March 15, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Felix Simon
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPÖ has long had a fraught relationship with the press. Following the party’s rise to power as part of a right-wing conservative coalition after the Austrian election, this conflict has only...
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March 14, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Short stories •
by Alexander Fanta
Some say Austria dodged a bullet last year. After an acrimonious year-long election campaign the Alpine nation elected Alexander Van der Bellen, a veteran Green Party politician, as president last December. He had a margin of 7.5 points...
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