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The European Union should immediately terminate accession negotiations with Turkey, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tells Kathimerini in an interview while expressing Vienna's support for the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Undocumented migrants at the German border with Austria who have travelled to Europe via Greece or Italy must be returned to either Athens and Rome accordingly, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday following talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna. 

After Slovenia on Friday announced that Croatian nationals no longer need visas to work there, Austria remains the only EU country that is still restricting access of Croatian citizens to its labour market.

Austria warned in March that it intended to seek the approval of the European Commission to extend the transitional period until 2020.

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On this route, as Peter Webinger explained, mosques offer support to migrants.

Webinger is convinced that the growing number of refugees is leading to a "tense situation," which will not develop as dramatically as in 2015, "although there is similarly great potential in crisis regions."

Members of the self-styled anarchist group Rouvikonas on Sunday threw flyers outside the house of the Austrian Ambassador to Greece, Andrea Ikic-Bohm, in the northern suburb of Paleo Psychico.

In a text published on an anti-establishment website, the group said the action was a response to Austria's anti-migrant policies and measures. 

At least one person was killed and another four wounded in a knife attack on pedestrians in Paris on May 12, according to the police.    

The trade with Austria amounts to 1.2 billion euros, which makes Austria a leading foreign investor in Bulgaria. This is what President Rumen Radev said during a press conference after meeting the Austrian President, Alexander van der Belen, ''FOCUS'' News Agency reported.

Austria's right-wing coalition government, which is strongly opposed to Turkey joining the European Union, will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its territory ahead of snap June elections, the country's chancellor has said.

Austria is ready to become a mediator to settle disagreements between the UK and Russia over the Sergei Skripal case. This was announced by Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, quoted by TASS.

"We are open to everyone, and if we are to ask for mediation efforts (between Russia and the UK), we are happy and ready for that," said Kneissl, in front of the Austrian TV channel OER Ef 2.