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Austrian President Heinz Fischer and a Business Delegation to Visit Estonia
From June 30 through July 1, the Austrian President Heinz Fischer together with his wife Margit Fischer and an Austrian Business Delegation is on an official visit to Estonia.
Relevance: 1.00 · June 30, 2014
Austrian FDI: Current Developments 1Q 2014
In the first quarter of 2014, Austrian FDI abroad reached a value of 2.8 billion euros, which is less by about 30% than in the same period of 2013. Foreign direct investments in the same period into Austria stood at 1.4 billion euros. This is about 37% less than in the same period of last year.
Relevance: 1.00 · July 29, 2014
Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer Signs Hypo Special Act into Law
After intensive testing, together with the former President of the Constitutional Court and current adviser to the President, Prof. Dr. Ludwig Adamovich, Federal President Heinz Fischer has decided to carry out the notarization of the adopted bill and thus clear the way for review by the Constitutional Court.
Relevance: 1.00 · July 31, 2014
Austrian Industrial Producer Prices Down By 0.6%
The industrial producer price index, IPPI 2010, reached 103.0 points in June 2014, representing a price decrease of 0.6% compared to June 2013.
Relevance: 1.00 · August 1, 2014
Austrian Doka Provides Formwork Solutions for Tallest Residential Building in NYC
Located on what is dubbed as “Billionaire’s Row,” 432 Park Avenue is a 90-foot by 90-foot square luxury condo building being erected 1,398 feet (426m) high. When complete, it will be the tallest residential building in New York City and in the Western Hemisphere. “This building will be a landmark…rising out of Midtown like a pencil sticking up in the air twice as high as anything else in the neighborhood,” says Antonio Rodrigues, President of Roger & Sons Concrete, Inc., the contractor for the project.
Relevance: 1.00 · August 1, 2014
Reinhold Krammer Inaugurated as Austrian Honorary Consul in Chicago
Consul General Georg Heindl was very pleased to inaugurate Mr. Reinhold Frank (Rein) Krammer, a business lawyer whose parents immigrated from Austria to Chicago, as first Austrian Honorary Consul for Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Relevance: 1.00 · August 1, 2014
Event: 21st Austria & Advantage Austria: Re-Think Central and Eastern Europe - An Austrian Perspective
On September 23, 2014, 21st Austria and Advantage Austria UK will host a panel discussion at the City of London's Gherkin skyscraper. Herbert Stepic, former CEO of RBI Raiffeisen Bank International and Georg Karabaczek, Austrian Trade Commissioner for the UK will focuse on the topic "Re-Think Central and Eastern Europe: An Austrian Perspective on Diversity in Performance, Challenges and Avenues of Growth". Panellists also include Pasquale Diana, Mario Holzner and Eduard Zehetner.
Relevance: 1.00 · August 1, 2014
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST H1 2014: STABLE REVENUE DEVELOPMENT AND SLIGHT EBIT INCREASE; OUTLOOK CONFIRMED FOR 2014
Group revenue remained consistently high for the first half of 2014. On balance, total revenue was down marginally, by 0.1% in the first half-year to EUR 1,171.9m. Second-quarter revenue was up slightly by 0.6%, due mainly to positive revenue effects in the mail business.
Relevance: 1.00 · August 14, 2014
Atrium European Real Estate Limited / Disclosure according to Sec 93para 2 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act
Atrium European Real Estate Limited hereby announces that it has been notified by Brookfield Investment Management Inc. that it has reached and exceeded the threshold of 5% and holds, as of 17 April 2015, 18,813,421 shares each carrying one vote, which represents 5.01% of the voting rights of Atrium, on behalf of its institutional clients.
Relevance: 1.00 · April 20, 2015
British Police Orders Surveillance Aircraft from Austrian Airborne Technologies
The UK National Police Air Service (UK NPAS) has awarded the contract to deliver 4 role-equipped fixed-wing surveillance aircraft to Airborne Technologies from Wiener Neustadt. In addition to substantial German police units, another important police force will now rely on the Austrian company that has established itself as potential partner for police aviation.
