Jorg Haider

Jörg Haider finally cremated

famagusta-gazette.com
11-Nov-2008
        

By Staff Reporter 11.NOV.08 Austrian politician Jörg Haider, who was killed last month in a car accident, has been cremated in a private ceremony. His ashes were buried at his country estate in the province of Carinthia. Mr...

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Poison from Austria

asecondhandconjecture.com
07-Nov-2008 12 related
        

If the public outpouring of mourning for the loss of fascist sympathizer Jörg Haider were not enough to injure your esteem for contemporary Austrian public affairs, here’s another such moment. Klaus Emmerich, the highly...

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Night and Day: In the pink again - Prague's annual survey of gay cinema returns

praguepost.com
06-Nov-2008
        

Bollywood, check. Music on Film, check. Bergman, check. The season of never-ending film festivals is definitely upon us andmdash; though Iandrsquo;m not complaining, as itandrsquo;s the festivals that usually offer the best...

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Tibet Centre Opened at Heinrich Harrer’s Birthplace

phayul.com
04-Nov-2008
        

An International Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies’ was opened on October 31 at the birth place of Heinrich Harrer, author of seven years in Tibet. Vice-Governor of the region of Kärnten, Members of Parliament, Mayor and...

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The race and American politics: one international student's perspective

whartonjournal.com
03-Nov-2008
        

It has been a privilege to be at Wharton, in a swing state, and watch this race up-close. Weaned only on the seven seasons of the West Wing before I landed in Philadelphia, Jed Bartlet will forever remain my idealized leader of...

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What If McCain Wins?

freerepublic.com
01-Nov-2008 2 related
        

If John McCain becomes the next U.S. president, it will send europe into a fit of despair not seen on the old continent in decades. After all, Barack Obama is Europe's candidate, so much so that French President Nicolas...

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Helmut Zilk: Austrian politician and broadcaster

timesonline.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

Helmut Zilk was a colourful and outspoken Austrian politician in a country that has since the war produced relatively few charismatic political figures. In his decade running Vienna in the 1980s and 1990s he introduced striking...

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Merkur | 11/2008

eurozine.com
31-Oct-2008
        

Jörg Haider was on the brink of a political comeback when he died in a car accident in October. Throughout his career, Haider's critics in Austria made a disastrous mistake, writes Robert Menasse. They suspected him of fascism,...

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Austrians undaunted by Haider revelations

ft.com
30-Oct-2008
        

About 25,000 people, or more than quarter of the population, crowded into the picturesque main square of Klagenfurt this month for the funeral of Jörg Haider, the veteran leader of Austria’s far right. The mourners, many in the...

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Respekt Weekly (43/08)

prague.tv
27-Oct-2008
        

by Ivan Lamper Výstaviště burns, controversy surrounds the Nordic World Ski Championship, and Klaus bans the EU flag from Prague Castle Newspapers reported that Madonna is getting a divorce. After a steep drop, shares on the...

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