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07VIENNA377	AUSTRIA CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR FURTHER EXTENSION [...] EconPolCouns and EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 13 to Brigadier Kurt Hager. As the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director for Bilateral Affairs, Hager manages Austria's international police training missions, among other things. 2. Hager said he would pursue our request [...]	2007-02-13 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JO IZ AU

07VIENNA380	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS, [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]	2007-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA392	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 14, 2007 [...] Former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner arrived in Vienna yesterday after a months-long tug of war between Elsner and his lawyers, who claimed the ex-Bawag boss had a weak heart and could not be transported from his French residence to Vienna for trial, and the law enforcement authorities who doubted t [...]	2007-02-14 12:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA396	AUSTRIA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Per reftel request, post nominates Eva Kaufmann, a key staffer in the Austrian NGO LEFOE/IBF. ------------------- Contact Information ------------------- 2. Name: Eva Kaufmann Organization: LEFOE/IBF, Floragasse 7a/7, 1040 Vienna Telephone: 43 1 796 92 98 Email: ibf@lefoe.at --- [...]	2007-02-14 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO
07VIENNA407	AUSTRIA: WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON COMMISSION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR UNCND AU
07VIENNA411	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 15, 2007 [...] Former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner is back in Vienna and in detention while awaiting trial. For the time being, however, Elsner is in the Wilhelminenspital where his medical condition is being monitored. For months, the former head of Bawag had escaped extradition claiming a heart condition. Accor [...]	2007-02-15 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA412	AUSTRIA ON UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY IN IRAQ [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on February 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's deputy Director for International Organizations Affairs, and Ralph Scheide, the MFA's Middle East and Africa Director. 2. Huber said Austria considered the UN role in Iraq to be an important one. Hub [...]	2007-02-15 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN IZ AU
07VIENNA414	AUSTRIA ON WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA International Organizations deputy Peter Huber, Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide, and Africa Director Caroline Gudenus. 2. (SBU) The Austrians said they agreed that Zimbabwe presented tremendous probl [...]	2007-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID WFP AORC AU
07VIENNA415	AUSTRIA ON PKO IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide and Africa head Caroline Gudenus. 2. (C) Gudenus said the Somalia mission (AMISOM) was extremely important, and Austria would back the EU's extension of support to th [...]	2007-02-15 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS KPKO PHUM PREL EUN SO AU
07VIENNA419	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 16, 2007 [...] BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler is coming under fire in the Bawag affair. On Thursday, former Minister of Justice Karin Gastinger confirmed towards centrist daily "Die Presse" that he tried "very, very cautiously" to intervene on behalf of investment banker Wolfgang Flttl, who lost the Bawag billi [...]	2007-02-16 12:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA437	UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...]	2007-02-20 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU
07VIENNA440	ILLICIT CASH COURIERS: AUSTRIAN LAW IN COMPLIANCE [...] On February 15, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Ottawa noted that in August 2006, Austria had implemented a domestic regulation, which already incorporates all provisions of the EU's Regulat [...]	2007-02-20 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER AU
07VIENNA45	Austria's New Government a Grand Coalition [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 announcement that the Social Democratic (SPO) Chairman Alfred Gusenbauer would lead a Grand Coalition with the People's Party (OVP),the OVP presented its ministerial team on January 9. Wilhelm Molterer, the OVP's Parliamentary Leader, will become Vice-Chancellor [...]	2007-01-09 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA455	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 21, 2007 [...] BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler is scheduled to testify today before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the scandal surrounding former union-owned bank Bawag. He is suspected of having intervened in favor of investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, a key figure in the Bawag affair. [...]	2007-02-22 07:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA477	ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) On February 20, post conveyed reftel information on the domestic USG designations of three additional Iranian entities to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Financial Markets Directorate. Post also passed the information to the MFA's Int [...]	2007-02-23 13:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA478	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 23, 2007 [...] Erika Rumpold, head of public relations company 100 Percent Communications, which received over 6 million Euros to promote Eurofighters refused to answer questions at the parliamentary inquiry looking into the purchase of the planes. Committee members said Rumpold may face a fine similar to tha [...]	2007-02-23 14:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA492	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding UNHRC EEG candidates on February 26 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann agreed it was important to have strong democracies occupy as many seats as possible on the Council. Theuermann added that the Go [...]	2007-02-26 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07VIENNA509	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On February 26, DCM delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, urging Austria to join and actively participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kyrle received the information with interest, and promised to provide a considered response after [...]	2007-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA510	AUSTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) On February 26, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, and to MFA Middle East A/S SIPDIS Ralph Scheide. DCM asked for Austrian understanding of and support for the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense assets in Poland and the Czech Republic. DCM stressed [...]	2007-02-28 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AU
07VIENNA511	AUSTRIA REQUESTS CLARIFICATION OF BAGHDAD RAID ON [...] (SBU) On February 26, Peter Launsky, Head of the Austrian MFA's Citizen Services Division passed DCM an Aide Memoire requesting USG clarification regarding an alleged raid by U.S. Armed Forces on the Baghdad offices of the Vienna-based NGO "Irakisches Hilfswerk in Oesterreich" February 18. Ac [...]	2007-02-28 11:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC AU IZ
07VIENNA512	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON IAEA REPORT ON [...] (C) On February 26, DCM outlined USG views, per reftel, on Iran's non-compliance with UNSCR 1737 to Johannes Kyrle, the MFA's Secretary General and to Ralph Scheide, the MFA's Middle East and Africa Director. Scheide stressed that Austria continues to fully support the EU-3. As for Austrian [...]	2007-02-28 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AU IR
07VIENNA516	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 28, 2007 [...] Eurofighter company boss Aloysius Rauen complained that his firm has been disadvantaged by details leaked to the public from an Austrian parliamentary inquiry into the purchase of 18 Eurofighter jets for use by the Austrian armed forces. Rauen said that concerns about corporate security and dam [...]	2007-02-28 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA52	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 16:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA522	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) On February 28, Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel paper to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken commented on the following issues: 2. (C) WESTERN BALKANS: Riecken welcomed the recent decision to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative [...]	2007-03-01 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AU IR
07VIENNA53	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 10, 2007 [...] Incoming Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer from the SPOe has come under fire from within his own party for having "given up too much to the Conservatives" in the government negotiations. Student and youth organizations continued their protests yesterday. Meanwhile, 75 percent of the party executive [...]	2007-01-10 17:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA532	AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...]	2007-03-01 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
07VIENNA534	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 01, 2007 [...] Minister for Women's Issues Doris Bures of the SPOe and Science Minister Johannes Hahn of the OeVP are the last two members of the coalition cabinet to be officially sworn in by President Heinz Fischer today. The two have been ministers without portfolio since inauguration of the SPOe-OeVP gove [...]	2007-03-02 07:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA55	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA552	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 02, 2007 [...] After the Defense and Finance Ministers reconciled their differences over allocation of funds for the defense portfolio, the coalition partners SPOe and OeVP agreed yesterday on a double budget for 2007 and 2008. The spending plan is expected to be presented in parliament before the end of Marc [...]	2007-03-05 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA56	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA568	CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRIA TALKING TOUGH, BUT ACTING SOFTLY [...] Austria, with one of the most ambitious Kyoto Protocol targets, has thus far failed to achieve its emissions reduction goals. According to Austria's 1997 Kyoto Protocol commitment, it should reduce emissions to no more than 69 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2012. In 2005 Austria emitted 93 [...]	2007-03-05 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU
07VIENNA583	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2007 [...] Following a call for the introduction of a tax on kerosene by Minister for the Environment Josef Proell, Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer has also spoken in favor of such a move. It would be a "politically sensible" measure with regard to climate protection goals, and could [...]	2007-03-06 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA584	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 2 to Alexander Benedict from the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Department. Benedict said that his department would review the revised proposal, but he did not foresee any problems in endorsing the proposal. Mc [...]	2007-03-06 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA
07VIENNA6	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- IRAN AND UNSCR 1737 [...] A/DCM delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 27 to Carolina Gudenus, acting head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East and Africa division. A/DCM followed up on January 3 with Ralph Scheide, the MFA's assistant secretary-level Middle East and Africa director. SIPDIS 2. Scheid [...]	2007-01-03 16:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA621	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 12, 2007 [...] The conflict in the governing SPOe/OeVP coalition about the inheritance tax, which the Constitutional Court judged to be unconstitutional, last week, is escalating. On Sunday, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer expressly rejected the OeVP proposal to abolish the tax altogether. Rather, he wants to so [...]	2007-03-12 15:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA626	UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...]	2007-03-13 08:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA634	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2007 [...] The divisions in the governing coalition over inheritance tax continue. People's Party (OeVP) insists on the complete abolition of taxes on inherited wealth, but Social Democrats (SPOe) say they want a reform of inheritance taxes, after the Constitutional Court last week suspended laws relating [...]	2007-03-13 15:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA652	U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS DEMARCHE [...] On March 15, EconPol Counselor presented reftel demarche to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. We gave him copies of the Draft Air Transportation Agreement, the Draft Memorandum of Consultations and th [...]	2007-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU
07VIENNA657	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ASEAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 16 to Austrian MFA Asia Director Nikolaus Scherk. 2. (C) Scherk said there had been some sentiment among the Asians to avoid an explicit reference to Burma/Myanmar in the chairman's statement concluding the March 14-15 Nuremberg EU-ASE [...]	2007-03-16 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM EUN AU
07VIENNA667	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. Huber said that the points we made were valuable and worthy of rethinking. Specifically, Huber mentioned that in regard to the issue of the Office of [...]	2007-03-16 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ACABQ APER PREL UNGA
07VIENNA670	AUSTRIAN MFA GETS A NAME CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC AU
07VIENNA688	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTION ON [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetl demarche on March 19 to Austrian MFA Human Rights Director Engelbert Theuermann. Theuermann said Austria is only an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, but plays an active role. He said Austria has an embassy in Zimbabwe, and therefore has followed de [...]	2007-03-20 11:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNSCR PREL ZI EUN AU
07VIENNA701	OMV CEO: NABUCCO KEY FOR EUROPE'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) During a recent lunch with Ambassador, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer emphasized that obtaining a sufficient supply of Azeri gas is the key for the start-up of Nabucco. Without Azeri gas, OMV would have to look for other possible suppliers--Iran and Russia--that would not be good alternat [...]	2007-03-20 19:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA702	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 20, 2007 [...] Although politicians agree Austria needs more child-care spaces, they disagree on how to finance such facilities. Health Ccare and Family Issues Minister Andrea Kdolsky wants the provinces to provide the funding, but Austrian municipality president Helmut Moedlhammer argues the federal governme [...]	2007-03-21 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA714	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 21, 2007 [...] The SPOe-OeVP coalition will make an effort to settle its ongoing dispute regarding implementation of Kyoto goals at today's Council of Ministers. There has been disagreement on a number of aspects of Austria's planned new climate strategy, including on the SPOe's proposals of holding a climate [...]	2007-03-21 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA717	AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the acting head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East Bureau. (The international organizations bureau referred us to their regional colleagues as the action office on this issue.) Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-le [...]	2007-03-21 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
07VIENNA720	FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the Austrian MFA's acting Middle East Director, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level Near East Director. 2. (C) Kuglitsch and Lapuh confirmed press reports that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik ha [...]	2007-03-21 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PGOV KWBG PREL IS AU
07VIENNA721	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on March 21 to Gerhard Weinberger, the Austrian MFA's Acting Africa Director. 2. (C) Consistent with ref (b),Weinberger said Austria shares our views on the political, economic and security problems in Zimbabwe. He said that in a recent tel [...]	2007-03-21 16:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI AU
07VIENNA722	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, acting Middle East director in the Austrian MFA, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's Near East Director. We argued that the review of the mandate of the special rapporteur should take place in the working group that is re [...]	2007-03-22 07:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNHRC PHUM AU
07VIENNA728	NABUCCO PIPELINE: OMV STILL BULLISH ON 2012 STARTUP [...] (C) During a March 20 meeting with EconUnit Chief, the Managing Director of the Nabucco Pipeline consortium, Reinhard Mitschek, said that the project remains on track to begin operations in 2012. Nabucco is still looking to take on a major European gas company to help finance the project. Re [...]	2007-03-22 10:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA755	AUSTRIA EXTENDS TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] Please see action request para. 4. 2. In a March 21 meeting, Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter told Ambassador that the GOA is sympathetic to the notion of continuing the deployment of Austrian trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). There are no im [...]	2007-03-23 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JO IZ AU
07VIENNA756	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 23, 2007 [...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos met with Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen to discuss the contract to purchase 18 jets for the Austrian armed forces. The time and place of the meeting was kept secret. It is believed that the talks aimed at finding ways to reduce the cost of the aircraf [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA77	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: URGING SUPPORT FOR LEBANON AT [...] On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, Deputy Director in the MFA's Near East and Africa Division, to encourage high-level Austrian participation at the January 25 Paris III conference and to urge Austrian financial support for Lebanon. Carl stressed that the GoA sh [...]	2007-01-12 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID AU LE
07VIENNA773	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2007 [...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) is still confident he has legal grounds for a cancellation of the Eurofighter purchase contract. A complete backing-out of the deal continues to be "our number one priority," he stressed on Austrian television. "Intensive negotiations" to that effect will [...]	2007-03-26 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA774	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Peter Launsky, the Austrian MFA's point person in the case of Bert Nussbaumer, the Austrian hostage in Iraq. Charge stressed that we -- and many coalition countries -- were very upset about the resolution of the Italian hostage case. We see the deal w [...]	2007-03-26 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREF PTER AF IT AU
07VIENNA785	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 27, 2007 [...] Despite demonstrations of unity, cooperation between the coalition partners SPOe and OeVP has been marked by quarrels and disagreement. It is therefore hardly surprising that benchmark information on Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer's address in Parliament to present the double budget for 2007 [...]	2007-03-27 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA791	(S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...]	2007-03-27 15:01:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA807	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 28, 2007 [...] Gernot and Erika Rumpold, owners of the public relations firm which has been in charge of promoting the Eurofighter, told the parliamentary committee looking into the interceptor purchase deal that it was "not uncommon" for a press conference to cost 96,000 Euros, which the committee has called [...]	2007-03-28 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA810	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT [...] (S) On March 28, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel statement from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Director General and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Financing Coordinator. EconUnit Chief underscored the importance of imp [...]	2007-03-28 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM KNNP EFIN KTFN ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA832	AUSTRIA ON THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on March 29 to Anreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken responded substantively as follows. 2. (C) Western Balkans: The discussion will focus on Kosovo, Riecken said. It is very clear that the EU supports Martti Ahtisa [...]	2007-03-30 08:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI AU
07VIENNA85	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]	2007-01-17 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENNA853	AUSTRIA ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND THE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 29 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Per ref (b),on March 28, EconUnit Chief had delivered ref (c) demarche the implementation of UNSCR 1747 to the Austrian Finance Ministry. 2. Scheide echoed r [...]	2007-03-30 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AU
07VIENNA856	TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) On March 14, Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien led a delegation to Vienna to meet with officials at the Austrian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of European and International Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BACA),and Raiffeisen Ze [...]	2007-03-30 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL ECON AU
07VIENNA857	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian MFA's Secretary General. EconPolCouns also discussed the issue with MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on March 29. 2. (C) Kyrle agreed that EU unity in support of Martti Ahtisaari's report is esse [...]	2007-03-30 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU AU
07VIENNA858	AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...]	2007-03-30 14:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU
07VIENNA86	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] Post delivered reftel letter of invitation for the Eighth International Export Control Conference (March 6-8, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania) to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior's Office for the Protection of the Con [...]	2007-01-17 12:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO AU
07VIENNA88	AUSTRIA'S 2007/2008 OUTLOOK - DYNAMIC GROWTH [...] Austria's GDP grew at a better than expected rate of 3.3% in 2006, its highest growth rate since 2000. For 2007, Austria's two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their growth forecasts to 2.6-2.7% on the basis of strong exports, robust investments, recovering private consumpti [...]	2007-01-17 12:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
07VIENNA882	AUSTRIA: GOA URGES BANKS TO CLOSE SEPAH ACCOUNTS [...] (S) EconUnit Chief conveyed ref A points on March 30 to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's Director General, and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Finance Coordinator. In a separate meeting (ref C) on March 30 with the MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa, Eco [...]	2007-04-03 08:03:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM AU IR
07VIENNA891	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 03, 2007 [...] Helmut Elsner, one of the chief suspects in the Bawag banking scandal, has begun rehabilitation treatment in a facility in the south of Austria after a heart bypass operation. The former CEO of Bawag is expected to remain in the clinic for at least four weeks, during which time Austrian justice [...]	2007-04-03 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA909	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 04, 2007 [...] Greens MP Werner Kogler says he believes a "network" connecting intermediaries and Austrian ministry officials was set up surrounding the Eurofighter purchase deal, citing specifically two members of the Defense Department's evaluation commission, who entertained close personal ties with interc [...]	2007-04-04 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA911	AUSTRIA: WAITING FOR GUIDANCE ON SHARING NSG [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP IAEA IR AU
07VIENNA916	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 05, 2007 [...] An improvement of the legal rights of people living in same-sex partnerships in Austria could happen soon - provided the OeVP settles its intra-party disputes over the issue. OeVP secretary general Hannes Missethon suggested on ORF television yesterday that same-sex partnerships could in the fu [...]	2007-04-05 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA917	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABU AMR VISITS VIENNA [...] (SBU) In response to an invitation by Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr visited Vienna for meetings on April 4. Abu Amr said publicly that Israel is "not ready for serious peace negotiations." At the same tim [...]	2007-04-05 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS AU
07VIENNA918	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STOPPING TRAVEL TO [...] (S) On April 5 EconUnit Chief met with Bettina Kirnbauer, Deputy Head of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, to convey USG concerns about PKK leaders in Europe traveling to Iraq in the April/May period. EconUnit Chief noted that, wi [...]	2007-04-05 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER KTFN PREL AU TU IZ
07VIENNA919	UKRAINIAN PM YANUKOVYCH ASKS AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR [...] (U) Austrian media has prominently reported on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yanukovych's April 5 news conference, in which he announced that he had asked Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate the political crisis in Ukraine. Austrian press reports quoted Yanukovych as pointing to Austr [...]	2007-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UP
07VIENNA926	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 06, 2007 [...] Andrea Kdolsky, Austria's Minister for Health and Family Issues from the People's Party has called for adherence to the limit of extra income that a person receiving childcare benefit payments while on maternity leave can make. She said the payments must be returned if a person goes over the li [...]	2007-04-10 07:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA932	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007 [...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...]	2007-04-10 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA96	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 17, 2007 [...] A statement made by Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer during his inaugural address in Parliament has caused a stir among MPs: Gusenbauer offered to give tutoring lessons in Austrian schools once a week, thus reflecting a proposal included in the coalition agreement that students could do community w [...]	2007-01-17 16:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA960	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 12, 2007 [...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats says the planned mid-year delivery of the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will be delayed "until November at best." He said the required software for the navigation system from the United States should arrive by then. [...]	2007-04-12 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA969	AUSTRIA MOVING FORWARD ON U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) On April 12, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel point to Alois Kraut, Head of the Ministry of European and Integration Affairs' Transport and Telecommunications Unit. Kraut noted that the GoA's Council of Ministers had vested Austria's Permanent Representative to the EU with the [...]	2007-04-13 08:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU
07VIENNA970	RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL [...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]	2007-04-13 11:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VIENNA974	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 13, 2007 [...] Although he had dismissed such a move earlier, emphasizing he was "loyal to the coalition," Defense Minister Norbert Darabos now says he no longer rules out his party, the Social Democrats (SPOe) could be "going it alone," if a decision is made to withdraw from the contract to purchase 18 Eurof [...]	2007-04-13 13:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA979	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY: STRONGER GROWTH IN 2007/2008 [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes recently revised GDP growth forecasts upward for 2007 and 2008. Following 3.2% growth in 2006, latest estimates are for growth of 3.0% in 2007 and 2.4-2.6% in 2008. Strong exports, a robust investment cycle and improving private consumption are prope [...]	2007-04-16 07:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV AU
07VIENNA988	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER CHANCELLOR [...] (C). Summary. Amb. McCaw, accompanied by DCM, recently called on OVP Parliamentary Leader (and former Chancellor) Wolfgang Schuessel to discuss a range of bilateral issues. Schuessel defended FM Plassnik's recent GAERC and Gymnich statements on missile defense, and described the SPO as "boxe [...]	2007-04-16 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA990	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2007 [...] After the first 100 days of the SPOe-OeVP coalition, all Austrian media present their assessments of the government's performance so far. One daily in its weekend issue says the Social Democrats and Conservatives' cooperation has been marked by "dispute, glitches, intrigues and petty jealousies [...]	2007-04-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1005	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES REDUCES SERVICE TO U.S., SEARCH FOR [...] Austrian Airlines' (AUA) will stop service to Chicago, reduce frequencies of flights to New York, Washington and other long-haul and Western European destinations, and increase the fuel surcharge. The GoA collapse puts AUA's search for a strategic partner on hold. The delay in the privatizatio [...]	2008-07-16 10:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1007	AUSTRIA ON THE UNSC: POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: If Austria is successful in its bid for a 2009-10 rotating UNSC seat, its positions on most urgent Security Council issues would reflect the EU consensus, MFA contacts convincingly tell us. On Iran, however, successive Austrian governments have shown a deep-seated philosophical b [...]	2008-07-16 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC PARM PINR KNNP ENRG MNUC
08VIENNA1018	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE JULY 22-23 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 09:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN IR SO CD ZI AU