Relevance: 1.00 · September 10, 2015
Ederer Elected as Supervisory Board President of ÖBB Austrian Railways
A few days after her resignation from the ÖIAG Supervisory Board the former Siemens manager Brigitte Ederer was elected unanimously to the top of the ÖBB Supervisory Board.
Relevance: 1.00 · September 11, 2014
Andritz AG / Review procedure instituted pursuant to Section 33 oft he Austrian Takeover Act
The Austrian Takeover Commission notified Andritz AG that a review procedure is being instituted pursuant to Section 33 of the Austrian Takeover Act. The object of the procedure is to review whether there was wrongfully no mandatory takeover offer submitted in connection with the reorganization measures implemented by the core shareholders of Andritz AG in August 2014, particularly by Custos Privatstiftung and Certus Beteiligungs-GmbH, and in connection with re-transition of a securities loan for Andritz AG shares existing since 2004.
Relevance: 1.00 · October 1, 2014
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST - PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR 2014: REVENUE +0.2% AND EBIT +5.9%; EARNINGS DEVELOPMENT IMPACTED BY SPECIAL EFFECTS
Austrian Post achieved solid business results in the 2014 financial year, according to preliminary figures. In line with the existing outlook, the company reported a stable revenue development. On balance, Group revenue in 2014 amounted to EUR 2,371m, a rise of 0.2% from EUR 2,367m in the previous year. The revenue trends of the first three quarters 2014 continued in the fourth quarter.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 25, 2015
Austrian Railways Eyes Acquisitions Across Central and Eastern Europe
Oesterreichische Bundesbahnen (OeBB), the Austrian state railway operator, is eyeing rail cargo operator buys across Central and Eastern Europe, a source close to the company and a person claiming knowledge of the situation said. OeBB, with EUR 3bn in revenue, believes a number of opportunities will soon come up in countries “east of Austria”, including countries of the former Yugoslavia, the source said.
Relevance: 1.00 · July 6, 2015
Wolford Aktiengesellschaft / Announcement pursuant to § 5 Austrian Publication Regulation 2002
Announcement pursuant to § 5 Austrian Publication Regulation 2002.
Relevance: 1.00 · January 18, 2016
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Starts the Use of Austrian Drones
The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) today completed the maiden flight of its unarmed/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) before members of the media near Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE will use unmanned and unarmed drones for the monitoring of the border between Ukraine and Russia.
Relevance: 1.00 · October 23, 2014
Raiffeisen Research Comments on ECB’s Asset Quality Review of Austrian Banks
With regard to the ECB’s asset quality review of Austrian banks, according to Bloomberg ECB Governor Nowotny has stated that Austrian institutes will largely pass the tests. When asked about Volksbank and that it might fail the tests, Nowotny stated that it is no secret that there will be one institution that might have gaps that need filling but there are precautions taken.
Relevance: 1.00 · October 23, 2014
Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft / Austrian Association of Volksbanks; results of the ECB's stress test for the Association of Volksbanks; no dividend payment on profit-related instruments
In the run-up to the transfer of supervisory duties for the EU's 130 largest banks, the European Central Bank (ECB) has subjected these institutions to a series of extensive tests, known as the comprehensive assessment or CA. The Austrian Association of Volksbanks is one of six Austrian banking groups undergoing this assessment.
Relevance: 1.00 · October 26, 2014
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST AGREES TO SELL ITS FORMERHEADQUARTERS IN VIENNA'S FIRST DISTRICT TO THE SORAVIA GROUP
The transparent bidding process launched in June 2014 to coordinate the sale of Austrian Post's former corporate headquarters, which attracted extensive interest on the part of Austrian and international investors, was concluded. The purchase agreement for the commercial property located at Postgasse 8-10 in Vienna's first district was signed by Soravia Group on December 22, 2014. The transaction is expected to be finalised over the next few weeks.
Relevance: 1.00 · December 23, 2014
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST Q1 2015:SLIGHT REVENUE INCREASE, EBIT BELOW THE PRIOR-YEAR LEVEL, RISE IN EPS ANDCASHFLOW, OUTLOOK FOR 2015 CONFIRMED
In the first quarter of 2015, revenue of the Austrian Post Group at EUR 601.9m was slightly above the prior-year level. Revenue growth of 2.2% in the parcel segment completely offset the slight decline of 0.3% in the mail business, which continues to be affected by the ongoing electronic substitution of traditional letter mail. In addition, branch network revenue decreased.
