Haider wieder an FPÖ-Spitze


Der umstrittene österreichische Rechtspopulist Jörg Haider soll nach zweieinhalb Jahren wieder die Führung der jetzigen Regierungspartei FPÖ übernehmen.

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Austria's far-right mull Haider return


Mr Haider stepped down as leader in Ms Riess-Passer's favour in 2000, but many analysts believe he has continued to lead the party behind the scenes.

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Haider back as far-right leader


Austria's far-right figurehead leader, Joerg Haider, is retaking the leadership of his Freedom Party in a dramatic return to national politics. The party's executive committee nominated him as leader after meeting in Linz on Wednesday.


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Haider set to lead party again


Austria's far-right firebrand Joerg Haider appeared set to return to the helm of his Freedom Party on Wednesday as party delegates met to nominate new leaders to steer it into November's snap elections. Defence Minister Herbert Scheibner said delegates had reached a deal to make Haider the party's chief and low-profile Social Affairs Minister Herbert Haupt its chancellor candidate.

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Austria: Politics: News analysis


Government collapses COUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT

Austria's ruling coalition has collapsed after leading Freedom Party (FPO) ministers stepped down from the government when it became clear that they no longer had the support of their party. The vice-chancellor and FPO leader, Susanne Riess-Passer, the finance minister, Karl-Heinz Grasser, and the party's parliamentary speaker, Peter Westenthaler, resigned from their posts on September 8th, following a policy dispute with party members who were backed by the former FPO leader, Jorg Haider.

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Haider putsch forces Austrian election


Ex-leader of Freedom party made cabinet members quit. Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel announced an early general election yesterday, probably in November, after members of his junior coalition partners, the rightwing Freedom party, quit the Austrian cabinet.

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FPÖ-Site "nur" ein Mal gehackt


Eine alte Geschichte: So der Klubsekretär der Salzburger Freiheitlichen | "Wir haben gestern eine Domainübertragung durchgeführt" | "Alte" Site jedoch erneut verändert.

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Der fidele Bärentaler


singt seine schönsten Hits :)

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Haider blamed as government collapses


Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel of Austria announced new elections yesterday to prevent hard-liners from the far-Right Freedom Party from seizing ministerial posts.

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Party split collapses government in Austria


Austria's chancellor on Monday called for new elections to end a political crisis after four key leaders of the Freedom Party resigned, saying a conflict with far-rightist Joerg Haider had made the party's work impossible. The crisis was triggered by a split in the Freedom Party, which makes up the ruling coalition along with the center-right People's Party, into two hostile camps: one in support of Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and the other in support of Haider, its previous leader.

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FPÖ-Website unter Beschuss


Seit mehr als 36 Stunden wird die Website der FPÖ durch enormen Verkehr in die Knie gezwungen. Seiten werden dadurch unvollständig oder gar nicht angezeigt, teilweise löst sich die Site beim Durchklicken ganz auf. Wie wir erfahren konnten, trafen heute, Dienstag, um 12.00 Uhr Mittag bis zu 1.000 Requests pro Sekunde ein. Im Zehnminutenschnitt sind es immer noch 40.000, das sei "schon relativ hoch für normalen Datenverkehr", ist aus der FPÖ-Zentrale zu hören.


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Schüssel will Neuwahlen


Österreichs Bundeskanzler Wolfgang Schüssel hat die Koalition mit der rechtspopulistischen FPÖ aufgekündigt und vorgezogene Neuwahlen noch in diesem Jahr angekündigt.

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