08VIENNA1036	DHS-EUROPEAN COMMISSION MEETING IN VIENNA ON [...] (C) DHS A/S for Policy Stewart Baker and European Commission (EC) Justice DG Jonathan Faull, meeting in Vienna July 17, agreed on various steps to advance further U.S.-EU (and U.S.-EU member state) negotiations on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) MoU and related data exchange agreements. Faull be [...]	2008-07-23 08:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KCRM PTER EUN AU
08VIENNA1037	AUSTRIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel message to Austrian MFA Americas Director Isabel Rauscher July 22. Rauscher reported that Austria's July 3 statement welcoming the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages had included the following call for the FARC to release all hostage [...]	2008-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF AU
08VIENNA1044	PIPELINE UPDATE: NABUCCO TROUBLES WITH TURKEY; OMV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nabucco pipeline consortium lead OMV continues to struggle with Turkish government demands which have delayed the project's launch for over a year. OMV reps repeated their hope for USG facilitation in future Iraqi gas supplies to Europe (ACTION REQUEST in para 7). OMV reps say [...]	2008-07-24 08:59:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU IR IZ AJ
08VIENNA1056	July 27 South East Europe Conference in Salzburg [...] On the margins of the opening of the renowned Salzburg cultural festival, Chancellor Gusenbauer will gather 8 South East European Prime Ministers in Salzburg on July 27 for a conference on stability in the region. Represented at this annual conference will be Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia-H [...]	2008-07-25 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PRE AU
08VIENNA1057	AUSTRIAN MFA ON RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: "CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austria acknowledges the problems of dealing with Syria and the lack of concrete progress in the European dialogue with Damascus thus far. Nonetheless, Vienna sees multiple potential dangers to the broader Middle East should Syria be isolated. Austria does and will continue to m [...]	2008-07-25 14:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EUN AU
08VIENNA1058	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Austrian FM Plassnik and State Secretary Winkler told U/S Burns in Vienna July 18 that they were encouraged that Burns would attend the July 19 meeting in Geneva with Javier Solana, other members of the P-5 1, and Iran. They also said they were pleased by press reports indicating [...]	2008-07-25 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP PHUM IR AU
08VIENNA1059	AUSTRIA: CYBERCRIME CONVENTION RATIFICATION; [...] (U) Summary. Austrian plans to seek ratification of the Cybercrime Convention in the second half of 2008 have been delayed by the collapse of the government and call for early election. Ratification is now likely in the first half of 2009. Austria would welcome bilateral consultations on th [...]	2008-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA106	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 24, 2008 [...] Austria's Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein from the OeVP says he is committed to clearly defined climate protection goals. However, he told Austrian radio, he is opposed to the climate guidelines put forward by Brussels, which call for the share of renewable energies to be increased to 34 [...]	2008-01-24 13:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1095	AUSTRIANS PROMOTE JOINT STATEMENT OF CONCERN AT [...] (C) Pushed by long-standing principle and short-term political calculations, Austria, with Norwegian support, is seeking support from "like-minded" states to agree to a statement of concerns about the terms of the IAEA Safeguards Agreement to be approved August 1. The Austrians do not believe [...]	2008-07-31 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP AU
08VIENNA1099	Austrian Elections: "Italianization" Ahead? [...] Less than two months before the September 28 national parliamentary elections, two smaller parties, in addition to the five parliamentary parties, are also entering the race, with some chance of passing the 4% hurdle to enter parliament. The "List Fritz Dinkhauser" is a spinoff from the conser [...]	2008-08-01 08:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU PGOV
08VIENNA110	AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO EU COMMISSION'S CLIMATE PLAN [...] The EU Commission's Climate Change Package has elicited mostly negative reactions from the Austrian Government and, especially, Austrian industry. The plan foresees a reduction in Austria's CO2 emissions by 16% in 2020 from a 2005 base. There has been particular criticism of the Commission's [...]	2008-01-24 17:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU

08VIENNA1106	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER OPPOSES BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter (OVP) has reiterated her skeptical views on agreements that would involve bilateral data sharing between the U.S. and Austria. In an interview with the provincial daily "Salzburger Nachrichten" published August 1, Fekter stressed that Austria would not ne [...]	2008-08-01 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA1120	Austria's Financial Market Supervision Reform [...] SUMMARY: On January 1, 2008, a reform of Financial Market Supervision took effect in Austria. A reaction to several banking scandals, the reform gives the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) sole responsibility for on-site inspection of banks and data analysis while all other functions remain with [...]	2008-08-05 12:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1132	CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT USG NOMINATION FOR IPCC WG II CO-CHAIR [...] (SBU) Austria intends to support the U.S. nomination of Dr. Christopher Field. 2. (SBU) Embassy rep delivered reftel demarche to the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs on August 1, which recently held a coordination meeting on IPCC with the Austrian Ministry for Agri [...]	2008-08-07 10:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AU KGHG KSCA SENV
08VIENNA1133	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 6 with Thomas Schnoll, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe. Acting Econ/Pol Couns stressed that it would be unwise to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family until more is known about the family's possible links to the suppor [...]	2008-08-07 10:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU AU
08VIENNA1136	AUSTRIANS INFORMED OF NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD BM AU
08VIENNA1145	AUSTRIA: SPO ELECTS FAYMANN AS PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: SPO delegates on July 8 elected Infrastructure Minister Werner Faymann as their new party leader during a convention in Linz. Faymann, who was named acting party chairman in June, will be the SPO's top candidate in the September 28 national elections. In his convention speech, F [...]	2008-08-11 15:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1146	AUSTRIAN YOUTUBE GENERATION VIEWS NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] Young voters will provide a critical boost for smaller parties such as the Greens, the Liberal Forum, and, to a lesser extent, the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in Austria's September 28 national elections. The two governing parties, the Social Democrats (SPO) and the conservative People's Par [...]	2008-08-11 15:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA1156	OMV Abandons MOL Bid, Mulls Next Steps [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's flagship energy concern OMV is abandoning a takeover bid for Hungarian counterpart MOL but will retain a sizable stake for now. OMV posted record first-half earnings and a positive outlook. While the bid was unlikely to succeed -- given the opposition of MOL and conce [...]	2008-08-12 12:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON AU HU
08VIENNA1162	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIANS PRIOR TO EU GAERC ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Charge and Polchief discussed reftel points August 12 with Ralph Scheide, Acting MFA Poldir. Charge emphasized that the U.S. and EU should deliver a strong, consistent message regarding the Georgia conflict. The U.S. and EU needed to make it clear that they support Georgia's sovereignty [...]	2008-08-12 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG AU
08VIENNA1176	AUSTRIANS REMAIN UNDECIDED ON NSG DRAFT EXCEPTION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed reftel A points August 13 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA SecGen. He emphasized that the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is of vital importance to the USG, and to the global non-proliferation regime. He stressed that the NSG needs to act quickly in order for the Ini [...]	2008-08-14 06:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC AU
08VIENNA1194	OMV says Demand Strong for Nabucco Gas Pipeline [...] (U) Nabucco consortium lead OMV has released a survey of large gas customers showing prospective demand approximately double the pipeline's technical capacity of 31 bcm per day. Nabucco chairman Reinhard Mitschek cited the "100% overbooking ... from day one" as "evidence for the need to build [...]	2008-08-19 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET AU
08VIENNA1216	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: AUSTRIA SHARPLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Plassnik has delivered a sharply worded statement on Russia's invasion of Georgia, concluding that "business as usual" was not an option. The MFA official responsible for the Caucasus, however, was unsure of what that meant in practice and indicated that the MFA [...]	2008-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG EUN AU
08VIENNA122	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 25, 2008 [...] Right-wing opposition party BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler has called for an end to immigration to Austria. He made an exception, though, for needed skilled workers, who should be allowed into Austria as holders of "green-card"-type permits similar to those used in the USA and Canada. Westentha [...]	2008-01-25 12:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1225	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points August 25 with MFA State Secretary Winkler, just minutes after the Duma vote in favor of recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Speaking on the margins of the Alpbach Forum in Tirol Province, the Ambassador urged the GOA to express its objections t [...]	2008-08-25 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG AU
08VIENNA1229	FM PLASSNIK'S ATTENDANCE AT SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 09:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMM UNGA AU
08VIENNA1240	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel A points August 28 with Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, MFA director for the South Caucasus and Southeast Europe. Kuglitsch acknowledged that he was "shocked" by the Russian decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. MFA officials had been convinced th [...]	2008-08-28 10:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU AU
08VIENNA1242	AUSTRIA TO SEEK EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 28 with Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, MFA director for Southeast Europe. Kuglitsch said the GOA holds conflicting views regarding Serbia's proposal to refer the lawfulness of Kosovo's independence declaration to the International Court of Just [...]	2008-08-28 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV AU
08VIENNA1247	EMBASSY ACTION TO BLOCK AUSTRIA-RUSSIA GAS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Embassy has learned that an Austrian Economics Ministry delegation is likely to travel to Moscow on Sept. 8 for negotiations on an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) on Austrian participation in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Embassy believes this step [...]	2008-08-29 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RU GG AU
08VIENNA1259	AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO CANCEL SOUTH STREAM PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Austrian government representatives admit the timing is poor but appear unlikely to cancel or postpone official talks in Moscow next week on participation in the South Stream gas pipeline. Only the addition of significant pressure from EU partners is likely to move the GOA from i [...]	2008-09-02 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AU RU GG
08VIENNA1260	AUSTRIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG designations of an additional 5 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to [...]	2008-09-03 06:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1263	AUSTRIA POSTPONES SOUTH STREAM TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AU RU GG
08VIENNA1264	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU AU
08VIENNA1272	GEORGIA: AUSTRIA TO SEND FIRST OF UP TO 5 OSCE MILITARY [...] (u) Austria plans to send "up to five" military observers to Georgia within the framework of the OSCE mission, Austrian officials said in Vienna September 2. According to Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPO),Austria will dispatch one military observer as soon as possible to Georgia. Darabos [...]	2008-09-05 07:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG AU
08VIENNA1287	Red Ink Permeates Austrian Campaign, Marking Break with [...] SUMMARY: Economists are concerned about pre-election spending proposals which combined with a proposed tax cut could drive up Austria's budget deficit from near balance to 2.5% of GDP (near the Maastricht limit). Parliament might even enact large spending increases before the September 28 ele [...]	2008-09-08 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA1294	SAGGING CONSERVATIVES SEEK TO RALLY FORCES; SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary. Now trailing the Social Democrats (SPO) in the polls, conservative OVP leadership and cadres rallied Sept. 5 in Austria's second city, Graz, to launch formally the final phase of the election campaign. OVP leader Wilhelm Molterer told the faithful the party had to work harder and [...]	2008-09-09 08:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
08VIENNA1304	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE IN EGYPT: AUSTRIA PLANNING TO ATTEND, [...] Hubert Hrabcik, General Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health, Family and Youth Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) told Emboff he had registered for the Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in October in Egypt and intended to represent the GoA in Sharm el Sheik [...]	2008-09-10 10:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL AU
08VIENNA1337	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THEGAERC [...] (SBU) Polchief disussed reftel points September 10 with Klaus Famia, MFA European correspondent. Famira offered the following views on the agenda items for the September 15-16 GAERC: -- Georgia: EU members hope to approve the deployment of an ESDP mission to Georgia at the GAERC. The missi [...]	2008-09-11 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV SO ZI GG
08VIENNA1344	OMV TO DOUBLE GAS STORAGE CAPACITY IN AUSTRIA [...] On September 10, Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced its intention to double its gas storage capacity in Austria from 1.8 bcm to almost 4 bcm. OMV currently operates three smaller gas reservoirs in the east of Austria; the construction of a large fourth one near Gaenserndorf (east of [...]	2008-09-12 13:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA1346	AUSTRIAN FM DISCUSSES GEORGIA IN MOSCOW [...] (U) Summary: The Georgia crisis dominated FM Plassnik's September 8-9 official visit to Moscow. Plassnik emphasized to Russian FM Lavrov that the GOA and EU view the mediation process as a step toward the goal of restoring Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and would continue to [...]	2008-09-12 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG AU
08VIENNA1348	AUSTRIA TO MISS KYOTO CLIMATE TARGETS, PROMPTING CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: Austria will miss its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal by a wide margin again this year -- about a third -- according to a recent study. Austria stabilized emissions at 91.1 million tons CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2006, but committed to emit only 68.8 mil [...]	2008-09-15 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG PREL EIND ECON AU
08VIENNA1351	IRAN URGES OMV TO CONCLUDE GAS DEALS [...] (U) On the margins of a recent OPEC meeting, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari publicly urged Austrian oil/gas company OMV to finalize an energy deal. In an exclusive interview September 12 with Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung (note: an Austrian government-owned newspaper),Nozari urged O [...]	2008-09-15 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA1358	WORLD WATER CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] SUMMARY: From September 7 to 11, Vienna hosted the World Water Congress / trade show highlighting the impact of climate change on water issues. Organized by the International Water Association (IWA),the event brought together around 3,000 experts from science / technology, water policy, water [...]	2008-09-16 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG AU
08VIENNA1359	AUSTRIAN COURT ACTS TO UNFREEZE ABU NIDAL ASSETS [...] In late August, a Vienna court ruled that the GOA should unfreeze about USD 8 million from a bank account belonging to the Palestinian Abu Nidal terrorist group. The public prosecutor has appealed the verdict and the case is now pending at the Supreme Court for a final judgment. The case ill [...]	2008-09-17 06:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA1361	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN AU
08VIENNA1362	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY RECOMMENDS DELAY IN [...] (C) Summary. The Austrian MoI believes for several reasons that U.S.-Austrian talks on the VWP MOU HSPD-6 and a Preum-like agreement should be postponed until after the formation of a new Austrian government -- unlikely before January 2009. U.S.-Austrian talks could be held in February, but [...]	2008-09-17 08:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CVIS PREL AU
08VIENNA1372	BIDDERS FOR AUSTRIAN AIRLINES SHOW CARDS [...] SUMMARY: The privatization tender for Austrian Airlines (AUA),which closed September 12, now has a shortlist: Lufthansa, KLM/Air France and the Russian S7 (Air China, Aeroflot, British Airways and Turkish Airlines are out). S7 is making a major effort -- in particularly by promising to keep [...]	2008-09-18 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1373	DEMARCHE ON SNIPER RIFLES DELIVERED [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export/Import Control division at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Krehlik replied that he heard of the concerns weeks earlier through intel channels but viewed it as -- impossible that Austrian authorities would have appro [...]	2008-09-18 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC FGM AU IR
08VIENNA1391	AUSTRIA FAVORS FRENCH PROPOSAL ON BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] Embassy reps discussed biofuels sustainability with biofuels experts Sonja Schantl and Heinz Bach in the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management (who have the lead on Austria's biofuels position within the EU). Our interlocutors told us that ecological and social s [...]	2008-09-22 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA1392	AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: SPO SEIZES AGENDA WITH NEW SPENDING, [...] Summary: In the run-up to the September 28 national elections, the SPO has seized the agenda by moving forward with a package of inflation relief measures. The SPO managed to form a series of ad hoc alliances in order to schedule the measures for a vote. The effort has sparked speculation abo [...]	2008-09-22 11:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1400	GC VOTE ON MESA SEAT AT IAEA BOG; AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC AU
08VIENNA1407	GOA SEES GROWING THREAT FROM ISLAMIST TERRORISM [...] (U) Austria's anti-terrorism experts see a rising threat of Islamic terrorism in the country. A report presented by Interior Minister Maria Fekter (OVP) September 18 noted "growing radicalization" among second and third generation Muslims in Austria and warns against "sleepers" trained in Arab [...]	2008-09-24 06:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA141	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 29, 2008 [...] A recent Gallup poll shows that the People's Party (OeVP) has jumped ahead of the Social Democrats (SPOe) in public opinion. The poll gives the OeVP 36 percent, an increase of one percentage point since the last poll, and the SPOe is at 33 percent, a decrease of one percentage point. The Greens [...]	2008-01-29 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1414	TREASURY U-S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 10, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met Austrian financial regulators and representatives of the Raiffeisen and Bank Austria-Creditanstalt groups to warn of the continued risks of doing business with Iranian entities. Austrian regulators were receptive but quest [...]	2008-09-24 14:46:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1416	AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points September 25 with Stefan Weidinger, MFA unit chief for Development Cooperation in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. Weidinger noted that the Southern Caucasus, including Georgia, is one of the MFA's seven priority regions for assistance worldwide. He said [...]	2008-09-25 12:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS AU
08VIENNA1418	AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: A NEW GRAND COALITION, RETURN [...] (C) Summary: The outcome of Austria's September 28 election for a new parliament will only set the framework for coalition talks, possibly lasting months, from which a range of outcomes are possible. Foreign policy has received scant attention during the campaign. The result of the vote is u [...]	2008-09-25 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA142	NABUCCO: OMV STILL CONFIDENT DESPITE SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco, told Emboffs on January 25 that the project remains on track despite the Russian campaign to present South Stream as an alternative. One of the reasons Russia is flouting South Stream, according to Mitschek, is to improve Gazprom's negotia [...]	2008-01-29 15:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA145	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 30, 2008 [...] Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider (BZOe) has said that he sees no legal obstacles to a provincial referendum on the new EU Reform Treaty in the wake of his party's collection of 15,000 signatures in support of such a move. Haider claims that ratification of the Treaty would affect the province i [...]	2008-01-30 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1454	Austria Restricts Short Selling, But No Ban; [...] SUMMARY: On September 22, Austria's Financial Market Supervision (FMA) restricted short-selling by defining stricter parameters for market manipulation and insider trading. Regulators are unhappy that they cannot ban short sales outright since a legislative motion approved by the outgoing [...]	2008-09-29 14:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1455	AUSTRIAN ELECTION: FAR RIGHT SEES STRONG GAINS; SPO PLACES [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's ruling coalition parties -- the Social Democrats (SPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP) - suffered historic losses while still finishing first and second in the September 28 parliamentary election. The big winners were the far right, the populist Freedom Party [...]	2008-09-29 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1466	SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG request for financial assistance for the Kosovo Debt Relief Trust Fund to Johann Kinast, Head of the Export Guarantees and Debt Rescheduling Unit in the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit [...]	2008-10-01 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV AU
08VIENNA1484	SOBER OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY IN 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy started to weaken in the second quarter in reaction to the international downturn, now reinforced by the current financial crisis. Austria's two leading economic institutes downgraded their 2008 GDP growth forecasts to 2.0%. Austria's economy is still driven by expo [...]	2008-10-03 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA1501	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 06:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV AU
08VIENNA1506	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF KUMPF REMOVAL; [...] (U) Summary. State and DHS/ICE representatives from Embassy met 10/7 with Austrian Foreign, Justice and Interior Ministry officials to request Austria accept the return of Josias Kumpf under the terms of the 1988 U.S.-Austria Joint Statement. The Austrians agreed on the applicability of the [...]	2008-10-08 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS PREL AU
08VIENNA1507	AUSTRIA EXPECTS TO SUPPORT U.S. COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 09:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA AU
08VIENNA1508	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 14:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PHUM PREL BO GG RS UZ ZI AU
08VIENNA1519	AUSTRIA BEGINS POST-ELECTION COALITION TALKS [...] (U) Summary: President Fischer on October 8 authorized SPO Chairman Werner Faymann to try to form a government, in recognition of the SPO's first-place finish in the September 28 parliamentary elections. Faymann, and Fischer, continue to favor a renewed SPO-OVP "grand coalition." OVP Chairman [...]	2008-10-10 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1521	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF KUMPF REMOVAL; [...] (U) Summary. State and DHS/ICE representatives from Embassy met 10/7 with Austrian Foreign, Justice and Interior Ministry officials to request Austria accept the return of Josias Kumpf under the terms of the 1988 U.S.-Austria Joint Statement. The Austrians agreed on the applicability of the [...]	2008-10-14 09:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS PREL AU
08VIENNA1522	IMPACT OF HAIDER DEATH ON AUSTRIAN POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: The death of Joerg Haider, charismatic leader of Austria's far-right "Future Alliance" (BZO) appears, to most commentators, to have clarified the political landscape and made a grand coalition of Social Democrats (SPO) and Conservatives even more probable and perhaps inevitable. C [...]	2008-10-14 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1523	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NPT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA AU
08VIENNA1524	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 14:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AU
08VIENNA1534	Austrian Euro 100 billion package for banks [...] Summary: In accordance with the October 12 EU agreement, the GoA proposed a Euro 100 billion ($135 billion) "rescue package" for Austrian banks on October 13. The Government Council (cabinet) approved the corresponding legislative proposal on October 14. The plan includes Euro 85 billion ($ [...]	2008-10-15 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1544	AUSTRIA: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATEU MOPS MARR AF AU
08VIENNA1545	AUSTRIA: PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE DISCUSSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 10:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU
08VIENNA1550	Weak Competition Fuels High Energy Prices In [...] SUMMARY: Energy prices in Austria Q as in most EU countries Q have soared even more than food prices. As of August 31, energy prices for households were up 14% year-on-year and gasoline cost 15% more (diesel almost 30% more) while the overall inflation rate in this period was 3.7%. Natural [...]	2008-10-20 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1557	Assaults against Turkish institutions [...] Summary. Over the past days, Turkish institutions in Austria have been the subject of several assaults which are suspected to have been committed by Kurds protesting alleged mistreatment of former PKK leader Abdullah Oecalan who is imprisoned in Turkey. End Summary. 2. In the city of Salz [...]	2008-10-21 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV TU AU
08VIENNA157	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 13:23:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU
08VIENNA1571	Austria Enacts Bank Rescue Package; Consortium [...] SUMMARY: On October 21, the Austrian Parliament unanimously approved an EUR 100 billion ($130 billion) rescue package, with modest changes to the draft announced last week (reftel). The GoA will guarantee up to EUR 75 billion ($97 billion) in loans (down from EUR 85 billion),will set aside E [...]	2008-10-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1572	Austria Enacts Bank Rescue Package; Consortium [...] SUMMARY: On October 21, the Austrian Parliament unanimously approved an EUR 100 billion ($130 billion) rescue package, with modest changes to the draft announced last week (reftel). The GoA will guarantee up to EUR 75 billion ($97 billion) in loans (down from EUR 85 billion),will set aside E [...]	2008-10-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA158	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 31, 2008 [...] The Austrian SPOe-OeVP coalition government's performance continues to be marked by massive tensions and quarrels between the two parties, Austrian media report. SPOe Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer accused his junior coalition partner, the OeVP, of "trying to make the Social Democrats look bad, w [...]	2008-01-31 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1580	CITIBANK AUSTRIA INDICATES INTEREST IN NABUCCO [...] (C) Two Vienna-based officers of Citibank called on Econ/Pol Counselor, FCS Counselor, and Economic Unit chief October 21 to discuss USG attitudes toward the Nabucco project. The two reported that Citibank had been approached over a year before by representatives of the Nabucco consortium abo [...]	2008-10-28 10:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ECIN PREL AU
08VIENNA1593	UPDATE ON GOA REVIEW OF CASE OF JOSIAS KUMPF [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered points provided in Ref B on the status of Josias Kumpf to Austrian MFA Deputy Political Director Helmut Tichy on 10/29. Tichy welcomed the information, and confirmed that, while not germane to the GoA's decision on Kumpf's return under the terms of the 1988 U. [...]	2008-10-29 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS PREL AU
08VIENNA1601	Two Austrian Banks Tap Rescue Funds [...] SUMMARY: Erste Bank, Austria's second largest banking group, will receive an EUR 2.7 billion GoA capital injection under Austria's EUR 100 billion bank rescue package. Erste Bank, which just reported its best ever nine-month result, says it will use GoA funds to push its Tier 1 capital rati [...]	2008-10-30 16:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1606	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES? PRIVATIZATION IN TROUBLE [...] Summary: The GoA?s plans for selling AUA by the end of October failed because of the miserable handling of the privatization process, which was aggravated by the financial crisis and the stock market problems, which alone should have triggered calling off or postponing the sale. On October [...]	2008-10-31 13:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1614	IRANIAN EX-PRESIDENT KHATAMI DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Khatami discussed Iran's nuclear program, the upcoming Iranian elections, and human rights in Iran with GOA leaders during an October 25-27 visit to Vienna. Khatami told President Fischer that Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for civilian [...]	2008-11-03 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IAEA ENRG MNUC PARM IR AU
08VIENNA1615	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON GAERC, GYMNICH AGENDAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF SY IR AU
