Tuesday, 10. September 2002

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Eurofighter purchase postponed by Austria

ahead of early elections. Austria announced it is delaying the controversial purchase of a fleet of Eurofighter planes following the call for early elections, expected to be held before the end of the year. Defence Minister Herbert Scheibner of the extreme right Freedom Party said that even if the current government signed a contract with Eurofighter, a future government would not be bound to go ahead with the estimated 1.8 billion euro deal.

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