Tag: kurz
Macedonia 18.06.21 | 18:45

Kurz called for the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Zoran Zaev that it is high time for Macedonia to open its EU accession talks, Zaev’s office said in a press release after their meeting in Vienna, at the gathering of Balkan leaders. Kurz reportedly said that this move would intensify the Europeanization...
World 08.02.21 | 09:57

V4: Austrian chancellor willing to take the Russian vaccine

Austria is ready to support and manufacture the Russian vaccine. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stressed that the aim was to have as many safe vaccines and as quickly as possible, regardless of the source manufacturer, the V4 news agency reported. Once the eastern vaccines receive licensing, Austria will...
Macedonia 01.02.21 | 19:15

Kurz will support Macedonia and Albania in opening EU accession talks in the first half of 2021

Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz said that his country will continue to support Macedonia in opening EU accession talks. In an interview with the CorD magazine, Kurz said that this is especially regrettable, as Macedonia is a model candidate. Kurz said that Austria will work so that both Macedonia...
Balkans 31.03.20 | 10:12

Kurz condemns EU for its calls to keep Austria’s borders open

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that the European Union did not offer any constructive ideas to fight the coronavirus, just criticism of his order to close the borders. We can’t take ideas such as “please keep the borders open” seriously at a time like this, Kurz said. The Chancellor...
Balkans 05.03.20 | 10:02

Austrian Chancellor Kurz counting on the Balkan countries to stop the migrant flow if Greece fails

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz assured the public that Balkan countries will be there to stop migrants if they manage to push through the Greek border. Thousands of migrants are pushing against Greek border guards on the Marica/Evros river for days now, after Turkey gave up on policing the border. Kurz...
World 02.02.20 | 13:23

V4: Positions on EU budget far apart, Orban says

The member states’ views regarding the European Union’s new multi-annual budget are still far apart, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters after the head-of-government-level meeting of the Friends of Cohesion group in the Portugese city of Beja on Saturday, the V4 news agency...
Macedonia 01.02.20 | 11:59

The new Kurz Government will support opening EU accession talks with Macedonia and Albania

The new Austrian Government led by Chacellor Sebastian Kurz will support the introduction of all Balkan countries to the European Union, Serbian media outlets who had insight in the Government platform are reporting. The new Kurz Government calls for a common EU policy toward enlargement which would...
World 02.10.19 | 15:35

V4: Possible Kurz coalition with the Greens depends on the issue of migration

Austrian conservative politician Sebastian Kurz, who won the general elections with a solid margin (37% of the vote), has opened the door to inviting the Greens, who also did well in the elections with 14 percent, in the next coalition. The V4 news agency reports that this potential coalition will depend...
World 29.09.19 | 23:30

Kurz wins in Austrian general elections

The Austrian conservative OVP party decisively won the general elections putting its leader Sebastian Kurz on track to form his second Government, after his first coalition collapsed due to the Ibiza scandal. OVP won 37.2 percent of the votes, far ahead of the social-democratic SPO party with 22 percent....
World 29.09.19 | 12:37

V4: Austrians go to the polls with Kurz expected to win, and Strache on his way out

Austrians are going to the polls today in general elections expected to return young conservative leader Sebastian Kurz to office. The first Kurz cabinet was brought down after officials from his junior coalition partner, the right wing FPO party, were filmed promising access to people presenting themselves...
World 13.09.19 | 15:54

Kurz prepares for a “decent centre-right government” in Austria, V4 reports

The argument between Austrian People’s Party (OVP) president Sebastian Kurz and Freedom Party (FPO) leader Norbert Hofer was the most interesting part of the debate organised by Austrian public TV channel ORF on Wednesday. The leaders of the six parties most likely to win seats in parliament took...
Macedonia 11.01.19 | 22:55

Hunt, Kurz, Bushati and Kotzias also congratulate Zaev on the name change

After he pushed the amendments to rename Macedonia through the Parliament, Zoran Zaev also received congratulations from Sebastian Kurz, Jeremy Hunt, Nikos Kotzias and Ditmar Bushati. The Austrian Chancellor tweeted his hope that this will be a major step for “North Macedonia” toward the...

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