Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is taking a firm stance ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, seeking to prevent the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city during the tournament. This move comes as concerns mount over the fairness and transparency of FIFA’s ticket sales process, prompting a formal complaint … Read more
EU MPs from the Greens, Social Democrats, Liberals and Left have it Uefa called upon to take a clearer position at the 2026 World Cup in the USA and to examine possible consequences, including boycotts. In a letter to the UEFA leadership, from which the Spiegel quoted, the MPs warn against an erosion of football’s … Read more
Christian Stocker has so far been more of an embarrassment chancellor and is still looking for his role. His programmatic speech shows: The ÖVP is nibbling on its past. Close Published on Close Article summary Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker gives a long-awaited speech in Vienna’s Metastadt, but the start is delayed due to a technical … Read more
At some point in a decade or two, last Saturday may be looked back on as a turning point in Austrian politics. Herbert Kickl gave his speech at the FPÖ’s New Year’s meeting. And he announced how he intended to conduct politics in the future: without compromises. Has this blocked his path to chancellorship? Not … Read more
The US State Department has classified further international sports competitions as major events for which exemptions from the current entry bans apply. The AP news agency reports this, citing a letter it has to all US embassies and consulates. However, the exceptions only apply to athletes, coaches and supervisors from the participating nations. Foreign spectators, … Read more
In Austria, the last initial reception center for Ukrainian refugees is closing – due to a dispute between the federal and state governments. Close Article summary In the Schlossberg emergency quarter in Vienna, the arrival center for people displaced from Ukraine is closed while the war in Ukraine continues to rage. The city of Vienna … Read more
The investigation into the Pilnacek case begins in a fog. A milky veil lies over the fields of Rossatz, a wine village on the Danubejust under an hour’s drive west of Vienna. It was here on the morning of October 20, 2023 that the body of Christian Pilnacek, a top official in the Ministry of … Read more
If Kai Wegner, the governing mayor of Berlin, looked in the mirror last Saturday, he probably saw a man who was faced with a lot of unexpected stress over the weekend and “just wanted to clear his head.” In any case, you can roughly summarize the decision that Wegner (CDU) made: As the RBB first … Read more
A renegade Ukrainian secret service agent has fled to Vienna. He is not the only Ukrainian who is evading prosecution in his homeland. 9 Min. 1 Comments Summarize Close Article summary Ukrainian ex-general Andriy Naumov is causing a stir in Vienna after he was portrayed as an enemy of the state in a Russian propaganda … Read more
Good things take time, and that also applies to politics. And calmly beyond the 100-day limit in which the first interim certificates for a government are distributed. But the fact that it took until the beginning of December, 275 days after his inauguration, for Sepp Schellhorn to present his package of measures can be said … Read more