Monday, 25. November 2002

Haider kündigt Rücktritt als Landeshauptmann an


Der Kärntner Landeshauptmann und Alt-FPÖ-Chef Jörg Haider kündigte heute laut APA seinen Rücktritt als Kärntner Landeshauptmann an.

¬> ORF

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Haider kündigt Rücktritt als Landeshauptmann an


Der Kärntner Landeshauptmann und Alt-FPö-Chef Jörg Haider kündigte heute laut APA seinen Rücktritt als Kärntner Landeshauptmann an.

¬> <a href="www.orf.at"target="_blank"> ORF ¬> ORF Kaernten

Haider quits again

Count the Haider QUITS ¬> OLD QUITS

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Conservatives emerge as strongest in election, while Austria's far right suffers losses


Austria's far right suffered crushing losses in general elections, but the party led by Joerg Haider still stood a good chance of renewing its governing coalition with the conservatives following that party's overwhelming win.

¬> San Francisco Chronicle

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Haider's party loses in Austria polls


Austria's governing conservatives surged to post-World War II highs in national elections yesterday, but their controversial junior coalition partner, the Joerg Haider-dominated Freedom Party, slumped badly, leaving uncertain the future composition of the country's next government, according to exit polls and early vote counts.

¬> Boston Globe

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Austrian leader wins


Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party made large gains to dominate parliamentary elections yesterday, according to initial results. But his coalition partner, the anti-immigration party of Joerg Haider, was pounded at the polls, the results released by state television showed.

¬> Edmonton Sun

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Austria's Far Right Suffers Losses


Austria's far right suffered crushing losses in general elections, but the party led by Joerg Haider still stood a good chance of renewing its governing coalition with the conservatives following that party's overwhelming win.

¬> Austin American Statesman

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Freedom Party decimated in Austrian elections


The far-right Freedom Party in Austria has suffered a crushing defeat in the country's general election - down to 10 percent of the vote. Its coalition partner in the outgoing administration, the Conservative Peoples Party has claimed a sweeping victory but still short of an overall majority which will require talks to build a new coalition.

¬> abc

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Austrian voters reject Haider's party


Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party was dealt a humiliating blow yesterday as its share of the national vote collapsed in Austria's parliamentary election and a former coalition partner swept to victory. The Freedom Party and Mr. Haider, its mercurial inspiration and sometime admirer of Adolf Hitler's policies, provoked international outrage three years ago when it won 27 per cent of the popular vote and ended up in a coalition government with the mainstream, conservative People's Party.

¬> The Globe and Mail

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Power hope for Austria's far-right


Schuessel said his party was willing to renew its partnership with Joerg Haider's anti-immigration Freedom Party -- despite its pounding in the polls -- as he prepared to meet Austria's President Thomas Klestil on Monday to discuss the formation of new government.

¬> <a href="europe.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN

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European press review


Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party's crushing defeat in the Austrian general elections is the focus of much attention in papers across Europe.

¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC

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Center-Right Party Wins in Austria


Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and his center-right People's Party were the clear victors in Austria's national elections today, winning the party's largest plurality in 36 years and ensuring a continuation of a government focused on tax cuts, privatization and integration into the European Union.

¬> New York Times

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Groteske um verschwundenen Klagenfurter Wahlleiter


Das Wahlergebnis aus der Stadt Klagenfurt ließ gestern Abend ungewöhnlich lange auf sich warten. Es sickerte durch, dass ein Wahlleiter mitsamt der Urne aus dem Wahlkreis von Landeshauptmann Jörg Haider (FPÖ) verschwunden sein sollte. Die Dementis des Magistratsdirektors stehen nun gegen die Aussagen aus der Bezirkswahlbehörde.

¬> <a href="kaernten.orf.at"target="_blank"> Hier gehts zur Geschichte

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