08VIENNA1618	AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for in [...]	2008-11-03 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1619	Kommunalkredit To Be Nationalized; More [...] SUMMARY: The GoA will take over 99.78% of the troubled Austrian bank Kommunalkredit (which provides state/municipal financing) in an 11th-hour move to rescue the bank. Other large Austrian banks and insurance companies appear better off, but rumors are that most will eventually make use of [...]	2008-11-03 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1620	GOA UNWILLING TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU
08VIENNA1623	AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for i [...]	2008-11-04 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1643	IRAN/AUSTRIA: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Girard-diCarlo, accompanied by DCM, delivered Ref A demarche on November 4 to Ministry of Finance State Secretary Christoph Matznetter, and on November 5 to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. The demarche captured our interlocutors, attention. Matznetter committed [...]	2008-11-06 16:58:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM PREL AU
08VIENNA1646	"ELECTION 2008" PROGRAMS DIVERTED ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE [...] (U) Summary: The 2008 presidential election proved to be an excellent and sustained opportunity for PAS Vienna to reach and influence audiences across Austria. Recognizing keen interest in this year's historic election, post utilized the full range of public diplomacy vehicles - speakers, vid [...]	2008-11-07 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AGS KPAO IIP ECA AU
08VIENNA1648	AUSTRIA ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes the deteriorating political situation in Bosnia, but believes that to redress the situation, Bosnian leaders must take on real political responsibility, which requires terminating the OHR and a transition to the EUSR. The 2010 elections appear to set the outer [...]	2008-11-10 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BK AU
08VIENNA165	EMBASSY REQUESTS FM PLASSNIK CANCEL SYRIA VISIT [...] (C) In response to REF request, Econ/Pol Counselor and PolChief called 2/1 on Austrian MFA Deputy Director for ME Affairs, Christoph Meran, to raise USG concerns about FM Plassnik,s planned Feb. 7-9 visit to Damascus. The visit is prt of a larger ME tour, including Lebanon, Israel,and Palesti [...]	2008-02-01 17:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP SY AU
08VIENNA1658	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. They have been selected to participate in the "Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference" on November 17-20 [...]	2008-11-12 13:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08VIENNA1663	GOA DENIES RANSOM PAID FOR HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (U) Summary: Top GOA officials have denied media speculation that Austria had paid up to 5 million euros for the release of two hostages held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Mali since February 2008. According to some reports, a charity fund run by a son of Libyan leader Gaddafi paid the ransom. [...]	2008-11-13 13:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA1664	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA AU
08VIENNA1665	Austrian Government Establishes Bank Rescue [...] SUMMARY: The GoA has established a bank rescue holding company, known by its acronym as FIMBAG, to administer the EUR 15 billion from the bank rescue package available for GoA equity injections for banks and insurance companies. Its first acquisition was Kommunalkredit, which the GoA nation [...]	2008-11-13 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1670	AUSTRIA: COALITION TALKS PROGRESS, NEW GRAND [...] (U) Summary: Negotiators for the Social Democratic Party (SPO) and PeopleQs Party (OVP) have made substantial progress in talks aimed at forming a new QGrand CoalitionQ government. The two parties, which also share power in the outgoing government, have reached agreement on issues including t [...]	2008-11-14 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA1672	Austrian Airlines To Go to Lufthansa [...] SUMMARY: Austrian Airlines will be sold to Lufthansa -- officially the only remaining bidder -- but its is unclear whether the EU will approve a GOA EUR 500 million state subsidy as part of the sale. The bid process evinced a strong preference for Lufthansa stemming from the carriers' alread [...]	2008-11-14 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1673	OMV SHOWS OPTIMISM ON NABUCCO, UNDERSTANDING ON [...] (C) In a brief aside at a November 12 event, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer told the Ambassador the company has become guardedly optimistic on Nabucco and that it understands the USG position on energy deals with Iran in the current environment. 2. (C) Regarding the planned Nabucco gas pipe [...]	2008-11-14 16:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ETTC EPET AU
08VIENNA1674	AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO ORF-TV PROTESTING [...] This afternoon, Embassy delivered the following letter to the head of Austria's public broadcaster, ORF. After delivery, we released the text publicly. The letter protests ORF-TV's failure to condemn racist statements made against President-elect Obama and American society during a nation-w [...]	2008-11-14 16:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AU
08VIENNA1696	AUSTRIA: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points November 20 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan said he had just received notice that the French EU Presidency has decided to instruct EU troika ambassadors in La Paz to demarche the Bolivian Government on their co [...]	2008-11-21 07:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL AU
08VIENNA1697	AUSTRIAN VIEW OF NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points November 20 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan agreed that the Nicaraguan municipal elections did not meet international standards. He said the declining democratic standards in Nicaragua have been an increasing [...]	2008-11-21 07:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NU AU
08VIENNA170	SUPPORT LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting on the margins of a previously-scheduled February 4 luncheon at the DCM Residence. Mayr-Harting had no immediate response on most elements of the USG approach. In the context of FonMin Plassnik's ongoi [...]	2008-02-04 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY AU
08VIENNA1710	Turkmeni Visit Promotes Energy Agenda [...] SUMMARY: The recent visit by Turkmeni President Berdymuchammedow has boosted Austria's efforts to promote a "Southern Corridor" to access Caspian Basin gas and oil, overshadowing human rights issues. END SUMMARY. Berdymuchammedow and Co. Take Vienna by Storm ------------------------------- [...]	2008-11-21 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON AU TX
08VIENNA1717	IRAN/FATF: FOLLOW-UP WITH GOA AND RAIFFEISEN BANK [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy followed up again with GOA and Raiffeisen officials to press for strong implementation of FATF Iran recommendations. GOA reps say Austria already implements virtually all of the measures in Ref A demarche. Raiffeisen gave us recent data they believe support their asse [...]	2008-11-24 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1721	AUSTRIA: SPO, OVP AGREE ON NEW GRAND COALITION [...] (U) The Social Democrat Party (SPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP) reached agreement November 23 on a new "grand coalition," two months after parliamentary elections that marked the end of the outgoing SPO-OVP government. The new government should be sworn in next week; December 2 i [...]	2008-11-24 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1731	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: FM SPINDELEGGER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Michael Spindelegger, of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Foreign Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Spindelegger was born in the city of Moedling south of Vienna on December 21, 1959. He obtained a la [...]	2008-11-25 13:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1733	Austria-Russia Economic Ties Deepening [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria's commercial ties with Russia, which date to the Soviet era, have grown significantly since 2000. Despite a brief dip in 2007, imports from Russia (dominated by energy) are rising again. In recent years, Austrian firms (especially banks) have expanded aggressively into [...]	2008-11-26 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ENRG PREL RS AU
08VIENNA1735	FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY OUTLINE OF THE NEW [...] (U) The November 23 coalition agreement between Austria's Social Democrats and Conservatives includes brief (less than 10 percent of the total text) sections on foreign and defense policy. These for the most part affirm in broad terms existing policy -- specifics are given only in areas where [...]	2008-11-26 09:59:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU

08VIENNA1740	BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY: AUSTRIA COMMITTED TO [...] Post shared ref A guidance points with relevant leadership in the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (sections dealing with transportation concepts and fuels, EU coordination, climate change) and the Ministry of Economy and Labor (MinEcon). We followed up with MinAg fuels exper [...]	2008-11-26 15:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA1743	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY AT
08VIENNA1749	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIAN TO ATTEND ILE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD name for HR vetting. He has been selected to participate in the Intermediate Level Education (ILE) training given in Leavenworth [...]	2008-12-01 11:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08VIENNA175	AUSTRIA ON IRAN SANCTIONS; OMV; INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Summary. At a Feb. 4 lunch with USUNVIE Amb. Schulte and Embassy Vienna Charge Kilner, MFA PolDir Thomas Mayr-Harting and Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Bernhard Wrabetz detailed GoA objections to sanctions against Iran outside the UNSC framework. Austria's concerns rest on a commitm [...]	2008-02-05 14:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG IR EPET AU ETTC
08VIENNA1751	Austrian Government Bank Rescue - Update [...] SUMMARY: As expected, more large Austrian banks (Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Volksbank, and Hypo Alpe Adria) have applied for GoA equity injections; no insurer has showed interest so far. Volksbanken AG, after its Kommunalkredit flop and other write-offs, will likely show a loss for 2008. Hyp [...]	2008-12-01 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1752	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: INTERIOR MINISTER FEKTER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Maria Fekter, of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Interior Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience 2. (U) Fekter is a hold-over from the previous SPO-OVP cabinet, which she joined only a few months before its demise. She was bo [...]	2008-12-01 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
08VIENNA1766	Austria Suspends Investigations Against Palestinian [...] In late November, the Vienna public prosecutor suspended criminal investigations against representatives of the Palestinian Association in Austria, an organization on OFAC's SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list. The public prosecutor was unable to establish proof of terrorism financing o [...]	2008-12-02 13:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA1772	NEW AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE; PROSPECTS [...] (U) Austria's new "Grand Coalition" government of Social Democrats (SPO) and Conservatives (OVP) took office the morning of Dec. 2. While opinion polls show broad public support for the new government, media commentary is divided and includes much criticism of the lack of substance in the coa [...]	2008-12-02 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1773	Austrian Airlines Teetering, GoA Extends [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) faces a worsened cash crunch and will receive state help even before its pending sale to Lufthansa. AUA now faces charges of mismanagement and withholding material information -- on top of its disputed privatization tender. 2. On November 28, news broke that AUA's 2 [...]	2008-12-02 15:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1781	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: CHANCELLOR FAYMANN [...] (U) The following is a profile of Werner Faymann, leader of Austria's Social Democratic Party (SPO),who has been named Chancellor in the new GOA government. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Faymann, who served as Minister for Transportation and Technology in the short-lived Gusenbauer cabin [...]	2008-12-03 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
08VIENNA1783	OPEC LEADERSHIP PROPOSES CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Bennett (including Senators Bennett, Cochran, and Voinovich) met November 14 with OPEC Secretary General El-Badri, who expressed a strong desire for closer ties with the U.S. along the lines of OPEC's regular contact with Russia and the EU. El-Badri complained that OPEC [...]	2008-12-03 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA1784	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 3 with Ulrike Butschek, Counselor at the Austrian mission to the OSCE. Butschek said the GOA shares the USG's goals concerning a ministerial declaration, and agrees that a weak declaration would be worse than none. She said she is not optimistic [...]	2008-12-03 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU AU
08VIENNA1786	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 07:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN CG TU AU
08VIENNA1788	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: JUSTICE MINISTER BANDION-ORTNER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Claudia Bandion-Ortner, who has been named Justice Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Bandion-Ortner was born November 30, 1966 in Graz/Styria. She grew up in the town of Tamsweg in Salzburg Province, where she was an honors st [...]	2008-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AU
08VIENNA1789	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: VICE CHANCELLOR/FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Josef Proell, head of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Proell, who served as Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Environment in the Guse [...]	2008-12-04 13:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN AU
08VIENNA1793	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: LABOR MINISTER RUDOLF HUNDSTORFER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Rudolf Hundstorfer, of the Social Democratic Party (SPO),who has been named Labor Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Hundstorfer was born September 19, 1951 in Vienna. He began his working life as a clerk with the City of Vienn [...]	2008-12-05 12:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN AU
08VIENNA1795	GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD [...] Embassy reps shared ref discussion points with relevant stakeholders in the Austrian MFA (Ministry of European and International Affairs) and Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. We followed up with Manfred Schnitzer from the MFA Development Assistance / Program Planning unit, who has th [...]	2008-12-05 14:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON AU
08VIENNA1796	FRENCH CONSIDERING RENEWED APPROACH TO AUSTRIA ON [...] (C) Summary. Incoming French Embassy DCM reported Dec. 5 that France is considering a joint approach together with the UK, Germany, and perhaps the U.S., to Austria on several aspects of Austrian-Iranian relations: possible gas activities, to include the Nabucco pipeline, lack of support for [...]	2008-12-05 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR FR AU
08VIENNA1799	AUSTRIAN VIEW OF BURMA SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points December 5 with Bernhard Zimburg, MFA Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and his deputy, Bruno Bilek. Polchief also provided a copy of reftel OFAC paper. Zimburg and Bilek said they were not aware of the latest efforts to revise the EU targets list fo [...]	2008-12-09 09:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU AU
08VIENNA1802	AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MUSLIM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 12:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR KISL KPLS AU
08VIENNA1808	AUSTRIA ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR ENR TRANSFER [...] (C) Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Director Alexander Marschik and IAEA Unit Head Andreas Launer reported Dec. 10 that, though the MFA supports the unbracketed text of the proposed revised text for NSG Guidelines paras 6 and 7, the Austrian Economics Ministry and, especially, the Environment M [...]	2008-12-11 07:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY AU
08VIENNA1819	ENERGY SECURITY WEIGHING HEAVIER IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy security has arrived on the agenda of Austrian policymakers. Whereas energy policy was heretofore dominated by issues like renewables/biofuels, climate change, and a vociferous anti-nuclear stance, now diversifying and securing energy supply take equal priority (even as [...]	2008-12-11 12:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV SENV AU IR
08VIENNA182	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 05, 2008 [...] The opposition parties are having a field day with the coalition government over its decision to participate in the EU's EUFOR peacekeeping mission in African Chad and its dispatch of an advance team of 15 soldiers to the country last week, just before a rebel attack on the capital N'Djamena ov [...]	2008-02-06 08:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1821	AMENDED LACEY ACT Q GOA QUESTIONS WTO COMPLIANCE [...] Embassy provided reftel information to contacts in the Ministry of Economy and Labor (MoEL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. On December 10, Post received a written GOA reply -- on behalf of new Economics Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner and cleared with all relevant GOA agenci [...]	2008-12-11 12:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SENV EAGR BTIO AU
08VIENNA1832	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (U) The following is a profile of Nikolaus ("Niki") Berlakovich of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (also termed the "Life Ministry") in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Ber [...]	2008-12-12 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SENV AU
08VIENNA1833	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: ECONOMICS MINISTER [...] (U) The following is a profile of new GoA Economics Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner, a member of the conservative People's Party (OVP). Experience ---------- 2. (U) This is the first ministerial appointment for Mitterlehner, sworn in December 2 as Austria's new Economics Minister (his [...]	2008-12-12 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AU
08VIENNA1834	IEA BUDGET: AUSTRIA FAVORS ZRG, OPPOSES REFORMING [...] SUMMARY: Austria will support a zero real growth (ZRG) IEA budget that maintains existing activities; failing consensus, it sees zero nominal growth (ZNG) as a fall-back but will not/not accept scale of contribution reform. The GOA has no political appetite for more concessions o large contr [...]	2008-12-14 06:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IEA AU
08VIENNA1835	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter outlined her views on immigration and integration in a December 4 speech in which she proposed that Austria develop a balanced policy avoiding the extremes of assimilation and multiculturalism. She said Austria would participate in an EU-wid [...]	2008-12-15 07:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
08VIENNA1844	OMV says TGI, Not Turkey, Is Chief Worry For [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of OMV's gas business, Werner Auli, told us December 11 that TGI, not Turkey, has become the main obstacle to moving ahead with the Nabucco gas pipeline. Expressing confidence that a deal with Turkey would be forthcoming, Auli fretted that "if Azerbaijan sells its gas [...]	2008-12-16 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PREL AU RU IR TU IT
08VIENNA1845	AUSTRIA: EU "BLUE CARD" FACES HURDLES [...] (U) Summary: The EU in October passed the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, which would establish a "Blue Card" allowing skilled workers to fill jobs in the EU states, while also requiring EU members to provide development assistance to source countries of illegal migration to Europe. T [...]	2008-12-16 08:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
08VIENNA1846	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 15 with Andreas Launer, MFA Unit Chief for IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com, and NPT. Luaner said the GOA shares the USG's concerns regarding possible safeguards violations by Syria, and would like to see these concerns addressed before Syria benefits from any [...]	2008-12-16 10:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY AU
08VIENNA1848	Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]	2008-12-16 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU XH
08VIENNA1849	DEMARCHE ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA
08VIENNA1851	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 08:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER LE SY UNSC EUN AU
08VIENNA1852	Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]	2008-12-17 08:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU XH
08VIENNA1856	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: HEALTH MINISTER ALOIS [...] (U) The following is a biographic profile of new Minister for Health Affairs Alois Stoeger of the Social Democratic Party (SPO). Career ------ 2. (U) A political newcomer, Stoeger came of age through unions and in running the Upper Austria State Health Insurance fund. His only prior po [...]	2008-12-17 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV TBIO AU
08VIENNA1861	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: DEFENSE MINISTER DARABOS [...] (U) The following is a profile of Norbert Darabos, of the Social Democratic Party (SPO),who has been named Defense Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Darabos is a holdover from the short-lived cabinet of former Chancellor Gusenbauer. He was sworn in December [...]	2008-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AU
08VIENNA1866	DOMESTIC SECURITY POLICY OUTLINE OF THE NEW [...] Following is a summary of the key elements from the November 23 coalition agreement between Austria's governing parties -- the Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party -- on domestic security and counterterrorism: Organized Crime --------------- 2. The agreement calls for an [...]	2008-12-18 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AU
08VIENNA1869	AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: MINISTER FOR [...] The following is a profile of new Minister for Transportation, Innovation and Technology Doris Bures, A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPO). Experience ---------- 2. This is the second ministerial appointment for Bures, sworn in December 2 as Austria's new transport/technology [...]	2008-12-19 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EAIR ELTN AU
08VIENNA1875	AUSTRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. According to Austria's Bureau for the Prot [...]	2008-12-22 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
08VIENNA1878	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY ON NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Summary. Resolution of outstanding data protection issues -- whether with the EU or on a bilateral basis -- remains key to concluding U.S.-Austria VWP-related HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, according to Austrian Interior Ministry Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs Director Kurt Hager (strict [...]	2008-12-22 14:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KJUS PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA1883	OMV, RWE Announce Trans-Caspian Pipeline Joint [...] On December 22, Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced it will set up a joint venture with German RWE to study "pipeline solutions" for exploiting the rich natural gas resources from the Eastern side of the Caspian Sea to Europe. The planned "Caspian Energy Company" will have it headquar [...]	2008-12-23 15:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA1885	AUSTRIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG designations of ASSA Corporation and ASSA Co. Ltd to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the MoF [...]	2008-12-23 15:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR AU
08VIENNA1889	Economic Outlook for Austria - 2009 To Be [...] SUMMAARY: Austria's economy began to weaken in the second quarter in reaction to the world downturn and is now in recession. The two leading Austrian economic institutes downgraded their GDP growth estimates for 2008 to 1.8%; 2009 is expected to be the first full- year recession since 1981 [...]	2008-12-24 09:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN AU
08VIENNA1890	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUA [...] Polchief discussed reftel points December 23 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan agreed that the Nicaraguan elections had fallen far short of international standards. He said EU states have agreed to re-orient aid, both EU and bilateral, for Nicaragua [...]	2008-12-24 09:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL NU AU
08VIENNA1893	AUSTRIA: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Econ/Pol Counselor, DATT and Polchief discussed reftel demarche with GOA officials across the government, as well as with the German Ambassador to Austria during a series of meetings December 17 to 23. Austrian officials said the MFA and Defense Ministry would rev [...]	2008-12-24 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
08VIENNA20	NIAG 209: EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL AU PK
08VIENNA202	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 08, 2008 [...] In the controversy over allegations regarding a potential OeVP cover-up of shortfalls in the search for kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, which may have prevented an earlier rescue of the girl, OeVP Secretary General Hannes Missethon told Austrian radio that late Interior Minister Liese Prokop ( [...]	2008-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA207	AUSTRIA: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS AU
08VIENNA209	OMV TO CONTINUE OIL EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Austria's OMV will not discontinue its cooperation with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) despite the Government of Iraq's recent decision to impose an oil embargo on OMV. OMV maintains its decision to sign production sharing agreements with the KRG is in line with the Iraqi Constitu [...]	2008-02-12 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV AU IZ
08VIENNA21	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM AU PK
08VIENNA210	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, STEERING GROUP, OSCE [...] (U) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/12 with MFA Acting Southeast Europe Department Director Thomas Schnoell to review Austrian plans for recognition of Kosovo membership in the Kosovo ISG, and related issues. Austrian Recognition -------------------- 2. (C) Schnoell reported that recognition involv [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK YI AU EU OSCE
08VIENNA211	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On February 11, post sent reftel points to the Ministries of Agriculture, Economics, and Health. We followed up with Ingrid Frasl from the Ministry of Economics' Multilateral Trade Policy Unit, underscoring that it was important for Austria to allow the EU's biotechnology system now in [...]	2008-02-12 16:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TBIO AU
08VIENNA212	AUSTRIA: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS AU
08VIENNA216	AUSTRIA: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 11:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08VIENNA217	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO IRAQ [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) announced February 13 that it would resume regularly scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil starting April 2. AUA had suspended its flights to Erbil in August 2007, following an incident in which a Swedish commercial aircraft reportedly came under rocket [...]	2008-02-14 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON AU IZ
08VIENNA22	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 17:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AU
08VIENNA220	CORRUPTION CHARGES STRAIN AUSTRIA'S VOLATILE COALITION [...] (SBU) Austria's volatile coalition of Social Democrats (SPO) and Conservatives (OVP) has plunged into another crisis of confidence following corruption charges by a fired top police official against senior aides of former OVP interior ministers. While the public prosecutor is looking into alle [...]	2008-02-15 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA228	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, EU DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA Deputy PolDir Ralph Scheide on 2/19. Scheide, noting that FonMin Plassnik had already announced Austria's intention to recognize Kosovo, reported that the formal process of recognition would begin with the Feb. 20 cabinet meeting and be concluded wit [...]	2008-02-19 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU AU KV UNMIK
08VIENNA23	AUSTRIA'S 2008/2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - GROWTH SLOWING, BUT [...] Austria's leading economic institutes - the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) -- have announced that in 2007 Austria's GDP grew at a rate of 3.3-3.4%. However, with a slowdown in the fourth quarter and with slower global growth on the [...]	2008-01-04 18:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA237	AUSTRIA: SPECIAL 301 INPUT ON PHARMA SUBMISSION [...] (U) This message provides post's response to reftel request for input to the annual Special 301 review. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Organization (PhRMA) has requested that the USG place Austria, as well as several other EU member states and Norway, on the Watch Li [...]	2008-02-21 10:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AU
08VIENNA242	OMV: GAZPROM HOLDS SHARES IN GAS TRADING PLATFORM; NO [...] Charge and Emboffs met 2/19 with Werner Auli, board member of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV, and with Gottfried Steiner, head of the gas section's International Affairs unit, to inquire the latest developments in OMV's relations with Gazprom. Auli reconfirmed that Gazprom acquired a 50 [...]	2008-02-21 10:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA261	IEA: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CHINA, INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IEA AU
08VIENNA267	WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO [...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...]	2008-02-26 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
08VIENNA268	AUSTRALIA GROUP: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points on February 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' Import and Export Control Division. Krehlik agreed to take an active part in both the discussion on Russia's export control regime and on Iranian efforts to procure technology and [...]	2008-02-26 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR RS AU
08VIENNA269	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EFFORT BY AUSTRIAN FIRM TO SELL [...] (S) EconUnit Chief delivered ref A points on February 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' (MoE) Import and Export Control Division. Krehlik said that following up on ref C information, Austria's domestic intelligence agency (BVT) had launched an investigation into effort [...]	2008-02-26 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL
08VIENNA286	AUSTRIA EXPECTS NO MATERIAL EU RESPONSE TO IAEA [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor met 2/28 with MFA Acting Disarmament Director Benedict and IAEA Office Director Launer to discuss the follow-up to the Feb. 22 and 25 briefings on Iran-IAEA developments. Launer agreed with the U.S. assessment that Iran's stance is not credible and that further action i [...]	2008-02-29 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AU