Relevance: 1.00 · May 7, 2015
Purchasing Managers' Index: Austrian Industry Shows First Signs of Recovery
Bank Austria has published its latest "Purchasing Managers' Index" on the Austrian economy. At the end of the first quarter in 2015 subtle signs of a pick-up in Austrian economic activity were detected for the first time in about six months.
Relevance: 1.00 · May 5, 2015
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST Q1-3 2014: REVENUE AT THE PRIOR-YEAR LEVEL; SLIGHT EBIT INCREASE; OUTLOOK CONFIRMED FOR 2014
Austrian Post generated group revenue of EUR 1,732.7m in the first three quarters of 2014, the same level as in the previous year. The solid growth rate of 3.3% achieved in the parcel business almost completely offset the 2.0% revenue decline in the mail segment.
Relevance: 1.00 · November 12, 2014
Atrium European Real Estate Limited / Disclosure according to Sec 93para 2 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act and Sec 5:25i of the Dutch FinancialSupervision Act - Resignation of Directors
Atrium European Real Estate Limited, with its principal office in Jersey, hereby announces that it has been notified by Gazit Globe Ltd on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiaries Gazit Gaia Ltd and Gazit Midas Ltd and by CPI CEE Management LLC on behalf of the consortium managed by CPI CEE Management LLC about the completion of the acquisition of 52,069,622 ordinary shares (corresponding to 13.87% of the voting rights) in Atrium by Gazit Gaia from entities forming part of the Consortium.
Relevance: 1.00 · January 23, 2015
Purchasing Managers' Index: Austrian Economy Still Waiting for Industrial Upswing
Bank Austria has published its latest "Purchasing Managers' Index" on the Austrian economy. While industrial activity is slowly improving in Europe, Austrian industry is not yet in the best of form in early 2015.
Relevance: 1.00 · January 29, 2015
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST TAKES THE NEXT STEP TOWARDS CLARIFYING THE FUTURE JOINT VENTURE STRUCTURE OF ARAS KARGO
Since July 2013 Austrian Post holds a 25% stake in the Turkish parcel services provider Aras Kargo. Austrian Post exercised its option to acquire an additional 50% shareholding, which was contractually agreed upon at that time, and initiated its call option procedure in the middle of 2016.
Relevance: 1.00 · December 15, 2016
Business Indicator: First Small Signs of Improvement in Austrian Economic Activity
Bank Austria has published its latest "Business Indicator" on the Austrian economy. The Indicator exits negative territory due to modest rise in January. Decline in oil price pushes average annual inflation down below 1 percent for 2015, injecting more momentum into private consumption. Growth forecast for 2015 raised to 0.9 percent.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 20, 2015
Austrian Population Rises Above 8.5 Million
Austria's population increases to 8.58 million at the beginning of 2015, according to preliminary results of Statistics Austria. In absolute terms, the population grew by almost 72 000 last year. Hence, population growth was significantly higher than in the previous year (2013: +56 000). More than half of the population growth was concentrated in the Eastern part of Austria (55.9%), where Vienna accounted for a large share of the total increase (38.9%).
