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...The probe had led to the resignation of the country’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz, a key ally of Benko, the previous year....
...He knocked it down and English architect Sir David Chipperfield was brought in to redesign it. Rents and the property’s valuation rocketed....
...Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz has won few friends after demanding extra jabs — a call rejected by countries including Germany....
...“Kurz has overplayed his hand,” said one EU diplomat....
...Should Kurz try to block redistribution to these countries based on Austria’s exclusion, EU solidarity — as well as vaccines — could be in short supply....
...EP president David Sassoli has warned the Chinese action will have “consequences”....
...The only thing quicker than the rise of Sebastian Kurz was his downfall....
...Austria’s Green party, which rules in coalition with conservative Sebastian Kurz, has confirmed the government will block approval of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement over concerns the accord does not respect...
...The anti-graft report came weeks after police raided the home of finance minister Gernot Blümel in a sprawling corruption probe that has become a serious challenge for Chancellor Sebastian Kurz....
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...Maros Sefcovic, EU vice-president in charge of UK relations, held talks with Lord David Frost on Wednesday night....
...Mr Kurz has said that the crime of political Islam will capture those who are not guilty of terrorism but “create the breeding ground” for it....
...(FT) Austria has ordered one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe, with chancellor Sebastian Kurz telling the public to “meet nobody” as the country battles a surge in coronavirus infections....
...Austria’s Sebastian Kurz emerged as a particular obstacle to Mr Macron’s push for €400bn of grants, demanding a substantial increase in his country’s budget rebate as the price of an agreement....
...Letter in response to this column: Masks don’t stop people touching their faces / From David Pilkington, London, UK...
...It is also those most willing to use migration as a political lightning rod — like Hungary's Viktor Orban or Austria's Sebastian Kurz — who need Erdogan to play ball to keep incomers away....
...But Prof David Heymann, chair of a WHO advisory panel on infectious hazards, said he was considering new research, including a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, suggesting droplets from sneezes...
...“Spying is unacceptable and Russian spying in Europe is also unacceptable,” Mr Kurz said....
...But in an indication of the doubts about Mrs May’s timeline in both Brussels and Westminster, Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister, has said he was “not playing chicken” with Britain, while Sebastian Kurz...
...Sebastian Kurz, chancellor of Austria: “The ball is now with the House of Commons. In any case, there will be no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement.”...
...“We have to build the wall or we have to build a barrier,” said Mr Trump to reporters before he left the White House for Camp David....
...It is unlikely, says leading neuroscientist David Eagleman, largely because what it means to be human is constantly evolving. (FT)...
...Sebastian Kurz: I’m worried these proposals do not work for my beloved Russia — I mean, Austria....
...In an interview with the Financial Times, Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s chancellor, emphasised EU unity on the issue. “There will definitely be no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement,” he said....
...“If you think about cyber, a lot of the techniques we are seeing were born out of nation-state attacks,” says George Kurz, co-founder and chief executive of Crowdstrike....
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