08VIENNA296	TAIWAN IN THE OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/29 with MFA Asia Department Director Zimburg to deliver reftel demarche. Zimburg reported that Austria's basic position on Taiwanese participation in international organizations was in favor of "pragmatic" engagement. Thus, Austria would tend to oppose proposals that [...]	2008-02-29 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OECD ECON CMGT TW AU
08VIENNA304	AUSTRIA ON COMMISSIONER'S CUBA VISIT [...] (C) MFA America's Department Director Isabel Rauscher confirmed to E/P Counselor 3/3 that EU Development Commissioner Michel's visit to Cuba March 6-7 will go ahead. She said that all member states had supported proceeding with the visit. 2. (C) E/P Counselor expressed concern at the decisi [...]	2008-03-03 13:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PU AU
08VIENNA305	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 03, 2008 [...] ... headlines one Austrian daily newspaper, summing up the media's assessment of the current mood in the SPOe-OeVP government. There is new cause for conflict, adding to the two parties' recent disputes ranging from tax reform to the allegations of abuse of office in the OeVP-led Interior Minis [...]	2008-03-03 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA311	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008 [...] The two governing parties, the OeVP and the SPOe, are in free fall in the wake of new allegations of political scandals and continued failure to agree on important issues, the most recent polls have revealed. The latest Gallup poll gives the OeVP 31 percent and the SPOe 29 percent of support. S [...]	2008-03-04 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA316	AUSTRIA: GOA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points March 5 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent. Famira said he did not believe Lebanon, Syria, or Afghanistan would be discussed at the March 10-11 GAERC, unless one of the participants wants to report on a recent visit to the region. Discussion on [...]	2008-03-05 16:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR GG IS SY LE AU
08VIENNA317	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008 [...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer has called on the SPOe-OeVP coalition to "live up to the expectations" people "have placed in it." His comments came in response to the ongoing dispute between the two government parties, which he, too, was "quite aware of," Fischer stressed. A government was "n [...]	2008-03-06 07:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA320	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2008 [...] The trial of two people on charges connected with terrorism threats will continue at a Vienna court today. Prosecutors are planning to show a video clip which one of the defendants, Mohamed M., allegedly took part in producing. The video was released on the internet last March and threatened at [...]	2008-03-06 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA335	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 07, 2008 [...] The parliamentary investigating committee created earlier this month to look into allegations of abuse of office in the Interior Ministry will meet for the first time today. At the inquiry's inaugural session, members will vote on a chairperson - a position sought by both the Freedom Party (FPO [...]	2008-03-07 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA340	OVP TRIUMPHS, SPO FALTERS IN LOWER AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS [...] In Lower Austria's March 9 provincial elections (reftel),the center-right OVP, led by the popular Governor Erwin Proell, marginally enhanced its absolute majority in the province, while the center-left SPO, OVP's coalition partner at the national level, suffered major losses. The far-right FP [...]	2008-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA349	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 11, 2008 [...] All Austrian media report that President Heinz Fischer invited the leaders of the government coalition, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPOe) and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP),to talks at the Hofburg yesterday, in an attempt to resolve the current political deadlock. Details of the mee [...]	2008-03-11 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA362	AUSTRIA UNCERTAINTY EMERGING ON POST-BALI NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In March 10-12 discussions with Emboffs, lead GoA ministries and the Chancery stated unequivocally that there were no plans for the March 13-14 European Council to call on other developed nations to commit to 25-40% cuts in emissions. The main focus of the climate change discussion at t [...]	2008-03-13 07:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EUN AU
08VIENNA363	AUSTRIA: UNCERTAINTY EMERGING ON POST-BALI NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In March 10-12 discussions with Emboffs, lead GoA ministries and the Chancery stated unequivocally that there were no plans for the March 13-14 European Council to call on other developed nations to commit to 25-40% cuts in emissions. The main focus of the climate change discussion at t [...]	2008-03-13 07:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EUN AU
08VIENNA367	Prison Sentences for Two Islamists [...] The Vienna criminal court on March 12 sentenced Egyptian-born Mohamed Mahmoud to four years in prison and his wife, Mona S., to 22 months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and coercion of the government. The couple had produced an internet video threatening the Austrian and [...]	2008-03-13 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA370	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2008 [...] Mohamed M. and Mona S., an Austrian Muslim couple accused of involvement in the production and posting on the internet of a video message threatening attacks against Austria, have been found guilty of membership of a terrorist organization, namely al Qaeda. A Vienna court sentenced Mohamed M. l [...]	2008-03-13 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA383	Austria Confronts its Nazi Past [...] The Austrian government, media, and cultural institutions, as well as the general public, commemorated the 70th anniversary of Austria's "Anschluss" with Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938 with various events, ranging from a special session of parliament to a "night of silence" on Vienna's Heldenp [...]	2008-03-14 13:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
08VIENNA395	SAUDI INVESTOR OBTAINS 20% SHARE IN AUSTRIAN AIRLINES [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, who obtained Austrian citizenship in 2007, will obtain a 20% share in Austria's national carrier, Austrian Airlines (AUA). The Euro 150 million ($225 million) equity increase will help AUA purchase new aircraft and expand its Middle East network [...]	2008-03-18 07:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
08VIENNA404	AUSTRIA: EARLY ELECTIONS COULD BE HELD IN FALL AT THE [...] Summary: Chancellor Gusenbauer (SPO) and Vice Chancellor Molterer (OVP) met March 19 in an effort to resolve the political stalemate between the two governing coalition partners. The party leaders agreed to continue the talks after Easter. The meeting came amid speculation on the possibility [...]	2008-03-19 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA411	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO VIENNA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Vienna comes as Russia presses ahead with a regional campaign to promote the South Stream pipeline as a rival to the OMV-led Nabucco project. While some analysts claim that Nabucco is now "dead," OMV remains committed to starting operations by 2012. Your meetings with OM [...]	2008-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET ECON AU
08VIENNA424	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2008 [...] Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the Social Democrats has received general approval from the SPOe party executive of his compromise position on tax reform at a special meeting on Tuesday. Gusenbauer said following the meeting that although he had not succeeded in bringing forward from 2010 to 20 [...]	2008-03-26 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA439	AUSTRALIA GROUP: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC AU
08VIENNA440	IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 16:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NSG MNUC IR AU
08VIENNA455	AUSTRIAN INTEREST IN THE MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION [...] EconPoloff delivered reftel demarch March 26 to Alexander Marschik, MFA director for Disarmament, Arms Control, and non-Proliferation, regarding the MANPADS Threat Reduction Initiative. 2. Marschik thanked us for informing the MFA of the appointment of Ambassador Bloomfield as Special Env [...]	2008-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AU
08VIENNA463	AUSTRIA NOT INCLINED TO BE HELPFUL ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. In a disappointing meeting, MFA Director for the East and Southeast Europe indicated that Austria was not inclined to engage directly or through Brussels in active diplomacy in support of the U.S. in Belarus. Noting that Austria had no Embassy in Minsk and arguing that U.S. polic [...]	2008-04-04 07:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO AU
08VIENNA469	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING THE FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance from Treasury. Please see paragraph 5-6. 2. (S) On April 3, EconPol Counselor and Economic Unit Chief presented reftel non-papers to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directora [...]	2008-04-04 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KNNP MNUC
08VIENNA493	VIENNA COURT SEES NO TERRORISM PLOT AGAINST US EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: A Vienna court on April 8 cleared a 42-year-old Bosnian defendant of charges of plotting a bomb attack against the U.S. Embassy in Vienna in October 2007. The court sentenced him to 15 months in jail for illegal possession of explosives, document forgery, and slander. Explaining [...]	2008-04-09 13:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA498	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2008 [...] The Austrian Parliament ratified the EU Reform Treaty on Wednesday after a heated and at times emotional debate. Along with the coalition partners OeVP and SPOe, the opposition Greens also supported the Treaty. The two other opposition parties, the FPOe and the BZOe, vehemently opposed ratifica [...]	2008-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA50	WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED [...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...]	2008-01-11 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
08VIENNA502	AUSTRIA RATIFIES EU REFORM TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU AU
08VIENNA506	AUSTRIAN ALQAEDA HOSTAGES: GAO TURNS TO MUSLIM LEADERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA507	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 11, 2008 [...] Fears that Austria would receive a flood of asylum seekers after the enlargement of Europe's Schengen Zone appear to have been unfounded. The Interior Ministry in Vienna says there have been fewer applications for asylum in the three months since the borders opened in January 2008 than in the s [...]	2008-04-11 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA513	AUSTRIA'S GROWTH SLOWING AS CONCERN ABOUT INTERNATIONAL [...] Based on continuing uncertainty in international financial markets, Austria's two leading economic institutes have recently slightly reduced GDP growth forecasts for 2008 to 2.1%. Exports will remain the driving force behind growth, as consumer spending remains sluggish. Projections for 2009 [...]	2008-04-14 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA518	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH OMV AND [...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with U/S Jeffery, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer pointed to Turkey as the critical piece for the Nabucco pipeline's success. Ruttenstorfer hopes that Turkey will sign an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which EU Nabucco Coordinator is negotiating, by September [...]	2008-04-15 08:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET SENV PGOV AU
08VIENNA520	EMBASSYENGAGES GREENPEACE ON GMOS [...] Emboffs and AgCounselor met on April 10 with reenpeace representatives to respond to a letter,which the organization had addressed to the Chare regarding the U.S.-EU WTO biotech dispute. Twomain points emerged from the meeting: Greenpeace amitted they must focus more on the environmentalaspect [...]	2008-04-15 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON SENV KSCA PGOV AU

08VIENNA522	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 14, 2008 [...] A preliminary report of the Austrian Court of Audit sees considerable shortcomings in the climate policy during the past few years. Austria emits about one third more CO2 than allowed and the tendency is growing. Only half-hearted measures were taken in the sectors of transportation, industry a [...]	2008-04-15 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA527	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008 [...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G\|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...]	2008-04-16 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA531	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Austrian exports to Iran declined by 7.2% in 2007, following a drop of 21.7% in 2006. However, Iranian exports to Austria - 80% of which was energy -- Austria jumped 57.1% in 2007. Overall trade remained a very small part (.24%) of Austria's total trade, although Iran is still an import [...]	2008-04-17 09:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA532	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 17, 2008 [...] There is no end to the price surge that shocks Austrian consumers: According to the latest statistics, the costs of living went up by 3.5 percent in March - more than in January or February. This price increase was especially noticeable in the costs for food products, gasoline, housing, and en [...]	2008-04-17 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA548	AUSTRIAN SECURITY POLICY: MINISTER [...] (C) Driven by a desire to win domestic political standing and to keep Austria engaged in the development of European security structures (other than NATO proper),Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos has both supported and compelled a re-orientation of his Ministry's mission, according to [...]	2008-04-21 11:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM PGOV AU
08VIENNA567	AUSTRIA: POSITIVE TOWARD U.S. NPT PAPERS [...] Econ/Pol Counselor met April 24 with MFA Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik, who will lead the Austrian delegation for the first week of the Prepcom, to discuss reftel papers. (Marschik's deputy, Andreas Launder, will take over during the second week.) Marschik said he expected Austria [...]	2008-04-24 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT IAEA AU
08VIENNA568	AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Austrian MFA Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik outlined the status and next steps in the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions in a conversation with Econ/Pol Counselor April 24. Marschik averred that the outlook for the Oslo process was good. He noted that 39 African states had sig [...]	2008-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL AU
08VIENNA576	PROGRAM PROPOSALS FOR 2008 ESFP [...] Embassy Vienna would welcome participation in the Embassy Science Fellows Program (ESFP). Post envisions two potential programs: 1) a climate change-related research program; or 2) a program focused on environmental regulatory policy. 2. Overview of Climate Change Program --------------- [...]	2008-04-25 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER AU
08VIENNA585	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AU
08VIENNA587	AUSTRIA: LATEST NPT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 09:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP ENRG IAEA NPT AU
08VIENNA589	U.S.-AUSTRIAN AGREEMENT ON PROTECTION OF [...] This message contains action requests in paras 9 and 10. 2. Summary. Incidents of unauthorized Austrian release of USG classified information over the past year point to the need for U.S.-Austrian agreement on measures to protect such information. Austria's Information Security Law, passed [...]	2008-05-05 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA602	DEMARCHE REQUEST: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD - [...] (U) Summary. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (MoF) is unlikely to support the proposed U.S. approach linking Turkey's application for change membership status to a six-month strategic review of the EBRD's mandate. End Summary. 2. (U) Post conveyed reftel demarche on May 5 to Leander Tre [...]	2008-05-06 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
08VIENNA61	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]	2008-01-15 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA612	AUSTRIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU
08VIENNA621	AUSTRIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] Austrian consumers have been hard hit by surging food prices, which rose by 8.4% in March 2008 over the previous year. For 2008, food prices are predicted to increase by 7%. Economists do not expect significant changes in the structure of Austria's agricultural sector, nor in the demand and [...]	2008-05-06 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA634	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2008 [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) and the Oesterreichische Industrie Holding AG (OeIAG) are desperately trying to get Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber back on board, after the Saudi businessman said he would pull out of a deal to purchase a 20 percent stake in AUA. The results of an emergency meeting to [...]	2008-05-07 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA635	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS USG ON WIPO DG ELECTION [...] On May 7, emboffs delivered reftel talking points to Robert Ullrich, Head of the Patent Office's Legal Department, a part of the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. Ullrich will represent Austria at the WIPO Coordination Committee May 13-14. We also conveyed the USG positi [...]	2008-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AU
08VIENNA638	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2008 [...] Negotiations continue between Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber on a potential 150-million-Euro investment in the airline. There is still no agreement on whether Al Jaber, who has accused AUA of having been misled about its financial viability, will [...]	2008-05-08 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA640	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AU
08VIENNA644	U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 11:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AU
08VIENNA667	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PINR EFIN PREL AU
08VIENNA67	AUSTRIA-AFRICA COOPERATION: FOREIGN MINISTER SKETCHES [...] (SBU) Speaking to African Ambassadors in Vienna January 14, FM Plassnik introduced her country as "Africa's European Partner," signaling that Austria was strongly committed to the EU's effort to develop "close and fair cooperation with Africa." Building on the new EU-Africa strategy introduced [...]	2008-01-16 12:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU
08VIENNA673	THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK'S NEW GOVERNING BOARD [...] The GoA recently announced the members of the new Governing Board for the Austrian National Bank (ANB). Ewald Nowotny, CEO of BAWAG P.S.K. Bank, will be the new Governor. Vice-Governor Wolfgang Duchatczek and Director Peter Zoellner were reappointed to the board, and Andreas Ittner will be t [...]	2008-05-16 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV EUN AU
08VIENNA675	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES CONSIDERING OPTIONS AFTER SAUDI INVESTOR [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber has backed out of plans to acquire a 20% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA) through an investment of Euro 150 million ($225 million). Al Jaber claimed that AUA management had misled him about the financial stability of the airline, pointing to the [...]	2008-05-16 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA676	AUSTRIA ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLITICAL DRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite serious concerns about interoperability in the armed services, Austria's Defense and Foreign Ministers are pushing for a robust, though not absolute, ban on cluster munitions. To achieve this, the MFA is prepared to discuss compromise definitions of CW and clarification [...]	2008-05-16 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL NATO UN AU
08VIENNA682	TIROLEAN ELECTION COULD RESHAPE NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The June 8 state elections in Tirol could lead to federal Interior Minister Platter, an excellent USG interlocutor on counter-terrorism, departing Vienna to become governor of his home state. However, the outcome of the election is unclear because of the impact of a popular forme [...]	2008-05-19 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
08VIENNA698	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY KNNP PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC AU IR
08VIENNA70	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR CHAD MISSION SOLID [...] (C) A series of conversations with Austrian Foreign Ministry and Social Democratic party leaders have confirmed solid Austrian support for the EU's Chad Mission, despite a continuing campaign by opposition parties and Austria's most prominent newspaper against the deployment. MFA Security Pol [...]	2008-01-16 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MARR PREF CD AU
08VIENNA708	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU KV AU
08VIENNA709	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Embassy shared reftels Aides Memoire with high level contacts in the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Health, Economics and Labor, and European and International Affairs, following up with Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Department for International Trade at Agriculture. He said that [...]	2008-05-23 09:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AU
08VIENNA71	CHANCELLOR SEEKS TO RALLY TROOPS WITH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) To respond to criticism from within the party that the Social Democrats (SPO) had let the People's Party dominate Grand Coalition policy during the government's first year, the SPO organized a New Year's rally for party leaders and activists on Jan. 15. After an unintentionally comic openi [...]	2008-01-16 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU
08VIENNA713	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (U) To date, the only known Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Any investment of 100,000 Euros or more must be included in the statistics of the Austrian National Bank; the bank's records to not indicate any new investments in Cuba. Since [...]	2008-05-23 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU AU
08VIENNA721	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 27, 2008 [...] According to a new opinion poll, there is little public support for the strike Austrian doctors have threatened to hold in June. Three quarters of Austrians believe a doctors' strike is not justified, and most say they believe the doctors' real concern in the matter is their own financial posit [...]	2008-05-27 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA726	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008 [...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]	2008-05-28 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA73	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
08VIENNA734	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 29, 2008 [...] The coalition government's controversial healthcare reform is encountering resistance not only from doctors and the Austrian Medical Association, but also from Parliament. The three parliamentary presidents have dismissed the SPOe-OeVP cabinet's wish to have the reform law passed before Parliam [...]	2008-05-29 14:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA735	AUSTRIAN HOSTAGE SITUATION [...] (C) Johann Sattler, Political Affairs Advisor to Austrian MFA Secretary General Kyrle, reported May 29 that the Ministry saw no certain early prospect for the release of the two Austrian citizens held by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since February 2008. Sattler said ongoing negotiat [...]	2008-05-29 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AU
08VIENNA741	CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE, BUT WILL [...] Post discussed reftel demarche on May 29 with Erhard Hoebaus, Head of the Department for Nutrition and Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Agriculture. Hoebaus, who is the Austrian POC for Codex Alimentarius, will represent the GoA at the 31st session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. D [...]	2008-05-30 15:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO AU
08VIENNA746	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2008 [...] The coalition partners SPOe and OeVP on Thursday agreed on changes to the state pension system following weeks of negotiations. A regulation will be extended until 2013 allowing persons to retire early, who have contributed to the pension scheme for long years, but have not yet reached the offi [...]	2008-06-02 10:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA752	SARKOZY IN VIENNA: IRAN, SYRIA, ENERGY, AND [...] (C) Summary. French President Sarkozy made little progress in efforts to persuade Austria to accept autonomous EU sanctions on Iran; was briefed on Austrian plans for their June 23 conference on reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, discussed European energy strategy in gene [...]	2008-06-02 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU
08VIENNA76	Bomb Incident at Embassy: Trial on February 21 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 11:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA763	TERRORISM FINANCE: AUSTRIA PRE-NOTIFIED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AU
08VIENNA764	AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES NABUCCO, ILISU, [...] (C) Summary: Austrian President Fischer discussed the Nabucco pipeline, the Ilisu dam project, counterterrorism, and Turkey's EU candidacy during a May 19-22 visit to Turkey, according to Turkish Embassy and Austrian MFA readouts. Fischer pressed Turkish President Gul and PM Erdogan on the nee [...]	2008-06-05 07:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU EU ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA797	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA798	CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (U) Classified by: Dean Yap, Econ/Pol Counselor, Department of State. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This message contains an Embassy recommendation and action request in para 8. 3. (C) Summary. Interior Ministers of 14 central and southeastern European states will gather in Vienna Ju [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA799	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA802	OMV WILL LIKELY SIGN UP TO SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein has confirmed Russian press reports that OMV is considering joining the South Stream project. Russian media is speculating that an intergovernmental agreement could be concluded "before the end of the European Cup soccer championships" on June 29. [...]	2008-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL AU
08VIENNA810	NABUCCO: MOVING FORWARD ON VARIOUS FRONTS DESPITE [...] (C) In a June 2 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Charge, OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli and Nabucco Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek sounded optimistic about the project's progress despite a number of major issues that needed to be solved. Nabucco hopes an end-of-June meeting in Den Haag will prod [...]	2008-06-11 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET EINV AU
08VIENNA83	SENATOR SPECTER CHALLENGES AUSTRIA ON IRAN [...] (C)Summary: In a sometimes confrontational meeting with Senator Arlen Specter, senior Austrian MFA officials emphasized that the UN must remain the focal point of diplomacy vis-a-vis Iran and that an international consensus involving both Russia and China was imperative. Maintaining ties with [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM ETRD OREP AU IR
08VIENNA843	Austria: SPO Re-Structures in Response Internal Troubles [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 14:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA87	FRENCH EMBASSY ON EU-3 SANCTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. According to the French Embassy in Vienna, the EU-3 expect some progress on adding names of Iranian entities and individuals to existing sanctions lists. The French willl enlist German help in persuading the Austrians to accept the addition of Bank Melli to the existing sanction [...]	2008-01-18 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EU AU
08VIENNA871	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES LOOKING FOR STRATEGIC PARTNER [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) is now officially considering a strategic partnership in an effort to shore up its worsening financial position. This turnaround stems from the decision by Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber to back out of his planned investment in AUA. Lufthansa and Aerof [...]	2008-06-20 10:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA879	AUSTRIA SEEKS U.S. SPEAKER FOR CONFERENCE ON [...] Summary: The Austrian Red Cross (OeRK) and the Austrian MFA (BMeiA) are presenting a conference about human rights issues called "A legal black hole? The War on Terror, human rights, and international humanitarian law." This one-day conference will take place on Sept. 15th, 2008, and includes [...]	2008-06-20 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU
08VIENNA926	Austria: Interior Minister-Designate Maria Fekter [...] The conservative OVP Executive Board decided June 27 to replace outgoing Interior Minister Guenter Platter with Federal Ombudswoman Maria Fekter. Platter will become governor of Tyrol province. Fekter will be sworn in July 8. Fekter Bio ---------- 2. Maria Fekter was born in February 1956 [...]	2008-06-27 15:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
08VIENNA939	AUSTRIA: IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AU
08VIENNA940	LEADERS USE AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC REPORT TO REVIEW [...] Summary: At the June 30th presentation of the annual Austrian Economic Report, Minister of Economics and Labor Bartenstein and Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Molterer, both members of the Austrian People,s Party (OeVP),presented an optimistic view of the Austrian economy, highlighting [...]	2008-07-01 15:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV
08VIENNA942	AUSTRIA'S LEADING PARTY FAVORS EU REFERENDA, PUTS [...] (U) Summary: The SPO, beset by declining public support and internal squabbles, shocked the Austrian political world June 26 when Chancellor Gusenbauer and acting SPO Chairman Werner Faymann sent a letter to the mass tabloid Kronen Zeitung announcing that henceforth the party will favor nation [...]	2008-07-02 07:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU AU
08VIENNA953	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES ON VISA [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met June 26 and July 3 with Austrian Interior and Foreign Ministry officials to discuss the proposed U.S.-Austria VWP MoU and related agreements. The Interior Ministry welcomed the idea of a MoU as clarifying the extent of U.S.-Austria cooperation and facilitating their [...]	2008-07-03 14:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER KCRM PREL EUN AU
