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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (wikipedia/Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/47013210012/ Author U.S. Department of State / [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain])
July 29, 2022, 4:00 pm
Orban rejects criticism after adviser resigns over ‘pure Nazi’ speech
The Hungarian prime minister defended saying 'we do not want to become peoples of mixed-race'
By Jewish News Reporter
Gerhard Karner
December 21, 2021, 12:32 pm
Austrian minister under fire for remarks about ‘climate poisoners’ from Israel
Gerhard Karner facing criticism from Jewish leaders for saying a rival party was 'working with men from America and Israel against the country'
By JTA
Trainees at the event in Brussels
November 7, 2021, 12:02 pm
Training for young advocates in Brussels
Speakers at the seminar included former Israeli ambassadors and European Commission executives, trainees from Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Albania and Kosovo
The only photo of the full X Troop with dog mascot (courtesy of Masters Family Collection)
June 25, 2021, 12:10 pm
War secrets of the Jewish-British military commandos
Author Leah Garrett tells the amazing story of X Troop, a German-speaking refugee volunteer unit determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Leopard 2 and M88 Recovery Vehicle of the 14th Tank Battalion, Austrian Army (Wikipedia/ Author and source: Author böhringer friedrich/ Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.5) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode)
June 22, 2021, 2:01 pm
Austrian soldier imprisoned for showing photos of swastika tattoo on testicle
Time in jail handed out by court to a 29-year-old officer owing to a prior suspended sentence for displaying Nazi symbols
By JTA
Convicted Holocaust denier and pseudo historian David Irving
May 28, 2021, 2:02 pm
OPINION: Austrian law on Holocaust denial
Maddie Schumann looks at the pros and cons of banning Shoah revisionism and denial
By Maddie Schumann
Vienna makes for a charming Austrian capital
April 27, 2021, 8:06 am
Antisemitic incidents in Austria reached record high in 2020
Report by country's Jewish community finds it coincided with rising protests against coronavirus lockdowns
By Michael Daventry
View from the north tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral over Vienna. (Wikipedia/Author: Gryffindor/GNU Free Documentation License/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
March 21, 2021, 4:10 pm
Vienna threatens libel suit against Rothschild descendant over Nazi claim
City may sue an American descendant of the family for accusing the municipality of extending Nazi policies of expropriation
By JTA
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) and Austria's Sebastian Kurz (Photo: Twitter/@IsraeliPM)
March 5, 2021, 1:19 pm
VIDEO: Israel, Austria and Denmark announce vaccine alliance
The three countries' leaders reveal plans to jointly develop vaccines that will combat new coronavirus mutations and surges
By Michael Daventry
Covid-19 vaccine administered through an injection
January 9, 2021, 6:56 pm
Austrian community leader apologises for wrongly administered Covid vaccines
Oskar Deutsch said it was a “mistake” to have included non-priority individuals in the jabs given last month
By JTA
Police officers search a street in Vienna, capital of Austria, Nov. 2, 2020, after two civillians were killed in early November during a terror attack (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)
November 29, 2020, 10:04 am
Woman threatens rabbi with a knife on street in Vienna and steals his kippah
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said: 'We must fight antisemitism and do everything we can to make Jewish life safe here in Austria. Europe without Jews is no longer Europe'
By JTA
A shot from a video of the shooting. (Screen shot via JTA)
From the WebNovember 2, 2020, 9:26 pm
At least one reported dead as shots fired in Vienna near multiple synagogues
Fifty shots in the Austrian capital with police officers and passers-by reported as being hit
By JTA
Jewish children pictured in Warsaw in 1897
October 22, 2020, 11:20 am
Report: Jewish population of Europe has fallen 90 percent in 140 years
Survey by Institute for Jewish Policy Research reveals that proportion of world Jewry living on the continent today is just a tenth of what it was in the late 19th century
By Jewish News Reporter
A surveillance camera can be seen next to a Star of David (Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa)
September 14, 2020, 4:15 pm
Austria to triple its spending on Jewish community security
Federal funding will be at £3.65m which is greater the amount spent by the Vienna Jewish community alone on keeping people safe
By JTA
Janette Hechel pictured with Austrian Ambassador Michael Zimmerman (Credit: Rachel Moses)
September 1, 2020, 12:30 pm
Borehamwood resident gets Austrian honour for services to Shoah education
The Austrian government's prestigious Decoration of Merit in Gold is conferred on an average of three UK citizens each year
By Mathilde Frot
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