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Austria Suspends Family Reunification for Asylum Seekers: Interior Minister Karner Informs the EU
The Austrian federal government is temporarily suspending family reunification for asylum seekers. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) presented the plan at a meeting with his EU counterparts in Brussels and submitted a corresponding letter to the European Commission. The measure, which was laid down in the government agreement between the ÖVP, SPÖ, and NEOS, is causing heated debate.
March 5, 2025
European Gas Conference in Vienna Postponed due to Protests
The European Gas Conference planned for March 26-28 in Vienna is no longer on the international energy industry's calendar. Security concerns caused by announced protests forced the organizers to postpone the event indefinitely.
March 14, 2024
Human Rights in Egypt: Sentence Against Detained Central European University Student Annulled, New Hearing to Begin
The four years in prison sentence against Ahmed Samir Santaway, a student and researcher at CEU Central European University in Vienna, has been overturned, but a retrial in Egypt begins today.
February 21, 2022
Russia: Authorities Liquidate Memorial, One of the Country's Most Respected Human Rights Groups
The Russian authorities' move to extinguish one of the oldest and most influential human rights groups in the country, demonstrates their relentless determination to end ongoing human rights work in Russia. Memorial's independent institutions outside Russia continue to exist.
January 14, 2022
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