08VIENNA954	INFLATION AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DAMPEN [...] Austria's economy is starting to feel the impact of the international financial crisis and the high inflation resulting from continued raw materials and energy price hikes. Due to a still strong first quarter performance, Austria's two leading economic institutes recently upgraded GDP growth [...]	2008-07-03 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA956	HUGE INVESTMENT BY AUSTRIAN ENERGY FIRM "VERBUND" IN [...] On July 1st, Verbund, the largest Austrian electricity provider, working in a 50/50 consortium with the Turkish company Sabanci, won the bidding in tenders to privatize the state-owned Turkish electricity provider "Baskent EDAS," paying $1.2 billion for the company. One day later, Verbund los [...]	2008-07-03 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA965	Government Collapses; Austria to Vote in September [...] The Social Democrat Party (SPO) and the Conservative People's Party (OVP) decided July 7 to terminate their coalition and schedule early elections in September. 2. OVP chairman Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer announced at a press conference at 10:00 the morning of July 7 that the OVP could [...]	2008-07-07 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA969	FOOD PRICES - BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRIAN CONSUMER [...] Food prices are a continued concern in Austria and will remain high on the agenda of Austria's new government, to be elected in September 2008. The May 2008 inflation rate of 3.7% was the highest monthly rate in fifteen years, food price inflation was 7.2%. Food prices (excluding VAT) in Aus [...]	2008-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA982	VWP MOU AND RELATED AGREEMENTS: AUSTRIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. In a July 9 meeting with Emboffs, MoI Bi- and Multilateral Affairs Director Kurt Hager (protect) indicated he will seek Minister Fekter's approval for interagency consultations on negotiation of the HSPD-6 and Pruem-like agreements between the U.S. and Austria. However, the conc [...]	2008-07-09 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER KCRM PREL EUN AU
08VIENNA984	SPO LETTER ON EU POLICY SHIFT SPOTLIGHTS TABLOID'S [...] (U) Summary: When Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer and SPO party leader Werner Faymann chose to announce their party's new policy on EU referenda in a June 26 letter to the mass tabloid Kronen Zeitung, setting in motion a chain of events that led to the collapse of the government, the move highli [...]	2008-07-10 07:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA991	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) - AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Austria supports most U.S. positions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Embassy rep delivered reftel demarche to the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs on June 26 and subsequently mailed a copy of the demarche to the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. [...]	2008-07-10 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AU
09VIENNA101	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investo [...]	2009-01-27 10:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR
09VIENNA1018	Film Piracy: Austrian Distributors Detail Enforcement [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 13:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ETRD KIPR AU
09VIENNA1026	AUSTRIA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: STRUGGLING THROUGH CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Catholic Church has had a number of high-profile clashes with the Vatican in 2009. Cardinal Schoenborn, Archbishop of Vienna and head of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, publicly criticized the Pope's decision in January to rescind the excommunication of a bishop who [...]	2009-08-12 15:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU
09VIENNA1029	GOA LEADERS CONDEMN AUNG SAN SUU KYI CONVICTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 11:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BM AU
09VIENNA1032	GICNT: AUSTRIA INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU
09VIENNA1035	CODEL ROHRABACHER ON CONTACTS WITH PKK [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 06:54:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PTER TU AU
09VIENNA1051	UPDATE TO AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 64TH GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 06:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA AU
09VIENNA1058	AUSTRIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN DOLDRUMS, BUT [...] (C) For many reasons, the present Austrian Government has largely ignored foreign policy since its formation in December 2008. Some of the reasons -- economic crisis, budget cuts, lack of ministerial interest -- are specific to the new government. Others, however -- lack of a long-term goal, popula [...]	2009-08-20 11:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
09VIENNA1064	IOM TO INVITE THE SECRETARY FOR EU [...] The Charge and Poloff met August 17 with IOM Vienna Head Andreas Hallbach and other IOM staff. Hallbach informed the Charge about the IOM's intention to invite Secretary Clinton and Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Luis CdeBaca to the upcoming EU Ministerial Conference "Towards Global EU Action A [...]	2009-08-21 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG OVIP AORC AU
09VIENNA1069	Magna's Frank Stronach - Enigmatic Austrian Emigre and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable offers biographical context on Frank Stronach, the 76 year-old "Austro-Canadian" founder and CEO of Magna International, one of the world's largest automotive companies and a leading contender to acquire General Motors' European operations. After emigrating to Canada [...]	2009-08-21 14:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON PINR AU
09VIENNA107	AUSTRIA'S ECON MINISTRY FAVORS A NON-HORMONE BEEF [...] (SBU) Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel talking points to Gabriele Meon-Tschuertz, Head of U.S. trade in the Department of European Integration and Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy. Meon-Tschuertz declined to give an official GOA reaction, saying the issue is an EU matter [...]	2009-01-28 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EUN AU
09VIENNA1076	Austrian Banks Remain Stable, CESEE Crisis Manageable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: in meetings August 7-10 with Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Austrian banks and regulators painted the country's financial sector situation as difficult but manageable. Three of Austria's six major banks (Bank Austria, Erste, & Raiffeisen Zentralbank) are mo [...]	2009-08-24 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA108	Austrians Push EU to Help Banks on Eastern [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government announced January 27 it will press the EU to help the financial sectors in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) in the wake of the global credit crisis and global downturn. Last week, the GOA assembled key regional players (including the IMF) for c [...]	2009-01-28 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU EU
09VIENNA1081	Austrian Economy Looking Up; Long Haul Ahead [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy shrank 0.4% in Q2/2009 (versus the previous quarter),a sign of stabilization after the 2.7% first quarter contraction. Economists say the recession is coming to an end in Austria, but do not expect a swift upturn in the second half, and see further deterioration in [...]	2009-08-26 09:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA1082	GOA SUPPORTS U.S.-COLOMBIA DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL CO AU
09VIENNA1084	AUSTRIA: UNSC SUMMIT INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel invitation August 27 to Juergen Meindl, foreign policy advisor to Chancellor Faymann, who was out of town. Ambassador emphasized that President Obama's decision to hold the September 24 UNSC summit on nuclear nonproliferation reflects the high priority he places [...]	2009-08-27 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP AU
09VIENNA1088	Austrian Parliament to Lift Bank Secrecy for Foreigners, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26, Austria's governing parties reached agreement with the opposition Greens and BZO on a bill which partially lifts bank secrecy for foreigners (in exchange for stronger opposition rights to invoke investigative committees and special state audits). Parliament is exp [...]	2009-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1089	GOA BELIEVES FERRERO-WALDNER COULD WIN UNESCO RACE [...] (SBU) MFA SecGen Kyrle told the Ambassador August 27 that he does not believe Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will draw enough votes to win the race for the UNESCO Director General position on the first ballot. Kyrle said he expects Austria's Benita Ferrero-Waldner to finish second to [...]	2009-08-28 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU
09VIENNA1096	BILINGUAL SIGN DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS CHANCELLOR'S SLOVENIA [...] (U) Summary: A long-running dispute over bilingual signs in Carinthia Province overshadowed Chancellor Faymann's August 26 visit to Slovenia, during which Slovenian PM Pahor called on Faymann to resolve the issue. A contact in the Chancellor's office told the Ambassador that Faymann will try t [...]	2009-08-28 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM HR AU
09VIENNA1113	BIOTECH SOY: AUSTRIAN FEED INDUSTRY PRESSES GOA [...] (SBU) Neither the Economic Ministry nor the Agriculture Ministry, which has the lead within the GOA on the feed imports, would respond to the soy demarche (reftel). The head of the Department for Plant Production Monika Stangl told us the GoA is currently still determining its position for the [...]	2009-09-02 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU
09VIENNA1115	AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE POLICY EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Josef Mayer, Austrian Ministry of Economics Director of Foreign Trade and EU Integration, said he would like to revive informal commercial talks with the U.S. and hopes to pursue the subject in Washington in October. He also cited the Ukraine as the next market with great poten [...]	2009-09-02 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU
09VIENNA1117	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GYMNICH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 08:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1125	AUSTRIA AND THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary. Staffdel Nunez-Neto's Aug. 27 meetings with Data Protection Office personnel revealed some positive movement in Austrian thinking about the data protection provisions of the PCSC agreement; however, serious concerns remain about the HSPD-6. With the Foreign and Interior Ministri [...]	2009-09-08 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1127	AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT UNSC NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 06:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP UN AU
09VIENNA115	GEORGIA/UNOMIG: AUSTRIA OPPOSES RULE 39 ABKHAZ [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG AU
09VIENNA1152	AUSTRIA UNDECIDED ON ORAL STATEMENT BEFORE ICJ ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL ICJ KV AU
09VIENNA1154	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 08:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1155	Austria Climate Update: GoA Investing Heavily, But Still [...] SUMMARY: Leading Austrian researchers say the GoA must invest much more in the fight against global warming in order to sustain the emissions and energy use reductions associated with the ongoing economic crisis. Existing and planned laws/standards and investment levels are not enough to meet [...]	2009-09-11 11:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA1168	AUSTRIA PLANNING TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 08:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA AU
09VIENNA1170	AUSTRIA ON MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 14:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IAEA AORC AU
09VIENNA1171	AUSTRIA'S FAR-WEST GOES TO THE POLLS: [...] (U) Summary. Though they will certainly emerge as the largest party by a wide margin after the September 20 state poll, the conservatives (OVP) in Austria's small, westernmost state of Vorarlberg are running scared of losing their absolute majority in the state parliament and, thereby, their [...]	2009-09-15 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
09VIENNA1172	AUSTRIA: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE MISSING/DETAINED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR AU
09VIENNA118	AUSTRIA: POCS FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] In response to reftel, Embassy points of contact for NPT issues are as follows: -- Dean Yap, Econ/Pol Counselor; office phone: (43) (1) 31339-2201; email: YapJD@state.gov. -- Phil Kaplan, Political Unit Chief; office phone: (43) (1) 31339-2114; email: KaplanPW@state.gov. 2. Government [...]	2009-02-03 15:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09VIENNA1188	AUSTRIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON FERRERO-WALDNER'S [...] (U) In a Sept. 14 meeting with Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff, Austrian MFA Director for International Organizations Peter Huber expressed "some optimism" about Austrian candidate Benita Ferrero-Waldner's chances. Given that she was the last to declare, Huber thought the GOA had done reasonabl [...]	2009-09-16 09:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG AU

09VIENNA1189	GOA SUPPORTS MANY U.S. PRIORITIES, SHARES ITS [...] (U) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with Econ/pol Couns and Poloff, MFA Director for International Organizations Peter Huber gave the GOA's response to Ref A demarche on the upcoming UNGA. Austria supported the non-proliferation initiative but would seek to changes to the draft UNSC resol [...]	2009-09-16 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AU
09VIENNA119	AUSTRIANS INFORMED OF FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 07:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC AU
09VIENNA1195	AUSTRIA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) Amb. Eacho delivered ref A demarche August 16 to Austrian Political Director Stefan Lehne, emphasizing both the potential impact on Iran's conduct in the upcoming Oct. 1 P-5 1 talks and potential downstream benefits should further discussion of sanctions in the UNSC prove necessary. Lehne [...]	2009-09-17 14:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM UN IR AU
09VIENNA1197	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS FOLLOW-UP 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 06:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO KWMN PHUM PREL CG AU
09VIENNA1201	RESULTS OF AUSTRIAN APPROACH TO IRAN ON SIX AMCITS [...] (C) Further to reftels, on Sept. 18 MFA Middle East Director Friedrich Stift reported to Econ/Pol Counselor on the results of an approach by Austrian Ambassador to Iran, Michael Postl, to unidentified contacts in the Iranian Foreign Ministry. 2. (C) Postl reported the following: -- Kian [...]	2009-09-18 11:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR AU
09VIENNA1212	Austria Implements Bank Secrecy Reform; Determined to [...] SUMMARY: On September 1, Austria's Parliament approved a new law lifting bank secrecy in tax information exchange cases involving non-citizens. The GoA has moved swiftly to sign enough amended double taxation conventions to have the OECD remove Austria from its "Grey List" (jurisdictions tha [...]	2009-09-21 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1213	AUSTRIA'S FAR-WEST SUSTAINS CONSERVATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU
09VIENNA1216	CTBT ART. XIV INFORMAL: AUSTRIA WILL PARTICIPATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KTBT AU
09VIENNA1217	AUSTRIA ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel message to Austrian MFA Deputy UN Affairs Director Georg Diwald (Director Peter Huber was en route to New York) and Middle East Deputy Director Christoph Meran on Sept. 21. Diwald noted that, sharing U.S. concerns, Austria supported the development of [...]	2009-09-21 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA AU
09VIENNA1218	CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT RE-ELECTED IN FAR-WEST [...] (U) Summary. On Sept. 20, voters in Austria's far-west state of Vorarlberg returned the state government to the hands of popular governor Herbert Sausgruber whose conservative (OVP) party took nearly 51% of the vote, providing the majority Sausgruber demanded if he were to stay on. However, [...]	2009-09-21 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
09VIENNA1219	FURTHER INFORMATION FROM AUSTRIA ON AMCITS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR AU
09VIENNA1220	UPPER AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS COULD [...] (U) Summary: The conservative People's Party (OVP) is widely expected to retain first place in Upper Austria's September 27 elections, fueled by the popularity of Governor Josef Puehringer. The Social Democrats (SPO) will remain in second place, but polls show the party's support dropping 3-8 [...]	2009-09-22 11:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1230	H1N1: Inside Scoop from Baxter on Vaccination [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baxter BioSciences (a large U.S. pharma firm, active in central Europe) characterizes Austria as one of the best prepared countries in Europe to deal with a pandemic flu. With only 361 mostly mild cases of H1N1 and no deaths to date, Austria has not put its plan into action. The [...]	2009-09-23 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KFLO CASC PREL AU EZ
09VIENNA124	GOA ADDRESSES CONTROVERSY OVER ISLAMIC INSTRUCTORS [...] (C) Summary: The GOA and Austria's official Islamic Faith Community (IFC) announced on February 2 a program designed to improve Islamic education in public schools and end the controversy sparked by a recent study indicating that many Islamic instructors hold views inconsistent with democracy [...]	2009-02-05 12:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
09VIENNA1241	AUSTRIA: PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH ABBAS, NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 13:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS AU
09VIENNA1243	AUSTRIAN UPDATE ON DETAINED/IMPRISONED AMCITS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR CASC PREL PROP PTER IR AU
09VIENNA1245	AUSTRIAN UPDATE ON AMCIT HIKERS DETAINED IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 09:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PROP CASC IR AU
09VIENNA1252	UPPER AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LOSE BIG [...] (U) Summary: The conservative People's Party (OVP) finished a strong first in the September 27 Upper Austrian elections with a better-than-expected showing, while the Social Democrats (SPO) suffered an historic setback and placed a distant second. The rightwing, populist Freedom Party (FPO) c [...]	2009-09-29 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1257	Austria Banking/Finance Update [...] First-half results of Austrian banks were largely positive, with higher operating results offset by a strong expansion of loan loss provisions. Tier 1 capital ratios as of June 30 ranged from 6.7% to 10.9%. Unicredit Bank Austria will not take GoA equity participation and financial sector exp [...]	2009-09-30 10:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1259	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 13:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BM AU
09VIENNA126	MEASURES TO COMBAT CANCER IN AUSTRIA [...] On World Cancer Day, Minister of Health Alois Stoeger announced that the GoA will put more emphasis on preventative measures against cancer. The Ministry of Health is evaluating a special screening process to improve the early diagnosis of breast and uterine cancer in women. Officials say th [...]	2009-02-06 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SENV TBIO WHO KPAO AU
09VIENNA1262	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HORN OF AFRICA AID THROUGH EU [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 15:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN AU
09VIENNA1264	Austria on Climate Demarche: Can USG Deliver? [...] EconPol Counselor and EconUnitChief delivered ref A demarche September 25 to Elfriede-Anna More (advisor to GoA Agriculture/Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich) and Dr. Gertraud Wollansky (Department of Air, Soil, and Climate Change). The Ambassador strengthened the message in a call Sept [...]	2009-10-01 09:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA1266	Stung by FATF Criticism, Austria Signals High-Level [...] In a September 29 press conference, Austrian Vice-Chancellor/Finance Minister Josef Proell announced a legislative roadmap to improve Austria's AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorist Financing) standards in reaction to criticism of Austria at the FATF Plenary in Lyon June 24-26 (ref [...]	2009-10-01 14:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1269	Austria Economic Outlook - Bottom Reached, Modest Growth in [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy will post a deep recession for 2009, but economists expect stabilization in the second half and are increasingly optimistic for 2010 (growth of 1.0%). Government stimulus must continue in order not to stifle the weak recovery. Pressure on the labor market will persi [...]	2009-10-02 11:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA1271	AUSTRIA ON PARTICIPATION IN KOSOVO ICJ ORAL [...] (C) Per Ref A, Amb. Eacho pursued Austrian participation in the Kosovo ICJ oral hearing in an Oct. 2 conversation with Austrian PolDir Stefan Lehne. Lehne reported that, though Austria had signed up to participate, divisions remained within the Ministry and that a final decision had not yet b [...]	2009-10-02 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINT KV AU
09VIENNA1274	GOA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT COVERT URANIUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 14:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP MNUC PARM AU
09VIENNA1279	Readout of OECD Nanotechnology Roundtable in Vienna [...] SUMMARY: A key theme at the OECD Roundtable on "Risk Governance Policy for Nanotechnology" in Vienna September 25 was that public perception of risk -- even in the absence of good data -- is becoming a driving force in nanotechnology regulation in some OECD states. Delegates advised breaking o [...]	2009-10-07 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TPHY TBIO ETRD EAGR AT EU
09VIENNA1287	Chinese XAC to Buy Austria's Leading Aviation Technology [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese XAC will take over FACC, Austria's leading enterprise for the development/design and production of composite components and systems for civil aircraft. FACC supplies major civil aircraft manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Pratt & Whitney. A takeove [...]	2009-10-08 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
09VIENNA1333	AUSTRIA ON HANDLING OF GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 06:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IAEA AU
09VIENNA1337	AUSTRIA'S RIGHTWING BZO PARTY STRUGGLING AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO) is in disarray one year after the death of charismatic founder and leader Joerg Haider, a controversial figure known for his nationalistic and anti-immigrant views. Though the party remains dominant in its traditional stronghold of Car [...]	2009-10-16 07:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1347	Austrian Climate Negotiator Pessimistic on Copenhagen, [...] (SBU) At a Vienna conference October 12, long-time lead Austrian UNFCCC negotiator Helmut Hojesky gave a highly pessimistic readout of the Copenhagen process following Bangkok. The overarching "crunch point" remains the question of paying for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Until fi [...]	2009-10-16 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA1353	Demarche Delivered (Biotech Votes at Oct. 19 EU Meetings) [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Austria's Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management; Health Ministry; and Ministry for Economic Affairs. 2. (U) Dr. Michel Haas (of Austria's Health Ministry) told FAS representative that Austria will vote ag [...]	2009-10-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EUN TBIO AU
09VIENNA1354	Austrian Development Aid Panned as Vienna-Centric, [...] SUMMARY: The GoA has just released a Court of Auditors report highly critical of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). Instead of streamlining the assistance delivery, the ADA's creation in 2004 added a new layer of sometimes biased bureaucracy and diluted aid coordination with Austrian embas [...]	2009-10-16 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR AU
09VIENNA1355	FRAUD SUMMARY - VIENNA [...] Austria is a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country and a party to the European Union's (EU) Schengen Agreement covering border controls and immigration. Border officials and airline personnel have been vigilant and effective in deterring transit through Austria by undocumented or fraudulently doc [...]	2009-10-16 15:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD AU
09VIENNA1361	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO FIGHT GLOBAL H1N1 [...] Econpoloff delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Hubert Hrabcik, Director of Public Health. Hrabcik's office had no substantive response. However, Clemens-Martin Auer for the Ministry of Health told Austrian national television on October 12 that, in the event Austria does not u [...]	2009-10-19 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KFLU WHO AU
09VIENNA1366	FAYMANN FORAY INTO FOREIGN AFFAIRS: FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary. An attempt by Austrian Chancellor Faymann to assert a role in Austrian EU policy failed within 72 hours and has become another bone of contention between his Social Democrats (SPO) and the People's Party (OVP). On October 16 Faymann unexpectedly announced his support for retainin [...]	2009-10-20 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
09VIENNA1372	(SBU) GoA Alleges Diversion of Glock Pistols to Philippines [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's Economic Ministry has contacted Post and the Department's Officeof Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DTCC) withinformation on possible mis-direction of Glock hanguns (produced in Austria and assembled in a U.S facility),including -- large-scale diversion of pistols no [...]	2009-10-21 14:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC AU
09VIENNA1373	Understanding Austria's New Tax Information Exchange [...] SUMMARY: the Administrative Assistance Implementing Act (in effect since September 9, 2009) provides a new basis for handling foreign authorities' assistance requests for exchange of tax information. Where supported by appropriate bilateral agreements, Austrian authorities will provide informa [...]	2009-10-21 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1378	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief met October 21 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent, to deliver ref email points and discuss the October 26-27 GAERC. Famira offered the following views: 2. (U) Afghanistan: GAERC participants will discuss the post-election political environmental and how the EU can [...]	2009-10-22 12:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1381	GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: AUSTRIA INSISTING ON [...] (SBU) Emboffs discussed reftel with Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Department of Multilateral Trade at the Economics Ministry, and Ingrid Frasl, Legal Advisor on WTO issues. Habermayer said the GOA fully supports the EC?s proposal to create a mandatory Geographical Indications (GI) register [...]	2009-10-27 09:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN KIPR AU
09VIENNA1382	Blue Lantern Broker Inquiry: Verifying Bona Fides Of [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy checked on the bona fides of the company Diamond Airborne Sensing and Managing Director Michael Feinig (registered with the USG as an arms broker). We carried out an on-site visit, met at length with CEO/founder Christian Dries and a team of company staff, and consult [...]	2009-10-27 09:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC AU
09VIENNA1384	GOA Nominates Science Minister Hahn as EU Commissioner [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA1389	Austria Halfhearted on H1N1 Vaccination [...] Austria begins vaccinating its healthcare personnel (around 280,000 persons) this week on a voluntary basis. Vaccine developer Baxter has delivered 500,000 doses of "Celvapan" to the health authorities for a 2-shot immunization. According to a Health Ministry (MOH) survey, 30-35% of register [...]	2009-10-28 13:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA139	GOA DEBATING POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the MFA, Interior Ministry, and Defense Ministry are discussing options for supporting the Afghanistan mission. No decisions have been made, but support for the UNODC and a contribution to election security are among the options under discussion. An MFA contac [...]	2009-02-10 08:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA1390	BACKGROUND TO NOMINATION OF JOHANNES HAHN AS [...] (U) Summary. Johannes Hahn, Austria's EU Commissioner-designate, is a compromise candidate chosen by the Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) to end a damaging political fight. Hahn has had a mixed reputation as Science and Research Minister (since 2007). He has been willing to t [...]	2009-10-28 13:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN AU
09VIENNA1401	AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW TO [...] Chancellor Faymann will travel to Moscow November 10-11 for meetings with PM Putin and President Medvedev, the first Moscow visit by an Austrian Chancellor since 2005. Juergen Meindl, diplomatic advisor to the Chancellor, told us November 2 that the Putin meeting will focus on economic issues [...]	2009-11-03 06:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RU AU
09VIENNA141	AUSTRIA: MFA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 11:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC AU
09VIENNA1413	GOA SHARES USG CONCERNS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT, WILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 10:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL AU
09VIENNA1419	AUSTRIA: ASYLUM REFORMS DESIGNED TO EXPEDITE DEPORTATION IN [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Parliament on October 21 adopted a set of reforms designed to facilitate the detention and deportation of unsuccessful asylum applicants. Many asylum seekers apply in Austria after passing through another EU country, and the reforms are designed in large part to exped [...]	2009-11-05 13:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA1421	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. ICSC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 14:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU
09VIENNA1426	AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION STUDY SHOWS TURKS LAGGING [...] (U) Summary: A recent study by the Interior Ministry indicates that Turks in Austria are lagging behind other immigrants in terms of integration. According to the study, Turks feel less integrated than other immigrants, believe they face more discrimination, and tend to identify themselves as [...]	2009-11-06 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA1427	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO PREL EUN PHUM AU
09VIENNA1431	VWP: AUSTRIANS SEEK FURTHER DATA PRIVACY [...] (U) Amb. Helmut Tichy, MFA Deputy Legal Advisor, reported to Econ/Pol Counselor October 22 that an inter-ministerial meeting on Oct. 22 had not agreed to seek a negotiating mandate for conclusion of PCSC or HSPD-6 agreements. The Austrian Data Protection Office (DPO) continues to have concern [...]	2009-11-06 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1442	AUSTRIA INCSR PART I [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 12:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AU
09VIENNA1447	Faymann In Moscow: Austria Reaffirms South Stream Interest; [...] (U) Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann discussed energy and transportation issues with Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin during a November 10-11 trip to Moscow. According to press reports, the Medvedev meeting was a brief courtesy visit while the Putin meeting was a three-hour discussi [...]	2009-11-13 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PREL AU RS
09VIENNA1448	AUSTRIA 2009-2010 INCSR PART I [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AU
