Austria to allocate millions of euros to Ukraine for mine clearance and grain delivery

Vienna will allocate €5 million to Ukraine for mine clearance efforts and €2 million for grain delivery following a visit by Austria’s Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger to Kyiv on Friday 14 March. Meinl-Reisinger is reported to have arrived on a Read More …

Austria to join mine clearance efforts in Ukraine

Austria will support humanitarian mine clearance efforts in Ukraine, as part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Support Programme for Ukraine. According to Alexander Schallenberg, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Read More …

EU provides explosive and mine detection dogs to Ukraine

The EU has launched a project to train and donate 50 explosive and mine detection dogs to the Ukrainian authorities. Nine of them have already been paired with Ukrainian dog handlers. According to the European Commission, 30% of Ukraine’s territory Read More …

Austria: Vienna police warn of credible threat of ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches

Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna. The country’s intelligence service didn’t disclose any further information as to the threats received. Police in Vienna tweeted that they had heighted security in front of certain buildings, including churches, Read More …

India: NIA arrests Tarn Taran blast ‘mastermind’ on extradition from Austria

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested alleged terrorist Bikramjit Singh, who was wanted in connection with the Tarn Taran bomb blast in Punjab, after his extradition from Vienna in Austria. The accused was extradited to India by the Read More …

Austria’s Kneissl Thanks Lavrov For Supporting Vienna’s Mine Clearance Initiative In Syria

Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl expressed gratitude on Tuesday to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for supporting Vienna’s initiative on humanitarian mine clearance in Syria, which is aimed at helping create conditions for the return of refugees and displaced people. Last November, Kneissl announced that Austria and Slovenia launched a joint Read More …