Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:44:03 PM CEST
Austria's Vice Chancellor Resigns
Austria's vice chancellor and two officials from the Freedom Party resigned Sunday amid a rift in their right-wing party. The Austrian chancellor is already prepared to hold early elections.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:39:50 PM CEST
Austrian far-right chief quits
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:37:31 PM CEST
Austria's far-Right ministers resign
Austria's coalition government was on the verge of collapse last night after key Freedom Party ministers resigned in the face of a bitter row with their former leader, Jörg Haider.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:34:49 PM CEST
Resignations rock Austrian Government
Austria's government coalition, formed in 2000 amid international protest over Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party, is teetering toward early elections after Mr Haider drove his party rival out of the cabinet. The resignation of Vice-Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer marked Mr Haider's victory in a bitter internecine struggle and his resurgence as the party's strongman.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:31:59 PM CEST
Far right wrecks Austrian government
The Austrian coalition government was in tatters last night after the resignation of three key cabinet ministers and members of the populist rightwing Freedom party, including its leader. The collapse was widely believed to have been engineered by the FPO's firebrand and far-right de facto leader, Jörg Haider, the man who earned Austria its pariah status three years ago when he led his party into government.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:30:05 PM CEST
Riess-Passer to quit Austrian coalition
Austria's far-right Vice-Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser have said they'll resign in a row with firebrand Joerg Haider, raising the prospect of early elections.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:28:12 PM CEST
Austrian government's future in question after three Freedom Party ministers resign
Riess-Passer, who is also the Freedom Party's leader, said the recent conflict made it impossible for the party to work effectively.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:26:20 PM CEST
Thre Freedom Party leaders resign, threatening Austria's coalition government
Austria's vice chancellor and two other Freedom Party leaders resigned Sunday amid a rift in their far-right party, leading to possible early elections. Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser and the party's parliamentary speaker, Peter Westenthaler, said they were resigning from their posts following a conflict with former party leader Joerg Haider, a controversial figure known for past comments defending the Hitler era.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:21:28 PM CEST
One year on: Austria's Freedom Party
Friday, 2 February, 2001, 22:28 GMT On Wednesday night in western Vienna, social workers bring young Austrians and foreigners together over a game of pool. The idea is to promote a bit of tolerance.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:19:38 PM CEST
Ministers quit Austrian cabinet
Austrian Vice-Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and another minister from her far-right Freedom Party have resigned from their cabinet posts prompting speculation that an early general election will be called.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:17:49 PM CEST
Austria's Freedom Party in Flux
Hundreds of Freedom Party delegates loyal to far-rightist Joerg Haider agreed Saturday to shelve plans for a party conference that threatened the survival of the governing coalition.
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Topic: - on September 8, 2002 at 11:16:41 PM CEST
Nach FPÖ-Rücktritten deutet einiges auf Neuwahlen hin
Das Regierungsprojekt Schwarz-Blau kann als gescheitert gelten: Nach zweieinhalb Jahren führte ein Bruch innerhalb der freiheitlichen Partei am Sonntag zum Rücktritt von Vizekanzlerin Riess-Passer, Finanzminister Grasser und Klubchef Westenthaler. Durchgesetzt im FP-internen Machtkampf hat sich damit eindrucksvoll das "einfache Parteimitglied", Kärntens Landeshauptmann Haider.
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