09VIENNA1450	STAFFDEL KESSLER DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Richard Kessler, Staff Director of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA),and David Fite, HCFA Staff Member, discussed the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna November 9 with GOA officials and MPs from key political parties. The Staffdel emphasized that the U.S. seeks to en [...]	2009-11-13 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC MOPS EUN IR AU
09VIENNA1451	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1453	GM Pullout from Opel Deal: Austrian Reaction Low-Key, [...] Austrian stakeholders took on board last week's surprise announcement by General Motors (GM) that it would not sell its European subsidiary Opel/Vauxhall to the Magna/Sberbank consortium. Local experts and GoA politicians feel confident on the main Austrian concern -- securing "GM Powertrain" [...]	2009-11-13 16:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA1463	International Maritime Organization: Austria Likely To [...] On September 30, Post conveyed ref B demarche to the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation, and Technology (MTIT) -- which has the lead on this issue -- and to Austria's MFA. 2. On October 8, we followed up with the MFA department head of for Environment and Transportation, who said [...]	2009-11-18 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK AU
09VIENNA1464	OFID, Austrian Government Undecided On IDLO Director [...] Post conveyed ref A talking points to Austria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) through the office of Director General Suleiman Al-Herbish. 2. An Austrian MFA rep (Mr. Georg Diwald) told us the GoA has not made a decision on the IDLO di [...]	2009-11-18 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL AU
09VIENNA1470	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR NEW AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Polchief discussed reftel points November 18 with Bernhard Zimburg, MFA Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and his deputy, Bruno Bilek. Zimburg said the GOA supports the USG's priorities for the new Afghan Government. The GOA agrees on the need to work with President Karzai, despit [...]	2009-11-19 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF AU
09VIENNA1478	New Leadership in Vienna Wiesenthal Institute [...] (U) As a result of the dispute between the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute (VWI) and the Vienna Jewish Community (IKG) over access to the IKG's archives, which had triggered the resignation of the VWI leadership in August (reftel),the VWI elected a new board in early November. Law historian Georg [...]	2009-11-20 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA1479	Austria's Hypo Alpe Adria Bank in Trouble [...] (SBU) Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA),Austria's sixth largest banking group, is in trouble again. According to media reports and leaked documents, HAA is undercapitalized and will need fresh equity of 1.5-2.0 billion Euros in time for a special general shareholder meeting December 10. A conflict has e [...]	2009-11-20 13:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1480	AUSTRIA TO MAKE ORAL PRESENTATION AT KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL ICJ KV AU
09VIENNA1491	AUSTRIA: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EU GR MK PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1492	AUSTRIA TO STAY THE COURSE ON EUFOR, OHR [...] (U) Polchief met November 20 with Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe, and Karl Prummer, MFA Unit Chief for European Security Policy, to discuss reftel points on EUFOR and seek GOA views on the transition from the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to the EU Special Repre [...]	2009-11-23 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU BK AU
09VIENNA15	Gas Dispute -- OMV Sees No Short-Term Solution; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austrian energy company OMV announced early January 7 that Russian natural gas deliveries to Austria have come to a standstill. For the medium term (about three months),OMV's subsidiary EconGas -- which supplies customers -- can compensate from its storage (1.7 bcm),domestic pr [...]	2009-01-07 11:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EPET PREL AU
09VIENNA1511	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS IN AFGHANISTAN, STILL [...] (C) In place of the Ambassador, who was traveling in country, the DCM met November 24 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, to discuss reftel points. The DCM emphasized that the U.S. is looking for allies and partners to make strong public statements of support following the announcemen [...]	2009-11-25 11:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA1514	AUSTRIAN MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR STEPS [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Middle East Deputy Director Meran called into question the utility of sanctions as a next step in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. Without contesting the lack of a positive Iranian response to U.S./P-5 1 initiatives over the last yea [...]	2009-11-25 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09VIENNA1520	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM (VWP): AUSTRIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. The Austrian Interior Ministry has suggested that Austrian experts could put forward specific ideas on the text of the draft PCSC agreement during their proposed Washington visit. Although this would be outside a formal negotiating process, it would move the substantive discussio [...]	2009-11-27 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1524	AUSTRIA: NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following nominees for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: 2. Yavuz Kuscu. Kuscu is the current owner of TVG Consulting GmbH & TVG European Air Alliance. He is also the President of the Austro-Turkish Trade Association. TVG was established in [...]	2009-11-30 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO AU
09VIENNA1527	Austria, Strong Niche Player in Europe's Space Industry [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria has developed a successful niche within Europe's space industry in the areas of earth observation and satellite equipment since its late entry to the European Space Agency (1987). Clusters of small earth observation firms (centered on universities in Salzburg, Innsbruck an [...]	2009-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL AU TNGD SENV
09VIENNA1529	DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN AU
09VIENNA153	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON NPT REVIEW CYCLE [...] Polchief discussed reftel A points February 9 with Andreas Launer, MFA Unit Chief for IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com, and NPT. Launer said the GOA is encouraged by the emphasis of the new USG on multilateralism and disarmament. Though disarmament and non-proliferation are separate, they are mutually re [...]	2009-02-11 16:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09VIENNA1533	GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE MAIDEN VISIT [...] (C) The German Embassy describes FonMin Westerwelle's Nov. 25 maiden visit to Austria as partly designed to strengthen the new Minster's standing and image vis-a-vis Chancellor Merkel and as part of a larger Westerwelle effort to improve Germany's standing with smaller EU member states. His d [...]	2009-12-02 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG IR GM AU
09VIENNA1534	Previewing Austria's Johannes Hahn as EU Regional Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable offers political background on Johannes Hahn, the 51-year-old Vienna native slated to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy in the second Barroso cabinet. Hahn, who has served as GoA science/higher education minister since 2007, was a surprise candidate fo [...]	2009-12-02 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AU EUN
09VIENNA1539	AUSTRIAN FOREIGN AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA contacts reported to Econ/Pol Counselor Dec. 2 that after the proposed next round of informal discussions the MFA and Interior Ministry were determined to push the already drafted negotiating mandate for the VWP-related agreements to the cabinet for a decision. They have al [...]	2009-12-03 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1541	GOA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BURMA; EU SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BM AU
09VIENNA1543	AUSTRIA'S OMV SAYS NO INVESTMENTS IN IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMV says it does not currently have investments or activities in Iran's oil/gas sector anywhere approaching ISA (Iran Sanctions Act) thresholds. The Austrian government has publicly reaffirmed its line against new investments in Iranian energy. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On November [...]	2009-12-03 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR AU
09VIENNA1547	MISPLACED HOPES FOR NEW U.S. OFFER AT COPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL KGHG OPRC AU
09VIENNA1549	AUSTRIA AND AFGHANISTAN: MODEST, BUT REAL, PROGRESS [...] (C) Austrian Foreign Minister Spindelegger publicly affirmed Dec. 2 that Austria would make a contribution to the civilian effort in Afghanistan. To consider Austria's specific contribution, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice, and Defense met that same day. Readouts of that [...]	2009-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU
09VIENNA1551	AUSTRIAN MINISTER WELCOMES USG SHIFTS ON CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador reinforced USG climate positions with Austrian Environment Minister Berlakovich in advance of Copenhagen. While agreeing that Europe and U.S. need to present a positive, united front and keep pressure on developing countries, he expressed hope for a significantly highe [...]	2009-12-04 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL KGHG OPRC AU
09VIENNA1552	BRIMMER IN VIENNA: AUSTRIANS CLAIM TO BE WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Austrian MFA Political Director Lehne maintained Austria's position on sanctions against Iran was "well in the mainstream of Europe." We have since gone back to Lehne and others to review reports that indicate Austria is among the EU's Iran sanctions skeptics, and to urge prepara [...]	2009-12-07 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO IR AF AU
09VIENNA1554	Hydropower, Austria's Mixed Blessing [...] SUMMARY: Austria is blessed with extensive hydropower resources which provide the bulk of its electricity supply -- but come with environmental and political costs. Austria's hydropower potential is (TWh) 56 terawatt hours annually -- of which 38 TWh are already installed -- but further expan [...]	2009-12-09 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON KGHG AU
09VIENNA1556	AUSTRIA: BURGENLANDERS REMAIN EU-SKEPTICS, DESPITE BENEFITS [...] Summary: Burgenland, Austria's smallest and poorest province, has benefitted enormously from EU membership and the opening of the Hungarian border at the end of the Cold War. Local members of Austria's two governing parties - the Social Democrats (SPO) and conservative People's Party (OVP) - a [...]	2009-12-10 07:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN AU
09VIENNA156	AUSTRIA: CONSULTATIONS ON COMPLIANCE WITH 9/11 ACT [...] Econ/Pol Counselor met Feb. 13 with MFA Director for Justice and Home Affairs, Dr. Johann Brieger, to relay the information/requests in Reftels A and B. 2. 9/11 Requirements Consultations: Brieger said that, based on preliminary consultations within the GoA, the proposed dates (March 23-24) [...]	2009-02-13 10:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PBTS KCRM CVIS CMGT PREL AU
09VIENNA157	AUSTRIA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 23. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A [...]	2009-02-13 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
09VIENNA1570	AUSTRIA MOVES FURTHER TOWARD EUPOL SUPPORT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 13:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU
09VIENNA1577	EU STUDY PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE OF AUSTRIAN TURKISH [...] (U) Summary: An EU study on minorities released December 9 gives a mixed picture of Austria's Turkish community. The results indicate that ethnic Turks face less discrimination in Austria than in other EU countries with substantial Turkish immigrant communities. At the same time, however, Aus [...]	2009-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU
09VIENNA1582	Gas Trading Exchange Formally Launched -- Without Gazprom [...] (SBU) On December 11, Austrian national oil/gas company OMV and the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) formally launched a new gas trading platform as part of the Central European Gas Hub (CEGH),a gas-service provider and currently a 100% subsidiary of OMV. OMV and VSE (which is slated to take a 20% [...]	2009-12-15 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET AU RU
09VIENNA1583	Austrian Government Takes Over Hypo Alpe Adria Banking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the GoA nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA) -- Austria's sixth largest bank -- in concurrence with the bank's private shareholders. HAA's troubles were increasingly evident (reftel) and the GoA took the step (in consultation with the ECB and the provincial governm [...]	2009-12-16 09:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU GM
09VIENNA1588	ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (U) Israeli Defense Minister and Deputy PM Barak met with Chancellor Faymann, President Fischer, DefMin Darabos, and FM Spindelegger during a low-key December 14-15 visit to Vienna. During a joint press conference after their meeting, Barak and Darabos emphasized their support for a two-state [...]	2009-12-17 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC MOPS IS IR AU
09VIENNA1589	AUSTRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. Introduction and General Assessment ----------------------------------- 2. Accordin [...]	2009-12-18 12:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
09VIENNA1590	Aiming to Reassure, Austrian Bank Stress Tests Underline [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New "stress test" results for Austrian banks -- released the same day the GoA had to take over 6th-largest Hypo Alpe Adria/HAA -- show that major banks could withstand a "double-dip" recession but will need additional capital in the medium-term. The Austrian National Bank says m [...]	2009-12-18 12:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1593	AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION PLAN WOULD RAISE GERMAN LANGUAGE [...] (U) Summary: Interior Minister Fekter, of the conservative People's Party (OVP),on December 15 officially released a summary of a national integration plan primarily designed to strengthen German language requirements for immigrants. Fekter said the plan would be submitted for cabinet approva [...]	2009-12-21 06:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA1594	AUSTRIA'S RIGHTWING PARTIES JOIN FORCES [...] (U) Summary: The rightwing Freedom Party (FPO) and the Carinthia branch of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO - an FPO splinter party) announced December 16 that they had agreed to join forces. The move will bolster the FPO, which has been attracting a growing number of voters with it [...]	2009-12-21 06:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1602	Copenhagen Accord: First Austrian Reactions [...] Last weekend's Copenhagen Accord at COP-15 was bashed in Austria at both ends of the climate spectrum, with scant words of support from GoA leadership. While centrist Chancellor Werner Faymann (a social democrat) called the compromise "an important step forward ... we don't have time to be di [...]	2009-12-22 09:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL EIND AU
09VIENNA1604	Agreement on Financing of Jewish Cemetery Renovation and [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 14:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU

09VIENNA1605	Austrian Wood-Pellet Industry Seeking US Joint Ventures [...] SUMMARY: Austria's wood-pellet industry has approached Post, seeking to promote joint ventures and other commercial cooperation in advanced biomass heating. END SUMMARY. 2. On December 4, Embassy representatives met with Christian Rakos, head of ProPellets (an Austrian association that prom [...]	2009-12-23 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON ETRD KGHG AU
09VIENNA1606	Austria H1N1 Update: New Cases Down; Unused Vaccine [...] The number of new H1N1 infections appears to be slowing in Austria. In the week prior to December 16, health authorities estimated approximately 24,000 new infections, a decline from 45,000 infections the previous week. The total number of infections is now approximately 250,000. The number [...]	2009-12-23 09:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA1616	AUSTRIA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM FOR POLICE [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Interior announced on December 10 (Human Rights Day) a project designed to increase the diversity of the Austrian police force and promote respect for human rights. Law enforcement authorities, facing rising crime, drew criticism during 2009 for their handling of [...]	2009-12-29 16:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AU
09VIENNA1620	AUSTRIA RECEIVES 1267 PRE-NOTIFICATION LISTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 08:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN
09VIENNA168	AUSTRIAN MFA SECURITY POLICY DIRECTOR ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Newly appointed Austrian MFA Security Policy Director Gerhard Jandl (former Amb. to Belgrade) told Econ/Pol Counselor March 13 that Austria has considerable skepticism toward Russia's proposals for a new European security structure. Acknowledging that Moscow had offered few details, Jand [...]	2009-02-17 11:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AU
09VIENNA173	Austria's Anti-Nuclear Stance: Rock Solid, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no nuclear renaissance in Austria. This cable details Austrians' long-standing rejection of nuclear power and GOA opposition in every international context. Austria's new government will continue its role as Europe's strongest opponent of nuclear energy. While the r [...]	2009-02-17 15:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV AU
09VIENNA182	MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE - AUSTRIA [...] (C) MFA Middle East Director Amb. Ralph Scheide told Econ/Pol Counselor Feb. 19 that Austrian FM Spindelegger will attend the March 2 Sharm Al-Sheikh Conference and that Austria plans to make a noticeable contribution, which would be provided through UNRWA and the EU. As the cabinet had not y [...]	2009-02-19 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG EFIN PHUM PGOV
09VIENNA186	Terrorist Abuse of Charitable Sector - [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with Austria's Finance Ministry (Elisabeth Ottawa, terrorism financing coordinator and FATF representative, Financial Markets Directorate) and Interior Ministry (Sabine Klinglmair, head of the International Affairs Department),soliciting views on charities [...]	2009-02-20 08:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID AU
09VIENNA189	AUSTRIA: VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 23-24 [...] (U) Poloff discussed GAERC points on February 18 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent. Famira offered the following views: 2. (C) Afghanistan: Famira said the European Commission would wait to hear the brief of the EU's Special Representative to Afghanistan and would discuss their [...]	2009-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA190	AUSTRIA CAUTIOUS ON MAURITANIA, BUT SUPPORTS THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 11:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN MR PGOV PHUM PREL
09VIENNA193	AUSTRIA OPPOSES AN ARTICLE 16 DEFERRAL WITHOUT [...] Poloff conveyed the information in ref A to Georg Diwald, MFA Deputy Director of the Department for International Organisations. Diwald told Poloff that, in consideration of Austria's commitment to the rule of law and against impunity, Austria would respect the independence of the Internationa [...]	2009-02-20 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC SU XA XW AU
09VIENNA202	EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE VOTE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to contacts in Austria's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (Cabinet of the Minister and departments of International Trade and Plant Cultivation),Ministry of Health (departments of Biotechnology and Consumer Health),and Economic Ministry (Department of Mul [...]	2009-02-24 08:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU
09VIENNA216	AUSTRIA: CHARISMATIC GOVERNOR DOMINATES SALZBURG [...] (U) Summary: Gabi Burgstaller, the charismatic governor of Salzburg Province, is expected to lead the Social Democrats (SPO) to a first place finish in the March 1 provincial elections. After the vote, Burgstaller is likely to renew the SPO's alliance with the conservative People's Party (OVP [...]	2009-02-25 14:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA225	Austrian Airlines Financial Situation Grim; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Austrian Airlines (AUA) is in increasingly dire financial straits despite bridge loans from the GoA. On February 19, new management announced a 2008 operating loss of EUR 100-125 million which would wipe out half of AUA's remaining capital base. Including financial items (wri [...]	2009-02-26 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EUN AU
09VIENNA228	CARINTHIAN STATE ELECTION MAY BE LAST HURRAH FOR [...] (U) Though the vote is expected to be close, the March 1 election in Austria's southern state of Carinthia may well prove to be the last hurrah for the right-populist Alliance for Austria's Future (BZOE),a party established in 2005 by then-Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider. Seen now as benefi [...]	2009-02-27 09:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
09VIENNA238	AUSTRIA CONSIDERING OFFERING AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel A points on the USG Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review February 25 with Bernhard Zimburg, MFA director for East Asia and the Pacific. Polchief noted that Austrian FM Spindelegger had stated publicly at the GAERC in Brussels February 23 and again in Vienna the f [...]	2009-02-27 13:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA241	AUSTRIA INCLINED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09VIENNA243	STATE ELECTIONS BLOW TO SOCIAL DEMOCRATS; BOOST TO [...] (U) The right populist BZOE in Carinthia and FPO in Salzburg scored significant gains in elections March 1 at the expense of the Social Democrats. The BZOE's surprise success will strengthen that party in the near term. Immediate national implications are likely to be minimal, but the positi [...]	2009-03-02 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA251	GOA CONTINUES TO OPPOSE ARTICLE 16 DEFERRAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW AU
09VIENNA266	Austria Circles Wagons on Bank Secrecy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on Austria's bank secrecy regime from large EU member states like Germany (who see it as promoting tax evasion by non- Austrians) and beyond. The GoA remains unwilling to touch this highly sensitive issue, since bowing to EU pressure would cause another wa [...]	2009-03-09 14:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA270	Austria's Iran Trade Shrinking; Commercial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian trade with Iran fell in 2008 for the third year in a row, bucking the overall expansion of Austrian trade worldwide. The Austrian Kontrollbank (equivalent to the U.S. Ex-Im Bank) has further tightened export guarantees for Iran in line with UN/EU sanctions. The presen [...]	2009-03-10 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
09VIENNA272	Green Islands in Sea of Old-Style Stimulus in [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoA has adopted economic stimulus measures totaling EUR 5.7 billion (c. 2% of GDP, above the EU benchmark of 1.5%/GDP). About one in ten Euros of new spending will be on "green" projects -- mostly energy efficient building retrofits. Even that modest sum still puts Austria i [...]	2009-03-10 07:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SENV KGHG AU
09VIENNA279	SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE: DETAILS ON AUSTRIA'S [...] Per reftel, Post sought clarification on Austrian assistance to Palestinians -- specifically GoA pledges made on March 2 in Sharm al-Sheikh -- from the Middle East desk officer at the Department for Development Assistance in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lydia Saadat. Saadat confirmed tha [...]	2009-03-11 10:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PHUM KPAL KWGB EUN AU
09VIENNA295	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] Polchief met with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent, March 11 to discuss the agenda items for the upcoming GAERC and GYMNICH. Famira offered the following views: -- Montenegro: The GOA is in favor of submitting Montenegro's EU application to the European Commission for its formal op [...]	2009-03-12 13:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL SU MW BO AU
09VIENNA296	Austrian Outlook on Central/ Eastern [...] SUMMARY: As leading investors and bankers in Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe (CESEE),Austrians have developed broad expertise on the region. The latest forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) paints a negative but differentiated picture. As a group, [...]	2009-03-12 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN XH TU RS KZ CH
09VIENNA297	SYRIAN EXILE POLITICIAN ON PLANS FOR NEW PARTY, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. A Syrian exile politician resident in Vienna, Marwan Hammoud, briefed Econ/Pol Counselor March 10 on plans to establish a new, democratic Syrian opposition party that would operate both in Syria and abroad and on plans by a coalition of parties to establish a c [...]	2009-03-13 06:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AU
09VIENNA306	AUSTRIA: MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Polchief met March 13 with Ralph Scheide, MFA Middle East Director, to discuss Middle East policy and Scheide's planned visit to Washington and New York March 20 to April 3. Scheide expressed views that could be contrary to USG Middle East policy, suggesting that a Palest [...]	2009-03-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU SY AF AU
09VIENNA307	AUSTRIA ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CENTRAL/EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Austria's Finance Ministry welcomed reftel demarche, painting a more nuanced picture of the current crisis than the media portrayal. The GoA supports U.S. initiatives to expand IMF/MDB engagement and sees better coordination now between the EU, IMF, and MDBs (e.g. in the case of [...]	2009-03-17 08:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL AU
09VIENNA310	AUSTRIA: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (S) Mission Vienna has identified the following CI/KR sites in Austria: --Baxter AG, Vienna, Austria: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV) --Octapharma Pharmazeutika, Vienna, Austria: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV) --Baumgarten an der March gas facility 2. (S) The two medical plan [...]	2009-03-17 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP
09VIENNA311	AUSTRIAN DAILY "DIE PRESSE" LAUNCHES A SUNDAY EDITION [...] (U) At a time of decreasing circulation for print editions and increasing popularity of online news sites, DIE PRESSE, Austria's most prestigious centrist daily, launched a Sunday edition on March 15, 2009. The Sunday DIE PRESSE editor expects circulation to reach 160,000 - a substantial jump [...]	2009-03-17 13:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AGS KPAO IIP ECA AU
09VIENNA312	Europe's AgBiotech Nemesis on a Roll: Austria Follows [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government sees itself "on a roll" in its long-standing campaign against agricultural biotech following the EU Environment Council's March 2 decision allowing Austria (and Hungary) to maintain national bans on cultivation of two EU-approved genetically-modified corn vari [...]	2009-03-18 06:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO EUN AU
09VIENNA314	MFA Legal Affairs Director New National Anti-Trafficking [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 09:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KTIP PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN AU
09VIENNA317	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Name: Walter Feichtinger DOB: November 13, [...]	2009-03-19 10:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA323	GoA Curbs Bank Secrecy for Foreigners, Gets [...] SUMMARY: Together with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the GoA has signaled it will loosen bank secrecy in cases of alleged tax fraud by foreigners. In the future, it will reinterpret Austrian bank secrecy law so that a criminal investigation is no longer required to cooperate with foreign [...]	2009-03-20 12:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA326	AUSTRIA WILL ISSUE UNSC STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 20 to Peter Huber, MFA Head of International Organizations. Huber replied that the GOA would make a statement in support of AMISOM at the March 20 UNSC meeting on Somalia, as well as endorse the EU statement on the issue. 2. Huber said the GOA support [...]	2009-03-20 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO AU SO
09VIENNA329	Austrian Economy Heads South; Bottoming Out? [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy plunged into recession in late 2008, due primarily to falling exports and industrial production. Private household consumption has help up so far. In January and February, the number of unemployed and part-time workers rose sharply in many industries. Economists n [...]	2009-03-23 12:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA345	AUSTRIA SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT KFOR FORCE LEVELS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV AU
09VIENNA346	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG KPAL IS EUN AU
09VIENNA354	US-Austrian Trade Down Sharply as Industry Struggles [...] The economic crisis has badly hit trade between the U.S. and Austria, according to preliminary 2008 statistics issued this month by the Austrian Federal Statistics Office (Statistik Austria) and the Economic Chamber (WKO). U.S. and Austrian exports fell by similar proportions in 2008 (about [...]	2009-03-25 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU
09VIENNA359	AUSTRIAN MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Charge' called on Austrian MFA Political Director Stefan Lehne March 26 to review reftel points, stressing that given its role in the Security Council, Austrian action would draw particular attention. 2. (C) On Afghanistan, Lehne reported that internal GoA discussions were moving ahead [...]	2009-03-27 06:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AFDB AU
09VIENNA36	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 15:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF IR UN EAID
09VIENNA361	S/CRS ENCOURAGES AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS TO DEVELOP [...] Summary: John Herbst, head of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS),discussed USG initiatives with key GOA assistance officials on March 16, encouraging the GOA to develop its own civilian reconstruction and stabilization assistance capabilities. GOA offic [...]	2009-03-27 07:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV KCRS KPKO AU
09VIENNA362	RIGHT WING PARTY RUNNING ANTI-MUSLIM VIENNA [...] (C) Summary: Austria's right wing, xenophobic Freedom Party (FPO) is utilizing an anti-Muslim message to fuel its campaign to unseat Vienna's Social Democratic (SPO) Mayor Michael Haupl. The FPO has posted placards around town associating Haupl with "mosques and minarets" and asserting that F [...]	2009-03-27 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
09VIENNA363	OPEC Ministers Foresee Supply Crunch, Price [...] Meeting March 18-19 under the aegis of OPEC's biannual International Seminar in Vienna, OPEC ministers and industry CEOs: -- supported the March 15 decision to hold production targets steady, with no indication of medium-term cuts; -- were unanimous in predicting the current investment drough [...]	2009-03-27 11:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG SENV KGHG AU
