Austria

Austrian MPs removed Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz from power. This happened during a parliamentary vote of no-confidence vote against him, Reuters reported.

The vote against Kurz was supported by the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, which a week ago ruled in a coalition with Kurz.

High turnout in Berlin by Bulgarian citizens voting in Germany. In the Federal Republic today, they also vote for local authorities.

In Austria, elections are taking place against the backdrop of a tense domestic political environment.

Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, announced the end of the coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria after the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, announced by world agencies.

Austria's vice chancellor and longtime far-right leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, said on May 18 he was stepping down over video footage that threatened to bring down the right-wing coalition government.

Austria's Supreme Prosecution Office has begun to investigate the secrecy funding of the ruling coalition of the Austrian Party of Freedom (APS) from abroad in exchange for access to state treaties. This was reported by the Secretary General of the Constitutional Affairs Ministry, Christian Pilnacek, for the Curie newspaper.

Addiko Bank emerged from the bankrupt Austrian Hypo Alpe Adria bank, whose Balkan network of branch offices was sold to the Advent investment group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2014.Quoting reports by business

He participates in a debate on the Austrian EU presidency in the European Parliament, reported NOVA TV. 

Speaking to the European Parliament, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz welcomed the return of the Western Balkans to the center of European events. Kurtz participated in the debate on the Austrian EU presidency in the last six months of 2018.

Fighting corruption and crime and the need for qualification of the cadres - these are the two most important issues that would improve the business climate in the country and the market conditions respectively. This was stated in a poll among the representatives of the Austrian business in Bulgaria.

The Austrian Chancellor's visit to Romania is an important moment, symbolically marking the handover of the Presidency of the EU Council from the Austrian Government to the Government of Romania and the transition from a protected Europe - the motto of the Austrian Presidency - to a Europe in which cohesion is seen as a common value, said Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.

The Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, on Friday stated, regarding the emergency ordinance on the fiscal measures announced by the Minister of Finance, that he is not worried about the Austrian companies, as he knows they could just pack their things and leave.