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    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Austria
      Austria ‘grand corruption’ probe widens across media

      Ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz suspected of seeking positive political coverage

    • 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

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      Sebastian Kurz leaves politics to join tech investor Peter Thiel

      Former Austrian chancellor takes up global strategist role at California-based investment company

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Austria’s former chancellor Kurz quits politics after corruption probe

      Schallenberg resigns from post as conservatives seek new party leader

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      The crash landing of Austria’s chancellor

      China pressures McDonald’s to accept Beijing’s new digital currency

    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      The Big Read
      Rise and fall: the scandal that toppled Austria’s Sebastian Kurz

      State prosecutors are investigating an allegation that taxpayers’ money was used to fund the former chancellor’s rise to power

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Austria
      Austria’s government survives after opposition fails to oust Kurz’s successor

      Greens stand by coalition under new chancellor Alexander Schallenberg

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      News in-depthAustria
      Austria’s Kurz ‘triangulates’ to navigate corruption probe

      Vienna’s conservative leader puts Green coalition partners in a bind ahead of no-confidence vote on Tuesday

    • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
      Austria
      Kurz quits as Austrian chancellor over corruption probe

      Foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg is new leader as prosecutors investigate claims of misuse of public funds

    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
      News in-depthAustria
      Scandal threatens to end Kurz’s second term as Austrian chancellor

      Two years ago, Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on scandal-hit coalition partners. Now he is the suspect

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      Austria
      Austrian government under threat after Kurz cited in corruption probe

      Coalition partner questions ‘business as usual’ amid investigation into chancellor

    • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
      Austria
      Austria’s chancellor named as suspect in corruption probe

      Kurz hits back at ‘groundless accusations’ after police raids on Vienna ministries and offices

    • Monday, 4 October, 2021
      Austria
      Austria seeks to combine carbon tax and tax cuts for the middle class

      Twin measures show efforts by Sebastian Kurz’s government to prevent ‘gilets jaunes’-type backlash

    • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
      Austria
      Kurz on the ropes as perjury allegations rock Austrian chancellor

      Greens’ backing boosts chances of survival but ‘messiah-like’ image is bruised

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Austrian chancellor targeted by prosecutors

      Sebastian Kurz to be investigated for allegedly making ‘false statements’ to parliamentary committee

    • Friday, 26 March, 2021
      Europe Express
      EU vaccines bazaar stokes east-west tensions Premium content

      Poorer countries demanding emergency help fail to secure extra jabs during heated summit

    • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      EU leaders clash over vaccine distribution in tense summit

      Austrian chancellor leads criticism of plans for allocating extra BioNTech/Pfizer doses

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      EU jab reallocation plan set to deepen tensions with Austria

      Vienna’s claims over vaccine distribution have gone down badly in Brussels

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      News in-depthAustria
      Kurz’s vaccine broadsides against Brussels mask problems at home

      Austrian chancellor’s criticisms of EU come as his party grapples with graft scandal

    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      Austria
      Austria’s government rebuked for failing to tackle corruption

      Pressure on Sebastian Kurz as Council of Europe cites ‘globally unsatisfactory’ progress

    • Monday, 22 February, 2021
      Austria’s chancellor offers to testify in corruption probe

      Sebastian Kurz accuses prosecutors of leaking information to the media

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      News in-depthAustria
      Graft probe reaches into the highest levels of Austria’s government

      Prosecutors’ raid on house of finance minister puts chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s party on back foot

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
      News in-depthAustria
      What is behind Austria’s plan to outlaw ‘political Islam’?

      Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s response to Vienna shooting as much a cultural question as a security one, analysts say

    • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Austria announces strict lockdown as virus cases soar

      Schools to close and social contact barred in one of Europe’s toughest sets of new restrictions

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