09VIENNA365	Austrian Bank Rescue Shows Positive [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government's EUR 100 billion bank rescue package is showing positive effects across the financial sector. The interbank market is calmer with lower rates and improved liquidity; there is no credit crunch in Austria even though banks are being more selective about bor [...]	2009-03-27 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA37	AUSTRIAN VIEW ON WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 16:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS AU
09VIENNA379	ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY IN AUSTRIA -- REACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. policy on climate change and the environment are a key yardstick Austrians use to judge USG credibility as a global actor. Austria is also fertile ground for climate diplomacy, as an environmentally conscious but growth-minded country that has fallen woefully short of its K [...]	2009-03-30 14:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL KGHG OPRC EUN AU
09VIENNA381	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: The international movement of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen is represented in Austria by a cultural foundation, a high school, and a newspaper. While Gulenists in Austria are openly critical of the Turkish secular state, they avoid controversies over Muslim integration [...]	2009-03-30 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU AU
09VIENNA383	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (U) In response to reftel A, and following up on reftel B conversation between Charge and Austrian PolDir Lehne, Econ/Pol Counselor and Polchief met March 30 with Bruno Bilek, MFA Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific. E/P Couns stressed that while the media had been focusing on the in [...]	2009-03-31 07:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS AU
09VIENNA394	Agricultural Biotech Outreach Shows Faint [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From March 2 to 4, Embassy Vienna carried out a series of biotech outreach activities. The target audience of the program consisted of agricultural students, farmers, farmers' representatives, and government officials. Two U.S. farmers from Iowa reported about their long-ter [...]	2009-04-01 11:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
09VIENNA4	OMV SAYS GAS SUPPLY TO AUSTRIA NOT AT RISK DESPITE [...] According to an Embassy contact in the International Gas department of OMV, Austria's major oil and gas company, there are currently no/no signs that the natural gas flow from Russia to the Austrian gas station in Baumgarten has been reduced due to the Ukrainian-Russian gas dispute. (The Baumg [...]	2009-01-02 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV EPET AU
09VIENNA401	SERBIAN FM TELLS AUSTRIANS BELGRADE MUST [...] (C) Summary: Serbian FM Jeremic said during a March 30 visit to Vienna that the Serbian government had to "recalibrate" its European perspective, as the economic crisis had sapped the EU's enthusiasm for enlargement. According to an MFA contact, Jeremic claimed in his meeting with Austrian FM [...]	2009-04-02 11:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV SR AU
09VIENNA402	Austrian Recession Deep, Budget Deficit [...] SUMMARY: Austria's export-oriented economy has plunged into a much deeper recession than expected but will still outperform Germany. Leading Austrian forecasters have drastically downgraded their GDP growth forecasts for 2009 (now projected to contract by 2.2-2.7%). The recession is severe [...]	2009-04-02 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA403	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD name for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on this individual. Last name: Probst First name: Christian D [...]	2009-04-02 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA404	AUSTRIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 06:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN AU
09VIENNA408	Austria Reactions to OMV Sale of MOL Stake to Russian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OMV's sale of its 21.2% stake in Hungarian energy national MOL to Siberian energy company Surgutneftegas has raised few eyebrows in Austria, where it is seen as the logical unwinding of OMV's abandoned effort to grow into a regional powerhouse. The sale is no surprise: ever sin [...]	2009-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON AU HU
09VIENNA411	VWP AGREEMENTS: CONSULTATIONS WITH GOA; MANAGING [...] (C) On March 23-24, a joint HSPD-6 and PCSC team from the Depts. of State, Justice, Homeland Security and the Terrorist Screening Center held consultations with representatives of the Austrian Foreign, Interior, Justice, and Defense Ministries, staff from the Chancellor's Data Protection Offic [...]	2009-04-03 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA428	AUSTRIA WOULD SUPPORT UNSCR ON NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN AU
09VIENNA430	VWP AGREEMENTS: AUSTRIAN MFA ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Barring a further media storm (reftel),the Austrian MFA expects to be able to move forward with a request for a mandate to negotiate HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements in the next "several weeks." The Ministry believes it would be counter-productive to have a VWP-review visit in April o [...]	2009-04-07 15:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA437	AUSTRIA'S SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Polchief discussed Ref A request on April 6 with Bruno Bilek, MFA Acting Director for East Asia and the Pacific (which includes Afghanistan under the MFA's schema). Bilek noted that, as reported reftels B-D, the GOA is considering providing training for Afghan police and judges outside of [...]	2009-04-09 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA44	AUSTRIAN FORMIN RULES OUT IRAN ENERGY CONTRACTS [...] SUMMARY: Austria's new foreign minister has made the clearest public statement yet of GOA opposition to energy contracts with Iran under the present diplomatic situation. He also reaffirmed GOA support for the Nabucco pipeline and expressed confidence the consortium will secure gas from the Ca [...]	2009-01-14 08:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL AU IR
09VIENNA442	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 10:44:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC NK AU
09VIENNA448	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID PGOV MA AU
09VIENNA449	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA: MEDICAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on this individual. Last name: Schachner First name: Stefan Fr [...]	2009-04-15 13:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA451	Austrians Reject Krugman Warning on Default [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior Austrian politicians and economists rejected economist Paul Krugman's comment this week that Austria is a prime candidate for Iceland-style default due to its banking exposure in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE). Krugman's remarks drew intense coverage i [...]	2009-04-16 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA468	Austria Strongly Supports Kosovo IMF/WB [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Edith Frauwallner (head of international affairs at Austria's MinFin) along with UK, French, and Italian embassy representatives and in coordination with the German embassy in Vienna. 2. MinFin rep replied that formal action rests with the Austrian Nat [...]	2009-04-17 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA469	Vienna TFCOs (Terrorism Finance [...] Embassy Vienna's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers are as follows: PRINCIPAL: Daniel Froats Economic Unit Chief U.S. Embassy Vienna tel +43-1-31339-2299 mobile +43-664-461-5318 froatsdt@state.gov froatsdt@state.sgov.gov DEPUTY/ALTERNATE: Jeremy Chen Economic-Political Officer [...]	2009-04-20 07:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER
09VIENNA483	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief met April 22 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent, to discuss the agenda items for the upcoming GAERC. Famira offered the following views: 2. (U) Iran: There will be no debate on Iran. The EU will adopt a set of conclusions supporting the new U.S. approach to Iran an [...]	2009-04-23 10:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA484	Austrian Banks Take GoA Equity, But More [...] SUMMARY. Four of the six largest Austrian banks (Erste Bank, Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Volksbanken AG and Hypo Alpe Adria/HAA bank) have now taken equity injections. So far the Austrian government has committed only about one third of the EUR 15 billion reserved for equity participation. Ita [...]	2009-04-23 10:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA495	Austria's 2009/2010 Crisis Budgets - [...] SUMMARY: Austria's grand coalition government introduced its 2009 and 2010 budgets this week, projecting federal deficits of 3.2%/GDP in 2009 and 4.1% in 2010 (total public sector deficit to be 3.5% and 4.7% respectively). Consolidated public sector debt will rise to 73%/GDP in 2010 (from 6 [...]	2009-04-24 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
09VIENNA496	TURKISH FM RAISES EU ACCESSION, PKK IN VIENNA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 16 visit to Vienna, Turkish FM Babacan urged GOA leaders to avoid speaking out against Turkey's EU accession bid and told reporters that Turkey would be a very different country by the time it was ready to join the EU. Babacan, who met with Austrian President Fisc [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EUN TU AM AJ CY AU
09VIENNA503	CDA, UNVIE AMB. SCHULTE DISCUSS ASAD VISIT WITH GOA [...] (C) Summary: Charge Kilner and Ambassador Schulte met April 24 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA SecGen, and (separately) with Alfons Kloss, President Fischer's diplomatic advisor, to discuss Syrian President Asad's April 27-28 visit to Vienna. Charge stressed that the visit should be viewed as an oppo [...]	2009-04-28 06:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA PHUM PARM SY AU
09VIENNA504	Austrian NGOs Support World IPR Day [...] According to the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Austria, intellectual property employs 180,000 Austrians and creates EUR 8 billion in added value. To appeal to local pride and improve public awareness, IPR advocacy groups have highlighted the losses suffered by local [...]	2009-04-28 10:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINT AU
09VIENNA507	AUSTRIAN PLANS FOR GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC AU
09VIENNA516	NIAG 9041: ALLEGED TRANSFER OF AUSTRIAN-ORIGIN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS TO IRANIAN ENTITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC AU IR
09VIENNA519	MGSF01: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIRM ONE CASE OF H1N1 [...] On April 29, Austrian authorities announced that a 28-year old female, traveling from Guatemala through Mexico City with a three-day stopover in Miami, reported a fever on arrival at Vienna International Airport and was hospitalized and treated with Tamiflu. She has apparently recovered and c [...]	2009-04-30 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09VIENNA53	AUSTRIA DOES NOT FORESEE APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY AU
09VIENNA530	ASAD DISCUSSES U.S. RELATIONS, MEPP AND WINS GOA [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President al-Asad told GOA leaders during an April 27-28 visit to Vienna that he is optimistic about the new U.S. Administration, but maintained that President Obama has one year to turn around U.S.-Syrian relations. He said the new Israeli government must demonstrate a wi [...]	2009-05-04 13:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM SY IS AU
09VIENNA537	Austria's Declining ODA: Catching Up with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2005, Austria's debt forgiveness programs have artificially inflated its official development assistance (ODA) figures and masked recent streamlining of its aid policies. Because 2009 marks the end of debt forgiveness for Iraq, Austrian ODA is expected to fall by a third [...]	2009-05-05 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR AU
09VIENNA54	New Austrian Climate Realism at Highest Levels [...] SUMMARY: Faced with a widening gap between promises and performance on emissions reduction, the new GOA is shrinking its climate/energy goals to fit Austria's modest initiatives. Having failed to reach its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions goals in the Kyoto period by almost a quarter, the Go [...]	2009-01-15 11:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA543	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Possegger First name: Guenter D [...]	2009-05-07 07:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR AU
09VIENNA553	Gas Regulators On Lessons Learned From Russia-Ukraine [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post recently attended a closed-door workshop for European regulators on "Experiences from the January 2009 gas crisis" hosted by Austrian energy regulator E-Control. The workshop's central findings (as summarized by E-Control head Walter Boltz): -- Europe suffered more from poor [...]	2009-05-07 15:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL AU EUN
09VIENNA557	U.S.-Austrian Trade Still Falling Sharply [...] Overall U.S.-Austria trade numbers continued to worsen in January/February 2009. According to Austria's Federal Statistics Office and Economic Chamber, U.S. trade with Austria suffered a sharp decline with exports falling by 38.5 percent from January/February 2008, and imports from Austria de [...]	2009-05-08 12:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU
09VIENNA558	Austria's Strategic Repositioning of Embassies/Consulates [...] Austria will open a new embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, with construction beginning by the end of 2009, as part of a strategic decision to support Austria's growing energy business and other activities in the Caucasus/Caspian region. Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said the new embassy wo [...]	2009-05-08 12:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ODIP AU
09VIENNA559	Scenesetter for Austrian Agriculture/Environment Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian Agriculture/Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich will be in Washington on May 13 and has requested policy meetings. Berlakovich supports Austrian farm policy priorities favoring small-scale, "organic" agriculture -- and opposing biotechnology. Other priority issu [...]	2009-05-08 12:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KGHG SENV ETRD TBIO EUN AU
09VIENNA577	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 07:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA583	Austrian Scientists Rally Against Proposed [...] Last week's surprise decision by Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn (OVP) to pull out of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has appalled Austria's scientific community. Austrian scientists are furious that they will become "second- class" users at CERN after 50 years [...]	2009-05-15 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL AU TPHY
09VIENNA584	AUSTRIAN PLANNING FOR AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Austrian MFA Security Policy Director Gerhard Jandl (protect) told E/P Counselor May 14 that the Ministry's efforts to arrange an Austria contribution to Afghanistan stabilization and development efforts were moving slowly, facing both domestic and external obstacles. Jandl noted that def [...]	2009-05-15 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU
09VIENNA585	Lufthansa Buyout of Austrian Airlines Clears Shareholder [...] SUMMARY. With Lufthansa in control of 85% of Austrian Airlines (AUA) shares, the merger with Lufthansa is on track to meet a July 31 deadline. The buyout remains contingent on European Commission approval of the deal and a EUR 500 million GoA subsidy -- and AUA must remain solvent until the m [...]	2009-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
09VIENNA592	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA: ALOIS DOHR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Dohr First name: Alois Date of [...]	2009-05-18 15:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA595	Nabucco-Turkey Progress - OMV Uncertain On IGA Timeline, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following media reports that an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on the planned Nabucco Pipeline is imminent, OMV and Nabucco contacts appear more optimistic but are concerned about media speculation and caution that not all IGA issues have been resolved. END SUMMARY. (NOTE: [...]	2009-05-19 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV BEXP AU
09VIENNA596	OMV Buys Stake in Northern Iraq Gas Exploration/ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria's OMV has boughta 10% stake in two gas fields in Iraq's Kurdish rgion, which it hopes will become major suppliersto the Nabucco pipeline sometime after 2015. Whil confident of its legal position, OMV recognizesthe absence of a national hydocarbon law is problematic, but i [...]	2009-05-19 10:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
09VIENNA597	Report On Investment Disputes And Expropriation Claims - [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 11:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AU
09VIENNA60	Taking Stock of Austria's Financial Markets [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government was decisive in crafting a EUR 100 billion financial sector rescue package in October, but implementation has been slow. Credit is scarce; demand is weak for GoA-guaranteed interbank funding; only one major bank (Hypo Alpe Adria) has gotten actual equity from [...]	2009-01-16 13:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AU EUN
09VIENNA600	Austrian Government Scraps Plan to Leave CERN (European [...] Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPO/Social Democrats) announced on May 18 that Austria will not/not cancel its membership in the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Responding to protests from the science community and from leaders of both coalition parties, Faymann overruled [...]	2009-05-20 07:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TPHY AU
09VIENNA603	AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES "ANTI-SEMITISM" IN [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Faymann on May 18 denounced Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the rightwing, xenophobic Freedom Party (FPO) as a "hatemonger" and said the FPO was trying to stir up anti-Semitism with a campaign ad promising to veto EU membership for Israel (and Turkey). Leaders from [...]	2009-05-20 07:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
09VIENNA604	AUSTRIA: NO RELIEF FUNDS FOR PAKISTAN'S IDPS; WILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK PREF AU
09VIENNA606	AUSTRIA HAS LOW-KEY INVOLVEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) The Austrian government participates in the EU's "broad dialogue" with Cuba, which was officially revived in June 2008 after a period of suspension. Human rights and democracy are part of this dialogue. According to Austria's MFA, GoA officials also raise human rights issues "when approp [...]	2009-05-20 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL AU
09VIENNA615	Austrian Economy - Rough First Quarter, More Pain to Come [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy contracted 2.8% in the first quarter of 2009 (versus Q4/2008) on the basis of falling exports and investments; GDP is expected to shrink by at least 3% in 2009 and stagnate in 2010. Economists expect Austria's second quarter downturn to be less steep, but express un [...]	2009-05-27 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA617	AUSTRIA IN LATE-STAGE NEGOTIATIONS ON SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Following Russian media reports on May 22, Austria's Minister for Economy (in charge of energy issues) Reinhold Mitterlehner has confirmed publicly that the GoA is in "ongoing negotiations" on a bilateral agreement with Russia to participate in the planned South Stream pipeline. Unlike hi [...]	2009-05-27 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AU

09VIENNA631	DOMESTIC AND EU POLICY COMPLICATIONS DELAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNESCO AU
09VIENNA638	AUSTRIA: MI-17 HELICOPTERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 08:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL SMIG PK AU
09VIENNA642	Austrian Financial Market Update [...] SUMMARY. This cable updates recent issues in Austria's banking sector: -- Solvency / Liquidity: A fourth large Austrian bank (BAWAG) has accepted state equity capital. Bank Austria's negotiations on a GoA capital injection are complicated by signs that Italian parent UniCredit may move busi [...]	2009-06-02 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
09VIENNA645	OECD Pans Austria's Development Aid, to Little Effect [...] (SBU) In late May, the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) issued a report criticizing the GOA for unorthodox debt relief accounting methods which bolster its official development aid (ODA) figures. Debt relief has made up 40-50% of Austria's ODA since 2005, a far higher proportion t [...]	2009-06-03 11:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR AU
09VIENNA650	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points June 2 with Thomas Schnoll, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe. Schnoll said the GOA strongly agrees that Kosovo should attend the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC),noting that Kosovo has participated in meetings between EU members and regional states. [...]	2009-06-03 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV MD AU
09VIENNA653	AUSTRIAN ARMS CONTROL PLANS: CTBT, IAEA SAL LAB; [...] (C) Summary. Austrian MFA Disarmament Chief Alexander Marschik provided an overview of MFA arms control priorities. He reported FonMin Spindelegger's keen interest in meeting Secretary Clinton to discuss strategies for advancing CTBT entry-into-force (EIF),stressing GoA flexibility and ope [...]	2009-06-04 06:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR KNNP AU
09VIENNA655	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA: ERNST ALBRECHT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Albrecht First name: Ernst Date [...]	2009-06-04 13:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA659	AUSTRIA: RIGHTWING PARTY EXPECTED TO GAIN IN EU [...] (U) Summary: The rightwing, xenophobic Freedom Party (FPO) is expected to place third in the June 7 elections for the European Parliament with about 17 percent of the vote, nearly three times the share it drew in the 2004 elections. The governing Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP [...]	2009-06-05 08:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN EP AU
09VIENNA66	AUSTRIA: US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] (SBU) On January 16, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche in separate farewell calls on Austrian Foreign Minister Spindelegger and MFA Secretary General Kyrle. 2. (SBU) FM Spindelegger and SG Kyrle listened carefully to reftel points and expressed appreciation for the information. Both st [...]	2009-01-16 17:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS
09VIENNA671	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA: SCHUCK, THIEL, [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Schuck First name: Thomas Date [...]	2009-06-08 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA673	Nabucco IGA: GoA Confirms No Reference To Specific Entry [...] (SBU) On June 5,Embassy conveyed ref A demarche to Gerhard Langeer, energy advisor to Economic Minister Reinhold Miterlehner. (NOTE: the meeting came after repeatd delays in meeting with Austrian Special EnergyEnvoy Dr. Maria Reich-Rohrwig, who was ill -- EN NOTE). Langeder confirmed earlier [...]	2009-06-08 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV AU
09VIENNA687	A Definite "Maybe" from Austria on Pakistan's IDPs [...] Post delivered ref A demarche June 8 to the MFA Head of Humanitarian Aid, Gerhard Weinberger, and to the MFA Political Director, Stefan Lehne. Weinberger said that the GOA working level had been considering a contribution for Pakistan's IDPs, but it would be several weeks before a decision was [...]	2009-06-09 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF EC PK AU
09VIENNA688	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA: COMBINED [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Gabmayer First name: Peter Date [...]	2009-06-09 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA689	ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON THE CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE EU NATO AU
09VIENNA690	AUSTRIA PLANS DANUBE/BLACK SEA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Spindelegger has made a Danube-Black Sea (to include the Caucasus) initiative a centerpiece of his foreign policy agenda, but has said little in public about the initiative's content. Conversations with numerous MFA officials and Austrian academics suggest that Sp [...]	2009-06-09 14:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
09VIENNA691	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. RICE [...] (U) Embassy Vienna looks forward to your visit, Amb. Rice, which will give us the opportunity to review significant UNSC issues with the Austrian government and to take a broad look at the bilateral relationship. After a quick survey of Austria's political scene, this cable takes a closer look [...]	2009-06-10 07:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA RICE AU
09VIENNA693	AUSTRIA NONCOMITTAL ON CANDIDACY FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU
09VIENNA697	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA70	Austrian Muslim and Jewish Responses to Israeli Military [...] The Israeli military action in Gaza has triggered a controversy between the Austrian Jewish and Islamic communities due to their support for Israel and the Palestinians, respectively. In recent weeks, the Jewish Community (IKG) publicly lobbied for support of the Israeli military action, whil [...]	2009-01-21 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA700	Magna/Opel: Austria Likely to Guarantee EUR 300 Million [...] Austrian Vice Chancellor/Minister of Finance Josef Proell has announced that Austria may issue a loan guarantee to Austro-Canadian Magna International, the prospective buyer of Opel/GM Europe. Magna is eligible for up to EUR 300 million in loan guarantees under a reprogrammed EUR 10 billion f [...]	2009-06-12 09:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EFIN AU
09VIENNA705	AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 14:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM UNSC KN AU
09VIENNA712	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN GICNT 2009 PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 06:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU
09VIENNA733	AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: SEVENTH CASE CONFIRMED, BUT NO ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES [...] Austrian authorities report seven total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. Director for Public Health Hubert Hrabcik confirmed the seventh case, a woman from Salzburg who had returned from a visit to the U.S. Health authorities said that her case is "mild" and she is responding w [...]	2009-06-18 11:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO PREL MG AU
09VIENNA735	Food Security: Austria Supportive But Unable To Increase [...] (SBU) Embassy reps shared ref A points with relevant stakeholders in Austria's MFA (Ministry of European and International Affairs) and Ministry of Agriculture / Environment. We followed up with Manfred Schnitzer from of MFA Development Assistance/Program Planning Department, who expressed str [...]	2009-06-19 06:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PREL AU
09VIENNA738	Austria?s 2009/2010 Budgets: Fat Now, Lean to Come [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 29, Austria?s Parliament adopted budgets for 2009 and 2010, endorsing a temporary flood of red ink to mitigate the current economic downturn. Total public sector deficits will likely exceed 4.0%/GDP in 2009 and 5.0% in 2010 (versus the GoA?s estimates of 3.5% and 4.7% respe [...]	2009-06-19 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV AU
09VIENNA739	Austria Still Pitching Vienna For IRENA Headquarters [...] (SBU) Summary: Austrian MFA reps continue to pitch Vienna as headquarters for the nascent International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),but acknowledge that the UAE has cleverly played the "South" card in promoting itself. Austrians argue Vienna offers synergies and that a UAE headquarters wo [...]	2009-06-19 10:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV AU
09VIENNA743	Climate Change: Austria to Exceed Kyoto, 2020 Emissions [...] SUMMARY: According to the latest "Climate Report" of the Austrian Environmental Agency (AEA - comparable to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency),Austria emitted 88 million tons of CO2 equivalent (mtCO2e),11% above 1990 levels and about 24% above Austria's Kyoto Protocol commitment. Pro [...]	2009-06-22 06:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA748	AUSTRIA: STATEMENT ON AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF AU
09VIENNA75	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) In separate farewell calls on January 16 with both new Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and long-standing MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, Ambassador Girard-diCarlo reviewed the top items on the US agenda with Austria: cooperation in the UN Security Council, Iran, energy securi [...]	2009-01-21 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	AU ENRG ETTC PREF PREL UNSC AF
09VIENNA755	UN AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH ASUTRIAN [...] (C) Summary. UN Ambassador Susan Rice met separately with Austrian President Fischer and Foreign Minister Spindelegger on June 15. Charge accompanied Amb. Rice to both meetings. Fischer and Spindelegger were both joined by aides, as well as Austrian Ambassador to the UN Mayr-Harting. Both [...]	2009-06-23 09:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	USUN PREL AU
09VIENNA76	TERRORISM FINANCE: AUSTRIA: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER KTFN
09VIENNA763	Rising Crime in Austria Fuels "Law & Order" Policies [...] (U) SUMMARY: Crime, especially burglaries and thefts, has risen conspicuously in Austria in recent years. The police, the press and politicians blame foreigners, particularly asylum seekers and foreign gangs, for this increase. While the conservative parties have had the most vehement respon [...]	2009-06-23 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU PREF KCRM ASEC
09VIENNA77	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIANS TO ATTEND AFB [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last Name: KLUG First Name: Sebastian [...]	2009-01-21 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09VIENNA78	AUSTRIA: GAZA TO DOMINATE JANUARY 26-27 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PGOV AU
09VIENNA782	US EMBASSY AUSTRIA RESCINDS JULY 4TH INVITATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 12:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP PREL IR
09VIENNA783	RUSSIAN FONMIN LAVROV: BILATERAL TALKS IN VIENNA [...] (C) Summary. Russian FonMin Lavrov's bilateral discussions with the GoA on June 23 focused on European security structures, energy, and Iran, with the Russians taking a generally critical line on western/U.S. initiatives. Lavrov's visit also included the symbolic return of some Austrian arch [...]	2009-06-29 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU AU
09VIENNA787	OSCE: AUSTRIAN FONMIN UNDERLINES NEED TO RETAIN [...] (U) Summary. Austrian FonMin Spindelegger has stressed the need to include the U.S. in an European security architecture and to retain the OSCE as the "central forum for the European security dialogue." Speaking on the margins of the of the informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu June 27-28, Spin [...]	2009-06-29 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AU
09VIENNA804	Austria Pushing Member State "Self-Determination" Over [...] (U) At the EU Agricultural Council in Luxembourg June 25, Austria proposed establishing Member State (MS) "self-determination" over cultivating transgenic agricultural crops, even those approved by the European Commission. Building on four qualified majority votes (the latest in March 2009) ag [...]	2009-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO EUN AU
09VIENNA805	Austria's Schizophrenic Approach to Nanotechnology [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Austrian government is investing heavily in nanotechnology -- as part of a well-funded campaign to regain leadership in science and research -- but given Austria's poor track record in public acceptance of new technologies (including nuclear energy and green biotech),the GoA [...]	2009-07-02 07:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY TBIO ETRD EAGR OSCI TNGD
