Christian Kern
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Amazon pays ‘less tax in Austria than a sausage stand’
- Europe
- September 3, 2016, 12:37
Multinationals like coffee chain Starbucks and online retailer Amazon pay less tax in Austria than one of the country’s tiny sausage stands, the repub(...)
Jean-Claude Juncker urges calm on Turkey’s EU ambitions
- Europe
- August 5, 2016, 18:20
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has warned it would be a “serious political failure” to raise doubts now about future EU relations (...)
Jean-Claude Juncker rejects push to freeze EU-Turkey talks
- Europe
- August 4, 2016, 23:03
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said in remarks published yesterday that it would be counterproductive to freeze accession talks wit(...)
Austria preparing fences to curb refugee numbers
- Europe
- August 2, 2016, 11:42
When Europe’s fault lines grow or shrink, the tremors tend to strike where Austria and Hungary meet. In May 1989, Hungarian soldiers cut the barbed w(...)
European reaction: Shock and disappointment at Brexit
- Europe
- June 24, 2016, 13:38
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she accepts – “with great regret” – Britain’s decision to leave the EU but insisted the union would recover from thi(...)
Far-right candidate defeated in Austrian presidential election
- Europe
- May 23, 2016, 15:57
Austria has elected Green Party politician Alexander Van der Bellen as president, following a tightly-fought contest that was seen as a barometer of (...)
