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Now playing Next Austria Sebastian Kurz reelcted to People's Party leadership Only three of the 536 delegates voted against Kurz continuing to lead the party. 28/08/2021
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Now playing Next Austria Former Austrian vice-chancellor faces 'Ibizagate' corruption trial The former vice-chancellor of Austria is facing the start of a corruption trial on Tuesday, two years after the news of the so-called 'Ibizagate' scandal broke. 06/07/2021
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Now playing Next Austria Austria has failed in fight against corruption, says Council of Europe The Council of Europe has deplored Austria's "overall insufficient" progress in the fight against corruption in judicial and political circles. 01/03/2021
Now playing Next Austria Austria did not act on warning gunman tried to buy bullets in Slovakia Four people were killed in the shooting rampage in Vienna on Monday. 02/11/2020
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Now playing Next Austria Austria's Kurz condemns online abuse against Bosnian-born minister Hate speech is "an obnoxious phenomenon of our time" and "has no place" in Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Twitter. 10/01/2020
Now playing Next Austria Mix-up sees soap opera subtitles appear as Austria government sworn in Public broadcaster left red-faced after captions mistake. 09/01/2020
Now playing Next Austria Austria's new coalition wants 'pioneering role' against climate change Austria's conservatives announced a new coalition government with the Greens. 01/01/2020
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