09VIENNA807	Austria Supportive on DPRK/1874 Implementation [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A demarche (on implementing DPRK sanctions contained in UNSCR 1874) to Sabine Staffelmayr, coordinator for North Korea policy at the Austrian MFA (Ministry for European and International Affairs). We delivered ref B demarche (on financial safeguards / sanctions) to Eli [...]	2009-07-02 07:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ECON EFIN PREL KNNP MNUC MTCR KN AU
09VIENNA825	GOA INPUT ON AUSTRALIA GROUP AGENDA, RUSSIAN [...] (U) Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and Austria-only points to Dr. Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Austrian Economic Ministry's Export Control Division, who will lead Austria's delegation to the Australia Group (AG) 2009 plenary session in Paris. Krehlik welcomed USG coordination on [...]	2009-07-06 14:02:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW AU
09VIENNA828	Austrian Bank Exposure to Central/Eastern/ Southeastern [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarm over Austrian bank exposure to Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) has given way to a more realistic view of the situation as difficult but manageable. Top Austrian banks will suffer losses in the region -- but they continue to make profits, have ramped up lo [...]	2009-07-07 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA836	AUSTRIA PROVIDES LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS NOTE [...] (U) Austrian MFA delivered an electronic copy of a Diplomatic Note, dated 3 July 2009, on lost and stolen passports to the Embassy on July 7. Operative text follows: Begin text (Complimentary opening) The Ministry has noted the U.S. statutory requirements set forth in the implementing [...]	2009-07-08 08:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PTER PGOV PBTS AU
09VIENNA839	Stress Tests Find Austrian Banks Safe, Current Measures [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Austria's National Bank (OeNB),major Austrian banks will not need large-scale recapitalization even if the recession deepens further in Austria and eastern Europe. This is the main finding of OeNB stress tests published on July 6. Bank Tier 1 capital ratios would f [...]	2009-07-09 08:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA840	AUSTRIA RECONSIDERS REJECTION OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Two sources in recent weeks have reported that the GoA is reconsidering its rejection of Guantanamo detainees for resettlement. In a July 2 meeting with Charge, Bernhard Wrabetz Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chancellor, reported that the GoA was taking another look at its position. He pl [...]	2009-07-09 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AU
09VIENNA845	AUSTRIA WORRIED ABOUT IRAN SANCTIONS DEBATE [...] (C) In an introductory call July 9, incoming Diplomatic Advisor to the Chancellor Juergen Meindl (protect) told Charge that the GoA is concerned about what it expects to be a contentious discussion in both the UNSC and the EU about further sanctions on Iran, should Tehran fail to respond to re [...]	2009-07-10 11:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR AU
09VIENNA847	Stung by Critique, Austria Now Working on FATF Action Plan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Stung by their grilling at the Financial Action Task Force/FATF Plenary in Lyon, the Austrian government is determined to improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards to avoid de facto "black listing" by the FATF. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Over the [...]	2009-07-10 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM AU
09VIENNA854	AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF RUSSIA SUMMIT RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS AU
09VIENNA856	Austria's Economic Outlook - Deep Recession in 2009, [...] SUMMARY: After a dismal first quarter, Austria is confronting a deeper recession than projected earlier this year. As a result, Austria's two leading economic institutes have downgraded their GDP growth forecasts for 2009 (contraction of 3.4-4.3%) and 2010 (stagnation). Austria's recession [...]	2009-07-13 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA863	AUSTRIA / UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) RESULTS OF USG REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to -- Elisabeth Ottawa, Austria's terrorism financing coordinator and FATF representative in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) -- Alfred Lejsek, Head of the MoF's Financial Markets Unit; and -- MFA International Security Co [...]	2009-07-14 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC AU
09VIENNA868	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA 07-14-09 [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Raab First name: Helmut Date of [...]	2009-07-15 10:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA878	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA 07-16-09 [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Furtner First name: David Date [...]	2009-07-17 07:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA89	AUSTRIA ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary. In a Jan. 21 meeting with senior Embassy staff, Austrian MFA and Interior Ministry officials proposed that a U.S. delegation visit Vienna in either the second week of February or the first or second week of March for consultations focused on Austrian concerns about U.S. data prot [...]	2009-01-22 15:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PBTS PTER KCRM PREL AU
09VIENNA891	AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: 54 CONFIRMED CASES, STILL NO SPECIAL [...] As of July 29, Austrian authorities report 54 total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. The number of infected persons has increased significantly over the past two weeks. Most cases have been discovered after Austrians returned home from tourist destinations all over the world (t [...]	2009-07-20 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KFLU PREL MG AU
09VIENNA895	AUSTRIANS WARY OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION TO U.S. ROLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 10:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GG AU
09VIENNA90	Austria Allays Concerns on Caspian Development [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points on the Caspian Development Corporation (CDC) to the Energy International Affairs Department head in the Austrian Economic Ministry, Dr. Maria Reich-Rohrwig. GOA rep said the Ministry agrees that the CDC should not hamper private sector activities in the energ [...]	2009-01-22 15:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET AU ZJ
09VIENNA903	OPEC-Funded Biofuels Study Sparks Controversy at [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent study on "Biofuels and Food Security" -- commissioned by the Vienna-based OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and prepared by researchers at the multinational Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) -- has sparked controversy in the energy community. II [...]	2009-07-21 14:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET KGHG EAGR SENV TRGY AU
09VIENNA91	Austria Moves to Bolster Automotive Industry [...] The automotive crisis has reached Austria. With no national champion but an extensive supplier network and assembly facilities, the health of Austrian industry is linked to the fortunes of European and American car producers including BMW, Opel (GM),Chrysler, and Mercedes. The sector accoun [...]	2009-01-22 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ECON ELTN AU
09VIENNA910	Austrian Airlines Skates on Thin Ice as Lufthansa Takeover [...] SUMMARY: As the buyout of Austrian Airlines (AUA) by Lufthansa (LH) nears its contract deadline of July 31 (AFTER which LH can back out or seek modified terms),AUA is preparing for the worst while hoping the European Commission and LH can come to an understanding. Commission approval for key [...]	2009-07-22 12:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
09VIENNA912	AUSTRIA: EU TO DISCUSS AHMADINEJAD INAUGURATION AT [...] (C) Polchief discussed agenda items for the July 27-28 GAERC on July 22 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent. Famira said GAERC participants will discuss EU-Iran relations in light of the latest election and the crackdown on protesters. They will consider options for handling the in [...]	2009-07-22 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN IR IC AU
09VIENNA917	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA 07-23-09 [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. Last name: Worgotter First name: Caroline [...]	2009-07-23 10:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AU
09VIENNA923	AUSTRIAN PLANS TO TRAIN AFGHAN POLICE STALLED [...] (C) Acting Polcouns discussed reftel A points July 22 with Bruno Bilek, MFA Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific. Bilek said the GOA's efforts to organize police training for Afghanistan (reftel B) had ground to a halt. The Interior Ministry now steadfastly oppposes the idea, arguing [...]	2009-07-24 09:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA926	AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA AU
09VIENNA941	Nabucco Gas Pipeline: Next Steps [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian government and industry contacts are optimistic that the Nabucco consortium can build on positive momentum from the July 13 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) signing. The GoA has reaffirmed its support for Nabucco at the highest levels, while continuing to negotiate ove [...]	2009-07-28 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV AU
09VIENNA949	Austrian Air-Lufthansa Deal Looking Up [...] Lufthansa's amended July 28 offer for Austrian Airlines (AUA) has raised hopes of a successful deal. Although the Commission has refused to comment specifically on the new offer, Austrian press reports indicate that Lufthansa has agreed to reduce the number of flights to Frankfurt in return fo [...]	2009-07-29 13:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
09VIENNA950	AUSTRIA OPPOSES LIBYAN UNAMID PROPOSAL; SEES NO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 09:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO SU AU
09VIENNA966	AUSTRIA DISCUSSES ENERGY TIES WITH TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) From July 27 to July 31, a 13-member Turkmen delegation attended the second meeting of the joint Austrian-Turkmen Commission for Intergovernmental and Foreign Trade Relations in Vienna. The commission was set up by a Memorandum of Understanding (reftel) signed by the two countries when Tur [...]	2009-07-31 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON TX AU
09VIENNA97	AUSTRIA REITERATES FIRM "NO" ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL AU
09VIENNA974	AUSTRIAN MPs TO INVESTIGATE ESPIONAGE CHARGES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Austrian Parliament on July 14 decided to establish an investigative committee to look into a series of espionage allegations implicating MPs, Austrian intelligence officials, and Kazakh authorities. The committee will begin deliberations August 26 and is expecte [...]	2009-08-03 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AU
09VIENNA987	Dispute Threatens Future of Vienna Wiesenthal Institute [...] (U) Summary: The entire seven-member board of the Vienna Simon Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) resigned in late July in a dispute over access to the archives of Vienna's official Jewish Community. VWI board members assert that the Jewish Community reneged on an earlier promise [...]	2009-08-04 13:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
09VIENNA989	Austria H1N1 Update: 169 Confirmed Cases; Health [...] As of August 4, Austrian authorities report 169 total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. 154 of these cases have been reported since July. Only around five infections are in-country transmissions of the virus; most persons brought the virus back from vacation. So far, all patien [...]	2009-08-04 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA998	AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT MTCR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 13:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU
10SECION03OF08VIENNA176	AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUALTRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AU ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10VIENNA100	AUSTRIA: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] Polchief raised reftel A points January 26 with Bruno Bilek, MFA Deputy Director for East Asia. Bilek said MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle will represent the GOA at the London Conference. He said Kyrle will be prepared to announce Austria's contributions to the Afghanistan mission if an [...]	2010-01-27 14:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF AU
10VIENNA106	New Science Minister Faces Student Unrest [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25, the GoA appointed Beatrix Karl as its new science minister. Like her predecessor Johannes Hahn -- who left to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy (reftel) -- Karl is a university law professor and a member of the conservative People's Party (OeVP). [...]	2010-01-28 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD PINR KSCA TBIO TPHY AU EUN
10VIENNA107	Update on Austrian Aid to Haiti [...] Austria's total (public and private) assistance to Haiti has risen to about EUR 10 million, making Austria one of the more generous countries in the EU on a per capita basis(after Norway, Sweden and Denmark). 2. Government Aid: This week Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the Go [...]	2010-01-28 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VIENNA108	Copenhagen Accord: Austria to Inscribe via EU [...] (SBU) On January 22, Ambassador Eacho delivered reftel demarche to EnvirMin Nikolaus Berlakovich (GoA Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management). Berlakovich assured the Ambassador that Austria, along with the other EU countries, would associate itself with the Copen [...]	2010-01-29 08:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG AU END
10VIENNA113	Nabucco Pipeline Investment Decision by end-2010; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In informal discussions, OMV and Nabucco Company contacts have reiterated their expectation that the consortium will launch the project ("final investment decision") by the 4th quarter of this year, with initial gas deliveries by the end of 2014. The consortium continues to expe [...]	2010-01-29 15:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV AU
10VIENNA117	AUSTRIA TO PRESS IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] Econpoloff discussed reftel points January 29 with Gerlinde Paschinger, MFA Human Rights Unit Chief of Minority Rights, Thomas Unger, from the Human Rights division of the MFA Office of the Legal Advisor, and Gerrit Ach, MFA Human Rights Desk Officer. Paschinger said the MFA had called in th [...]	2010-02-01 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR AU
10VIENNA119	AMBASSADOR PRESSES AUSTRIA ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On Feb. 1, Amb. Eacho delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle, maintaining that Austria was in the European mainstream, was supportive of efforts to win enhanced sanctions in the UN Security Council (UNSC),where he said China would ultimately be [...]	2010-02-02 06:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IR AU
10VIENNA122	PRESIDENT FISCHER'S CHINA VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE [...] Summary: Austrian President Fischer's January 19-22 China visit was focused on business and trade, though he also raised human rights and North Korea with Chinese President Hu Jintao, according to an Austrian MFA contact. Hu said the Government of China was pleased with President Obama's visit [...]	2010-02-02 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD ECIN CH TW AU
10VIENNA126	CITES COP15: AUSTRIA AGAINST BOBCAT PROPOSAL [...] (U) On February 1, Post met with Max Abensperg-Traun, the Austrian expert for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment who will be the Austrian representative at COP15 in March. We made sure to h [...]	2010-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP AU
10VIENNA130	AUSTRIA: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (U) Embassy Vienna welcomes the interagency decision to intensify diplomatic and public diplomacy efforts to address European misunderstandings and concerns about U.S. proposals for enhanced data sharing. Specific responses to reftel requests follow below. In general, this Embassy has had a [...]	2010-02-03 11:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM KTFN KHLS ECPS ECON PREL CVIS KPAO
10VIENNA137	EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRAT LEADER SUGGESTS WAY [...] (C) Summary. Hannes Swoboda (protect),a VP in the Social Democratic caucus of the European Parliament (EP),believes that a clear commitment by the European Commission (EC) and Council to address EP concerns about the interim TFTP/FMDA agreement can sway a majority in the EP to vote in favor [...]	2010-02-05 15:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN ECPS ECON PREL EUN AU
10VIENNA138	AHMADINEJAD ADVISOR TELLS AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT AMCIT [...] (S) Summary: Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, gave Embassy Vienna and UNVIE Poloffs a readout February 5 of his meeting in Geneva with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, chief of staff to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, on February 1. Postl said Mashaie told him the three Amcit hikers [...]	2010-02-05 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	CASC PREL IR AF AU
10VIENNA151	AUSTRIA: RECORD DECLINE IN CATHOLIC CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Summary: A record number of Austrian Catholics chose to leave the Church formally in 2009, cancelling their annual contributions. The departures are widely attributed to a number of controversies that wracked the Church during the year, especially the abortive Vatican appointment of an ultraco [...]	2010-02-09 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU
10VIENNA160	AUSTRIA SEES GROWING RESOLVE ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM discussed ref A demarche with Stefan Lehne, MFA Political Director, on Feb. 8. DCM told Lehne that the USG had serious concerns about the human rights situation in Iran and would continue communicating on high levels of the need for other countries to speak out. 2. (C) Lehne, who h [...]	2010-02-10 14:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR AU
10VIENNA164	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UN 1267 DESIGNATION OF MUTHANNA HARITH AL-DARI [...] (S) Econpoloff delivered reftel to Johann Brieger, MFA Head of International Cooperation in Justice and Home Afairs, on February 2, and on February 10 received the following written response, listed below. 2. (S) Vienna, 9 February 2010 Your request of 2 February 2010 concerning an US-int [...]	2010-02-10 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	KTFN PTER SY JO IZ AU EFIN UN
10VIENNA167	Austrian Reaction to US-EU 2nd Stage Air Transport [...] (U) Embassy representatives delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings with MFA transportation office director Andreas Schmidinger and MinTransport DG for Aviation Affairs Manfred Bialonczyk. 2. (U) Both MFA and MinTransport representatives expressed strong support for continuing the US- [...]	2010-02-11 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON AU
10VIENNA169	SENIOR CONSERVATIVE MEP ON TFTP/FMDA OUTCOME, NEXT [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Austrian conservative group in the EP (a former Austrian Interior Minister) reported Feb. 12 that he believes there are good prospects for reaching agreement on a permanent TFTP/FMDA by July, provided however that the agreements incorporate the conditions the EP [...]	2010-02-12 15:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN PREL EUN AU
10VIENNA176	AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]	2010-02-17 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA177	SERBS TELL AUSTRIAN FM THEY SEEK "FACE SAVING" [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbia is not seeking a UN showdown over Kosovo, but might pursue one if it finds no other means to reach a "face saving" resolution of Kosovo's status, Serbian FM Jeremic told Austrian FM Spindelegger during his February 10 visit to Belgrade. Spindelegger warned that a conflict [...]	2010-02-17 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR AU
10VIENNA180	Profile of Top Aeronautics Producers in Austria [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable profiles four leading-edge aeronautics companies in Austria -- FACC, Diamond, Schiebel and Frequentis -- to illustrate how this export-driven industry has adapted to the dramatic aviation slowdown. Austrian firms have increasingly turned to foreign partnerships and inve [...]	2010-02-18 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND ETTC TSPL AU
10VIENNA182	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 06:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PREL AU
10VIENNA194	CD SESSION: AUSTRIA ON FMCT [...] (C) Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik reported Feb. 22 that Austria entirely shares the U.S. assessment of the difficulty of reaching agreement on a POW in the CD and the USG frustration with the impasse. Austria is, accordingly, fully prepared to work, as prop [...]	2010-02-22 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL AU
10VIENNA195	AUSTRIA NOT PREPARED TO EXPAND ISAF PRESENCE [...] (SBU) With the Ambassador traveling in Austria outside of Vienna, the DCM raised reftel A points February 19 with Gerhard Jandl, MFA Security Policy Director. Jandl noted that the GOA was preparing to send five police trainers to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan (reftel B),and said Austria w [...]	2010-02-22 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NATO AU
10VIENNA196	IRANIAN CONTACTS TELL AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT THERE MAY [...] (C) Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, informed Vienna Tri-Mission Poloff February 22 by email that contacts in Tehran (NFI) had complained to him the previous week about recent publicity concerning the three Amcit hikers detained in Iran. The Iranian contacts noted that Esfand [...]	2010-02-22 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL IR AU
10VIENNA198	Distracted Driving: Situation in Austria [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, this cable describes Austrian measures to combat "distracted driving" caused by operating electronic devices. The GoA Transport Ministry referred us to the Austrian Road Safety Board (RSB - www.kfv.at/english/),a public/private organization to which the GoA has essential [...]	2010-02-23 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU AU
10VIENNA203	AUSTRIAN ON IRAN NUCLEAR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik emphasized Austria's growing frustration with Iranian nuclear intransigence and reported that Austria was becoming increasingly direct in its public statements and private messages [...]	2010-02-25 06:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR AU
10VIENNA205	AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TOURS ISRAEL, WEST BANK, [...] (C) Though cast as a renewal of Austrian engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Foreign Minster Spindelegger's trip to the Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon the week of March 15 served primarily as a stock- taking, with no specific new roles or missions for Austria in the [...]	2010-02-25 10:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SY LE AU

10VIENNA206	AUSTRIA ON GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 10:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA IO AU
10VIENNA207	AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG [...] (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, Embassy and UNVIE officers conveyed to Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik continued USG interest in pressing Syria for full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA on the Al Kibar reactor site. Marschik welcomed [...]	2010-02-25 10:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IAEA SY AU
10VIENNA210	Consolidation Looming at Raiffeisen Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As markets await final 2009 results, consolidation rumors surround Raiffeisen International (RI) -- the second largest lender in eastern Europe and a listed subsidiary of RZB/Raiffeisen Zentralbank (Austria's third largest banking group). RI will likely report an 80% drop in pro [...]	2010-02-25 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
10VIENNA27	SPO-OVP CLASH OVER PLANNED ASYLUM CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Interior Minister Fekter (conservative People's Party - OVP) has come under heavy criticism since her late December announcement of a plan to build an asylum center in Burgenland Province. Burgenland Governor Hans Niessl (Social Democrat Party - SPO),who faces provincial electi [...]	2010-01-08 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENNA46	AUSTRIA ON AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 10:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL AU
10VIENNA48	EMBASSY VIENNA ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] The following is Embassy Vienna's response to reftel request for information on engagement on women's issues. 2. The Embassy engages on a diverse range of women's issues in Austria, including trafficking in persons, the empowerment of Muslim women, and women's access to the labor market. S [...]	2010-01-11 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM XG AU
10VIENNA52	Austrian Government to Nationalize Central Bank Minority [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Josef Proell plans to purchase the 30% of shares in Austria's central bank (Nationalbank/OeNB) which are currently owned by private Austrian banks/insurers and Austria's Economic Chamber. Proell argues that central bank ownership by private banks and insurance c [...]	2010-01-13 10:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
10VIENNA53	AUSTRIA: RIGHTWING LEADER BASHES OPPONENTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (U) Heinz-Christian Strache, head of Austria's rightwing Freedom Party (FPO),blasted the ruling Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) while calling for the deportation of lawbreaking asylum seekers during a January 10 rally launching the party's campaign for the citywide elections in [...]	2010-01-13 11:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENNA54	Austrian Rail Industry Targets U.S. High-Speed Rail [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's railway industry is exploring potential investment and sales in the United States connected to the U.S. stimulus funding for high-speed rail. Austrian companies (some of which are already major investors in the U.S. rail sector) recognize the political imperative to cr [...]	2010-01-13 13:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EIND BTIO TSPL AU
10VIENNA55	AUSTRIA: ADDENDUM TO 2009 TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per reftel A, Post is submitting an addendum to the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria (reftel B). Addendum -------- 2. (SBU) Austrian authorities on December 28 arrested Peter Walaschek, a German citizen who pled guilty in a U.S. court in 1988 to shipping 115 tons of thiodigly [...]	2010-01-14 07:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AU
10VIENNA58	Austria's Electronic Identity Card (eID) System [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post researched Austria's electronic identity card (eID) system, the so-called "Citizen Card" (CC) introduced starting in 2002 as part of a broader e-government plan to give citizens secure online access to public services. For most applications, the CC is a chip-based sma [...]	2010-01-15 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON AU
10VIENNA60	AUSTRIA ON NPT REVCON, OTHER NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL ENRG IAEA NPT KTBT AU
10VIENNA63	Hypo Alpe Adria Group's Future Unclear Amid Allegations of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Investigations into the nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria banking group (HAA) are likely to have significant legal and political implications in Austria and beyond. Following the December 14 GoA takeover of HAA (Austria's sixth largest banking group with pre-crisis assets of about EU [...]	2010-01-15 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN GM AU
10VIENNA65	AUSTRIA PREPARING TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN MISSION [...] (C) Bernhard Zimburg, MFA East Asia Director, told Polchief January 13 that the GOA is preparing to send five active duty police officers and, most likely, two retired judges to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan. The Interior Ministry has issued a request for volunteers for the police position [...]	2010-01-19 14:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU
10VIENNA69	Austria's Aid to Haiti [...] Austria's total (public and private) aid to Haiti is currently about 2.5 million Euros and is likely to increase. All aid is being channeled through the UN, EU and ICRC; so far no response has been requested from USG. 2. Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the GoA is contributin [...]	2010-01-19 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VIENNA70	CZECH-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS: NEIGHBORLY DIFFERENCES [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Vienna/Embassy Prague report. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, commercial relations are strong but environmental and other concerns have caused friction in the somewhat-testy Czech-Austrian relationship. Czech PM Fischer's visi [...]	2010-01-19 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL CZ AU
10VIENNA76	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
10VIENNA8	Austria's Economic Recovery Sure but Slow [...] SUMMARY: After the deepest recession in more than 50 years, Austria's economy has started to recover but the upward trajectory will be slow, with set-backs likely. GDP will grow only around 1.5% in 2010 and 2011, insufficient to prevent unemployment rising to 5.2-5.7%: Economists say growth [...]	2010-01-07 07:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
10VIENNA82	AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION PLAN SETS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Cabinet on January 19 adopted an "action plan" on integration that requires many immigrants to learn German before entering the country and enhances language requirements for legal residents already living in Austria. The plan also aims to combat discrimination and he [...]	2010-01-22 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENNA87	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]	2010-01-26 07:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VIENNA99	AUSTRIA: MERGER OF RIGHTWING PARTIES MARRED BY CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Alliance for the Future of Austria's (BZO) Carinthia branch voted overwhelmingly January 17 to join the Freedom Party (FPO) in a national alliance, despite recent charges of corruption and mismanagement against the leading proponent of the accord. Some BZO leaders o [...]	2010-01-27 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
93VIENNA31	INDEPENDENT SLOVAKIA ENTERS THE WORLD STAGE [...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: WITH THE FANFARE OF FIREWORKS, THE ROAR OF THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS, THE UNCORKING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE, SLOVAKS CELEBRATED NOT ONLY THE COMING OF THE NEW YEAR JANUARY 1 BUT ALSO THE MILENNIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF AN INDEP [...]	1993-01-04 16:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LO
93VIENNA6520	THE KURDISH PKK IN AUSTRIA [...] SUMMARY: FOR SEVERAL YEARS MEMBERS OF THE KURDISH COMMUNITY IN VIENNA HAVE REGULARLY HELD EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR CAUSE TO THE MEDIA. RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE PKK, THE TURKISH COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY LEFT OPERATE CLUBS IN VIENNA. INTERIOR MINISTRY SOURCES SAY AUSTRIAN AUT [...]	1993-07-01 17:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU AU

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