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    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Rene Benko
      Property mogul René Benko cleared in bribery case

      High-profile proceeding alleged scheme to corrupt politician responsible for Vienna planning permissions

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      News in-depthAustria
      Energy crisis and inflation help push Austrians towards far right

      Resurgent Freedom party leads polls as anger among voters grows and key regional election looms

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Swiss National Bank
      Swiss central bank lifts interest rate by 50 basis points

      Bank warns of significant ‘macroeconomic uncertainties’ next year

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      News in-depthEU defence
      Poorly equipped German army awaits financial reinforcement from Berlin

      Barely any of extra €100bn announced by Olaf Scholz in February has been spent due to bureaucratic hurdles

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportInvesting in Austria
      Austria’s ‘hidden’ tech champions at the core of global chipmaking

      Two companies produce the lion’s share of high-tech tools crucial to make chips

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportInvesting in Austria
      Austria faces energy crisis from a position of strength

      Hopes for growth remain despite dependence on Russian gas and focus to the east

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportInvesting in Austria
      The Austrian start-up giving old technology a new beginning

      Refurbed’s co-founder on the online marketplace’s growth and start-ups in Austria

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportInvesting in Austria
      Agriculture chief: the Danube could be a model of innovation

      Reinhard Wolf, CEO of Austria’s Raiffeisen Ware, argues that new thinking is needed

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      ‘Ordinary Germans are paying’: anti-war protests stretch across central Europe

      Demonstrations bring together unlikely hardline bedfellows from left and right over impact of Ukraine conflict

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian air defence may have fired missile that killed 2 in Poland

      Intelligence shared at G20 summit indicates weapon was intercepting incoming Russian projectile

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Inside BusinessRene Benko
      Real estate mogul René Benko faces a more critical spotlight

      The filing of Germany’s biggest department store chain for bankruptcy protections intensifies scrutiny of the Austrian developer

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Money laundering
      German police raid UBS over Usmanov money laundering probe

      Russian businessman rejects allegations as bank’s Frankfurt and Munich branches are searched

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      German economy
      Germany set to block Chinese chip deal

      Economy minister also seeks to tighten rules on investment in critical sectors

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      World
      Austrian political crisis grows as drama unfolds at corruption hearing

      Thomas Schmid, a key ally of former chancellor forced to resign over the scandal, refuses to answer MPs’ questions

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Retail sector
      Germany’s biggest department store files for bankruptcy protection again

      Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof owner René Benko, who also co-owns UK retailer Selfridges, under pressure to save mid-market chain

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Swiss veto of weapons re-exports to Ukraine angers Germany

      Bern politicians say transfer of ammunition to Kyiv would jeopardise nation’s neutrality

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Germany
      German president Steinmeier admits ‘bitter failure’ of policy on Russia

      Ceremonial head of state’s mea culpa reflects the shock Putin’s war on Ukraine has had on the ‘old ways of thinking’

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      German politics
      Germany unveils plans to legalise cannabis

      Move would create the world’s largest regulated national market for the drug

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Germany
      Germany allows Chinese shipping group a stake in its biggest seaport

      Green light for Cosco in Hamburg divides lawmakers and draws criticism from Brussels

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Inside the world’s most expensive addiction clinic

      The Kusnacht Practice treats royals, billionaires and celebrities struggling with mental health problems

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      News in-depthRene Benko
      René Benko: Austrian property billionaire thrust into the limelight

      The sense of invulnerability cloaking one of Europe’s most politically connected billionaires is punctured

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU leaders expected to clash over gas price caps Premium content

      First day of summit set to run over because of diverging positions on energy

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Property sector
      Police raid Austrian HQ of Selfridges owner Signa

      Action linked to investigation by state prosecutor into corruption at top of government

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Austria
      Austrian corruption probe linked to former chancellor Kurz expands

      Prosecutor’s office says key lieutenant to country’s one-time leader turns crown witness

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      Austria
      Van der Bellen set to remain Austria’s president

      Exit polls signal that 78-year old incumbent has secured victory in the first round

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