VINENA: Austrian mountain rescuers have saved a Syrian teen found injured and suffering from severe hypothermia, they said Tuesday, as new smuggling routes are being used to avoid stepped-up border controls in central Europe. Central European countries stepped up border controls last year as the numbers of migrants and asylum seekers crossing into the EU … Read more
BEIRUT: Austria’s foreign minister on Thursday urged Israel and Hezbollah against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border and expressed hope for a pause in the fighting in Gaza in time for the start of the holy month of Ramadan in March. The Middle East has witnessed enough devastation and cruelty, said Alexander Schallenberg, speaking … Read more
VIENNA: More than 150 students crowded into a room at an Austrian high school to hear an unlikely duo speak — imam Ramazan Demir and rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister. The two men’s talks, educating students about their religions, have taken on additional pertinence since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent relentless bombing … Read more
Who’s Who: Ghada Atlasan, tenant attraction manager for regional investments at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial port city Ghada Atlasan is the tenant attraction manager for regional investments at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial port city. Since early 2021, she has focused on enhancing the growth and development of Oxagon’s industrial manufacturing activities, collaborating with key stakeholders such as … Read more
VIENNA: Austria’s parliament on Friday tightened the law banning Nazi symbols, broadening its scope and increasing punishments for the display and dissemination of any prohibited symbols to counter rising anti-Semitism and extremism. Austria — which the Nazis annexed in 1938 — has some of the world’s strictest laws against Holocaust denial and pro-Nazi activities, but … Read more