Relevance: 1.00 · February 20, 2015
Austrian Production Index Shrinks 0.6 Pct Y/Y in 2014
Austria's working day adjusted production index decreased by 2.6% in December, y/y it shrank by 0.6 percent.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 25, 2015
Austrian Economic Activity Remains Sluggish - Revival Only in Course of Year
Bank Austria has published its latest "Business Indicator" on the Austrian economy. The Austrian economy is making no headway at present after the mild improvement in the economic climate at the start of the year.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 19, 2015
voestalpine AG / Report of the Management Board of voestalpine AG in accordance with § 171 (1) in conjunction with § 153 (4) Austrian Joint StockCorporation Act [AktG]
In accordance with § 169 Austrian Joint Stock Corporation Act [AktG] the general meeting of shareholders of voestalpine AG held on July 2, 2014 authorized the Management Board to increase the company's capital up to EUR 31,330,923.02 on or before June 30, 2019, if necessary in several tranches, by issuing up to 17,244,916 bearer shares, in exchange for contributions in kind and/or cash contributions under exclusion of the subscription rights of shareholders to be made available to employees, executives and members of the Management Board of the company or a company affiliated with the company, under an employee shareholding scheme.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 9, 2015
Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST 2014: SLIGHT REVENUE INCREASE; EARNINGS DEVELOPMENT IMPACTED BY SPECIAL EFFECTS
In the 2014 financial year, Group revenue of Austrian Post amounted to EUR 2,370.5m, comprising an increase of 0.2% from the previous year. The strong growth in the parcel business of 3.1% more than compensated for the 1.5% revenue drop in the mail business.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 12, 2015
Kommunalkredit issued the first Austrian Social Covered Bond
Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit) today has successfully issued the first Austrian EUR 300 m Social Covered Bond with a tenor of 4 years and a coupon of 0,375 per cent. The issuance was preceded by a euro-wide roadshow. The issuance was significantly oversubscribed with the order book totaling EUR 531 m (from more than 40 investors). Kommunalkredit was also capable of broadening its investor base by this transaction. This bond has been the first issuance since the privatization of the Bank in 2015.
Relevance: 1.00 · July 4, 2017
Austrian Delegation Seeks to Improve Economic and Political Relations with Jordan
An official visit of President Van der Bellen to Jordan will take place from 17 April to 19 April 2018. The delegation to Amman will be accompanied by an economic mission headed by WKO Vice President Richard Schenz. The economic mission of the WKO is the response of an invitation issued some time ago by the President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Kingdom.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 8, 2018
Extremism-Gate: Special Session of Austrian National Council Convened
The somewhat opaque events surrounding the house search of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism (BVT) are now making political waves. It is deeply disturbing that a unit, which in itself is not responsible for this, is supposed to have carried out the house search at the BVT and allegedly took highly sensitive intelligence information with it. The matter stinks to high heaven. The Austrian opposition has convened the National Council. The parties SPÖ, NEOS and Liste Pilz (LP) demand that Interior Minister Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) provides a complete explanation.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 9, 2018
The Western Balkans Remain a Priority of Austrian Foreign Policy
Because of a common history and the tradition of political, cultural and economic relations, Austrian foreign policy has always attached particular importance to the Western Balkans. The primary goal of Austrian foreign policy is to support the transformation of the Western Balkans area into a zone of stability. From the Austrian perspective there is only one option for the Western Balkans: a full European integration of the region. However, the political commitment from the regions' leaders is expected.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 28, 2018
Austrian Government Presents Double Budget 2018/19: EU Requirements Are Met - 2019 Balanced Budget
The new Austrian government is planning a zero deficit for next year, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ) have announced. The planned reduction in corporation tax could be of interest to foreign investors and companies.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 28, 2018
Mainland Chinese Billionaire Guo Guangchang to Take Over Austrian Asset Wolford AG
Shanghai based Fosun Group through its Hong Kong (Central) vehicle Fosun Industrial Holdings Limited (Fosun) has taken over control of one of Austria's last remaining lingerie assets. According to Wolford, its new strategic core shareholder has agreed to pay at least €36M for a 50.87% majority stake in Wolford AG. Wolford has been struggling with management problems for some time. It also has been loss making for several years. Fosun Industrial Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Fosun International Limited (British Virgin Islands) is an investment holding company with interests in asset management and entertainment services. Fosun wants full control of the lingerie maker. Upon the closing of the share purchase agreement Fosun intends to launch a takeover offer to the remaining shareholders. Fosun was co-founded in 1992 by Fudan graduate Guo Guangchang who meanwhile became the 34th richest person in China with a net worth of €7 billion.
Relevance: 1.00 · March 3, 2018
Bawag Pays €110M for Separation from Austrian Post
Bawag presents its preliminary figures for 2017. The net profit will amount to 466.6 million euros (-1.4 percent). Due to profits, there will be dividend payments to shareholders. The long-term distribution partnership with Austrian Post is to be terminated.
Relevance: 1.00 · February 28, 2018
Vienna Energy Forum and the R20 Austrian World Summit 2018: Feedback of a Participant
At the Vienna Energy Forum and the R20 Austrian World Summit recently held in Vienna, Beatriz Mayor of IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis also participated, who shares her interesting insights as follows.
