU vote: exit polls — 07 June 2009, 21:08 CET

A eurosceptic campaigner made major gains in Austria's European Parliament election Sunday while the ruling parties both suffered losses, according to exit polls published by national broadcaster ORF after polls closed.

Far-right set to make strong gains in Austria's EU vote — 04 June 2009, 12:21 CET

The far-right in Austria looks poised to match the strong gains it made in last year's general election when the nation goes to the polls on Sunday to elect its 17 members of the European Parliament.

Austrian leader calls for parliamentary president to resign — 27 May 2009, 22:55 CET

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann on Wednesday called for a senior parliamentary official to step down for causing a furore over comments he made about the head of the country's Jewish community.

Austria calls for tighter security on EU borders — 27 May 2009, 22:00 CET

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called Wednesday for beefed up security at the European Union's external borders to help stop rising crime in his country.

Archbishop raps Austrian far-right over Cross imagery — 21 May 2009, 16:33 CET

The Archbishop of Vienna criticised Austria's far-right Freedom Party for exploiting Christian imagery as a political tool Thursday, following a series of controversial election ads.

Austrian leader slams far-right's anti-Israel posters — 18 May 2009, 00:05 CET

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann condemned the far-right Freedom Party Sunday for using anti-Semitic rhetoric ahead of the European parliamentary elections in June.

Row over Austrian party's pro-Christian election slogan — 07 May 2009, 01:08 CET

Pro-Christian campaign posters of Austria's far-right Freedom Party for the upcoming European Parliament election on Wednesday provoked the wrath of religious communities in the country.

Austria welcomes Czech assembly's treaty ratification — 07 May 2009, 01:03 CET

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger on Wednesday welcomed the Czech senate's approval of the EU's reforming Lisbon Treaty, saying it was a "good decision for Europe."

EU alone decides Turkish membership: Austrian minister — 07 April 2009, 14:49 CET

It is for the European Union alone to decide whether to make Turkey a member of the bloc, Austria's foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after Barack Obama publicly backed Ankara's bid.

Austrian deficit ratio cut to 0.4 pct in 2008 — 01 April 2009, 16:49 CET

Austria cut its public deficit to just 0.4 percent of output last year, according to final figures published by the national statistics office, Statistik Austria, on Wednesday.

Relieved EU nations escape tax haven blacklist — 20 March 2009, 18:03 CET

The EU has reassured Luxembourg, Austria and Belgium that they will not figure on an international blacklist of tax havens to be drawn up at next month's key G20 summit.

Austria must get rid of banking secrecy: EU Commissioner — 26 February 2009, 18:44 CET

Europe's Commissioner for Taxation Laszlo Kovacs has blasted Austria's banking secrecy laws and urged Vienna to lift them or face consequences, in an interview with an Austrian magazine.

Austria prepared to remove EU doubts over airline sale — 12 February 2009, 00:04 CET

Austria says it will do everything possible to remove Commission doubts over the sale of Austrian Airlines to Germany's Lufthansa after the Commission announced an investigation into the deal.

Austria adopts 3.2-billion-euro tax cut package — 11 February 2009, 01:20 CET

Austria's coalition government of social democrats and conservatives adopted a new tax reform package Tuesday, introducing reductions totalling 3.2 billion euros (4.14 billion dollars).

Austrian far-right hopes to join EU parliamentary faction — 01 February 2009, 23:58 CET

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) announced Sunday it could soon join the European parliament's right-wing faction UEN, following a meeting of far-right parties in Vienna.

Austria cuts deficit in 2008, foresees increase — 28 January 2009, 17:16 CET

Austria trimmed its public deficit to just 0.3 percent of output last year, but the shortfall could widen sharply again in 2009 as a result of the global recession, the government said Wednesday.

Austria finalises 100-billion-euro bank bailout scheme — 20 October 2008, 21:49 CET

Austria's parliament approved a 100-billion-euro (134-billion-dollar) bailout plan on Monday to stabilise the country's banking sector in the fallout from the global financial crisis.

Austria and the euro — 04 February 2008, 00:29 CET

The euro is the single currency shared by 15 of the European Union's Member States - Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta - which together make up the eurozone. Around 317 million EU citizens now use the euro as their currency.

Austria country profile — 04 January 2008, 13:32 CET

Austria in the European Union

Austrian Business Agency — 07 August 2006, 16:43 CET

The Austrian Business Agency (ABA), a government-operated consulting firm, is the international investor's first business address in Austria.

National holidays in Austria — 05 August 2006, 14:09 CET

National holidays in Austria from world-calendar.com

Business Guides Austria (Deloitte) — 05 August 2006, 13:54 CET

Business guide from Deloitte featuring information on the Investment Climate, Labour Relations and Work Force, Business Regulations, Foreign Investment, Choice of Business Entity and Corporate Taxation.