After the criticism for the decision that NGO service providers Caritas and Diakonie would not be continued as providers of legal services to refugees and migrants, right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) have repeatedly attacked…
(Translated from ORF.at) The Federal Government apparently wants to significantly restrict the participation of environmental protection organizations in environmental law matters. Bruno Rossmann (Liste Pilz) told journalists today that it is…
(The European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) Expression During an interview on the public broadcaster ORF in early July, the Minister of Interior Herbert Kickl (from the far-right FPO party)…
(CIVICUS Monitor) Fears about the erosion of freedom of expression under Austria's coalition government grew after a number of incidents in the early months of 2018. Reporters Without Borders has denounced the rise…
(EURACTIV.com with Reuters) Hundreds of police sealed off part of central Vienna yesterday (18 December) as Austria became the only western European country with a far-right party in power, but…