Relevance: 1.00 · June 6, 2018
Austrian Minister of Education Demands Clarification from Islamic Community
In connection with the affair over children as soldiers playing war games in a Viennese mosque, Minister Blümel demands further information and clarification of the incidents from the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGÖ - Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich).
Relevance: 1.00 · April 20, 2018
Austrian World Summit 2020 Was a Success
The Austrian World Summit 2020 was held in a mixture of analog and digital setting due to Covid-19, yet starred international personalities that all highlighted the importance of sustainability and the fight against climate change.
Relevance: 1.00 · September 17, 2020
Blow Against Austrian Tourism: Germany Declares Vienna a Corona Risk Area
Because of too high corona infection figures, the German government now warns against "unnecessary, touristic" trips to Vienna. Vienna is classified as a risk area in view of the high number of new corona infections.
Relevance: 1.00 · September 16, 2020
Austrian Foreign Ministry - Diplomatic Excursion 2019 to Lake Neusiedl
Foreign diplomats and heads of international organisations in Austria were invited by the BMEIA Federal Ministry for Europe Integration and Foreign Affairs to the annual summer excursion to Burgenland (Diplomatenausflug 2019).
Relevance: 1.00 · July 3, 2019
C-QUADRAT Investment AG / Austrian FMA clears majority takeover by HNA Group
The HNA Group (International) Asset Management Co., Limited ("HNA") was informed by the Austrian Financial Market Authority ("FMA") by letter dated 21.12.2017 that FMA had no objections against the proposed acquisition of 74.8% of the shares in C-QUADRAT and its supervised Austrian subsidiaries.
Relevance: 1.00 · December 22, 2017
Austrian Retail Association - Handelsverband raises alarm: every year 560 million Chinese parcels reach Europe without import VAT
More than 10 percent of Austrian retail sales are already generated online, which corresponds to around € 6.8 billion. The problem: half of this online turnover does not arrive at the domestic market, but flows abroad. Particularly problematic is the crossborder business with Asian traders and platforms, especially from China. Currently, 560 million parcels per year are sent to the European Union via Alibaba (AliExpress). 97 percent of these shipments are completely dutyfree and VATfree in the EU and a large part of the remaining 3 percent, at least without import duty.
Relevance: 1.00 · December 21, 2017
AUSTRIAN POST Q1-3 2017: HIGHER REVENUE AND EARNINGS
In the first three quarters of the current financial year, Austrian Post's Group revenue amounted to EUR 1,404.7m. Adjusted for the subsidiary trans-o-flex sold in April 2016, the revenue increase equals 2.1 %. On the basis of the good revenue development combined with strict cost discipline, operating earnings (EBIT) totalled EUR 139.9m, comprising a year-on-year rise of 3.3 %.
Relevance: 1.00 · November 15, 2017
Thomas Drozda Appointed New Federal Managing Director of Austrian Social Democratic Party
The former cultural manager, who was brought back into politics by Chancellor Christian Kern, will accompany the new party leader, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, as Federal Managing Director of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ).
Relevance: 1.00 · September 26, 2018
Austrian Exports to the Palestinian Territories Better than Ever
Despite the current tensions between the State of Palestine and Austria over the participation of Ambassador Martin Weiss in the US Embassy Opening Ceremonies, the Austrian Foreign Trade Centers Amman and Tel Aviv are planning a Fact Finding Mission to Ramallah and Amman for the second half of 2018. Austrian exports of goods to the Palestinian Territories increased by +108% in 2017.
Relevance: 1.00 · May 17, 2018
Austrian Anadi Bank AG / Yearly Financial Report
Austrian Anadi Bank AG is declaring the following financial reports below:
Relevance: 1.00 · March 23, 2018
Iran-Deal - Austrian Oberbank Distances Itself from Framework Credit Agreement with Tehran
Only last year, the Upper Austrian Oberbank was the first European bank to sign a framework credit agreement with Iran. After the USA's withdrawal from the nuclear treaty, the bank is now under pressure and intends to wait and see. The bank says it could certainly take two weeks for a final solution to be found and officially agreed.
Relevance: 1.00 · May 11, 2018
