Austria

Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Saud Al-Sati on Wednesday received Austrian Ambassador Oskar Wustinger in Riyadh. Al-Sati welcomed the recently appointed envoy and wished him success in his new role, the Foreign…
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Austria’s environment minister, Leonore Gewessler of the Greens, defied her conservative coalition partners on Sunday by pledging to cast Austria’s vote in favor of adopting a European nature restoration law, potentially tipping the balance…
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Saudi Arabia’s economy ministry and its Austrian counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding to boost economic cooperation between the two nations. The Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning Austria’s Ministry of Labor and Economy…
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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…
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Saudi Ambassador to Austria Abdullah bin Khaled Toula presented his credentials as the non-resident envoy to Slovenia, to the country’s president, Natasa Pirc Musar, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. During the meeting, the…
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone call on Tuesday with Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg to address the situation in Gaza. The two spoke about a number of issues…
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On behalf of Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, the undersecretary of the Riyadh region, Dr. Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudairi, attended a ceremony on Thursday in the Diplomatic Quarters to celebrate Austria’s national day.…
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Austrian police tightened security measures at several sensitive sites in the country’s capital on Wednesday after its intelligence service received information that indicated a possible extremist attack. “Our intelligence services have…
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A fourth suspected human trafficker has been arrested in connection with a shipwreck off southern Italy last month in which at least 72 people died, an Italian police official said on Wednesday. The suspect, a 27-year-old Turkish…
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An Austrian has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail in Iran for spying, Vienna said Tuesday, adding it had summoned the Iranian ambassador. The foreign ministry had announced the man’s detention in October and said it is in…
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