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☆ Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | Hans-Martin Tillack | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

It was Angermayer who introduced Bisslinger to Thiel at the party, Thiel would later tell the FBI. After some small talk, Bisslinger made a pitch to Thiel: Thiel should travel to Russia to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. If Thiel chose to attend, Bisslinger said, Bisslinger would arrange for him to meet privately with Putin. "Even if Mr. Angermayer did introduce Mr. Thiel and Mr. Bisslinger," the lawyers wrote in another letter, "Mr. Angermayer is not—and cannot be—responsible for whatever Mr. Bisslinger and Mr. Thiel may or may not have discussed." At his 40th birthday, he connected Peter Thiel with a Russian diplomat, Thiel later told the FBI.

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☆ Austrian prosecutors drop bribery investigation into ex-finance minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VIENNA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Austrian anti-corruption prosecutors said on Tuesday they had dropped a bribery investigation into former conservative Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel for lack of proof. A concrete donation by the gambling company to the party could not be proven," the Central Prosecutors' Office for Economic Crimes and Corruption (WKStA) said in a statement. Kurz led his conservatives to victory in a parliamentary election following the government's collapse in 2019 but was forced to resign as chancellor in 2021 when he was placed under investigation over corruption allegations. He is also under investigation for possible perjury in testimony to a parliamentary commission. Their party remains in government and leads a coalition with the Greens formed in 2020.

Persons: Gernot Bluemel, Christian Strache, Strache, Sebastian Kurz, Bluemel, Kurz, Francois Murphy, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Finance, Party, Heinz, Central Prosecutors, Economic, Greens, Thomson Locations: VIENNA, Austrian, Austria

CNN —Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false testimony, Austria’s Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday. The prosecutors in Vienna allege that Kurz gave false evidence to a committee of the Austrian parliament that was investigating whether his government was open to bribes and corruption. Specifically, the prosecutors say he gave false evidence when asked about executive appointment to the board of Austria’s sovereign wealth fund, the state holding company Öbag. The 36-year-old former Austrian leader has denied the accusations. Once seen as a wunderkind of European politics, Kurz became the youngest-ever chancellor of Austria and Europe’s youngest leader in 2017, when he led his center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) to an election victory.

Persons: CNN —, Sebastian Kurz, Kurz, Kurz’s, Bernhard Bonelli, ”, Austria, Heinz, Christian Organizations: CNN, CNN — Former Austrian, Austria’s, Corruption Prosecutor’s, Austrian, Austrian People’s Party Locations: Vienna

☆ Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with giving false testimony - prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false testimony before parliament, the Austrian prosecutor's office for economic crimes and corruption said on Friday. The conservative politician and his former chief of staff, Bernhard Bonelli, are accused of giving false testimony before the Ibiza committee of inquiry in the Austrian parliament "regarding the alleged corruptibility of his government," the office said in a statement. Kurz left office in 2021 after prosecutors placed him and nine others under investigation on suspicion of breach of trust, corruption and bribery with various levels of involvement. Since leaving office, Kurz has been working as a global strategist for tech investor Thiel Capital. Writing by Friederike Heine; Editing by Miranda Murray and Conor HumphriesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sebastian Kurz, Bernhard Bonelli, Kurz, Heinz, Christian Strache, Karl Nehammer, Friederike Heine, Miranda Murray, Conor Humphries Organizations: Austrian, People's Party, Thiel Capital, Thomson Locations: Austrian, Ibiza, Vienna, Russian

☆ La o zi după ce protestatari anti-restricții au manifestat la Viena, Austria prelungește lockdown-ul și în februarie
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Austria a anunțat, duminică, prelungirea carantinei generalizate instituită pentru oprirea răspândirii coronavirusului. Lockdown-ul va fi prelungit până în 8 februarie, obiectivul fiind ca după această dată restricțiile să mai fie relaxate. Anunţul lui Kurz vine la o zi după ce mii de persoane au manifestat la Viena pentru a protesta împotriva restricţiilor din viaţa publică. Duminică, poliţia austriacă a anunţat că a reţinut 23 de persoane şi a deschis dosare împotriva altor peste 300 la protestul de la Viena împotriva restricţiilor anti-coronavirus. Marşul a început paşnic, însă ulterior au avut loc tulburări, unii jurnalişti afirmând că au fost ameninţaţi cu violenţa.

Persons: Cancelarul Sebastian Kurz, îşi, Kurz, Marşul, participanţi, Heinz, Christian Strache Organizations: esenţiale Locations: Austria, Agerpres, Viena

Austria, ţară cu 8,9 milioane de locuitori, este la al treilea lockdown, fiind deschise doar magazinele esenţiale. Austria a raportat aproape 390.000 de cazuri de coronavirus şi aproape 7.000 de decese legate de Covid-19 de la începutul pandemiei în urmă cu un an. Anunţul lui Kurz vine la o zi după ce mii de persoane au manifestat la Viena pentru a protesta împotriva restricţiilor din viaţa publică. Duminică, poliţia austriacă a anunţat că a reţinut 23 de persoane şi a deschis dosare împotriva altor peste 300 la protestul de la Viena împotriva restricţiilor anti-coronavirus. Marşul a început paşnic, însă ulterior au avut loc tulburări, unii jurnalişti afirmând că au fost ameninţaţi cu violenţa.

Persons: Cancelarul Sebastian Kurz, îşi, Kurz, Marşul, participanţi, Heinz, Christian Strache Organizations: Agerpres, esenţiale Locations: Austria, Viena

☆ Cel puţin 10.000 de oameni au protestat la Viena împotriva măsurilor COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cel puţin 10.000 de oameni au manifestat sâmbătă la Viena împotriva măsurilor sanitare adoptate pentru a combate coronavirusul, cerând între altele demisia guvernului şi denunţând "presa mincinoasă", relatează AFP, EFE şi Reuters. La miting a luat parte şi fostul vicecancelar Heinz Christian Strache (extrema dreaptă), care nici el nu purta mască anti-coronavirus. În paralel a avut loc şi o contramanifestaţie cu participarea militanţilor de extremă stânga, care au denunţat "nebunia anti-măşti". Circa 500 de persoane au luat parte la această contramanifestaţie, potrivit poliţiei. Austria, care are 8,9 milioane de locuitori, a înregistrat până în prezent de la debutul pandemiei peste 300.000 de cazuri de contaminare şi circa 7000 de decese asociate noului coronavirus.

Persons: Gabi, Heinz Christian Strache, Sebastian Kurz Organizations: Reuters Locations: Viena, China, manifestaţie, Austriei, Austria

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