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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 05VIENNA101 |
EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Latin American Kornelia Weihs on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Weihs (who had just returned from the COLAT EU working group meeting in Brussels) on January 12. Weihs told us that the Luxembourg Presidency [...] |
2005-01-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1026 |
Austro-Hungarian Stock Exchange Alliance [...] An Austrian consortium, led by the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE), has acquired a majority share in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE). The VSE aims to form a broader "Central European Stock Exchange" alliance, including the VSE, BSE, and stock exchanges in Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Ljubljana, [...] |
2005-03-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON AU XH |
| 05VIENNA1028 |
GOA VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR HIPCS AND IRAQ, [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Director of the Austrian Development Agency, on March 10 to discuss reftel points and background paper. Econ Unit Chief followed up on March 25 with Thomas Wieser, Director General in the MoF's Economic Policy and Financial [...] |
2005-03-31 06:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AU IZ |
| 05VIENNA103 |
AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL - [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this important international mission by supporting and/or pa [...] |
2005-01-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF AU NATO |
| 05VIENNA1033 |
AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...] |
2005-03-31 09:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU |
| 05VIENNA1062 |
AUSTRIA IN LINE WITH EU CONSENSUS ON CHR CUBA [...] (SBU) On March 22, following receipt of ref a, Embassy Vienna provided a copy of the draft Cuba resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau and requested Austria's support for EU co-sponsorship. On April 1, Acting head of the Human Rights Bureau Ingrid Pech told EconPolOff that the de [...] |
2005-04-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN |
| 05VIENNA1064 |
GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...] |
2005-04-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1065 |
CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN [...] In a March 31 speech commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Austrian statehood, Chancellor Schuessel underlined the crucial role American power and generosity played in securing Austria's re-emergence as a nation in the post-World War II period. Schuessel added that it is well documented [...] |
2005-04-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA1073 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE STABILITY PACT, LISBON [...] (C) The GoA understands the political necessity behind the recent Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) reform and believes the SGP can still be an effective mechanism to ensure sound fiscal policies. Nevertheless, the GoA fears the recent reforms will lead to more "exceptional" spending by Member [...] |
2005-04-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1075 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO.2: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Following is keyed to information requested in reftel: A) Amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373; the legal authority under which the action was taken; and what additional domestic actions have been taken against the d [...] |
2005-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS AU |
| 05VIENNA1097 |
AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK - STILL LEAN [...] The two leading Austrian economic institutes now forecast real GDP growth of up to 2.1-2.2% in 2005 and 2.3-2.5% in 2006. The institutes stress that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery is still export-driven, as investment and private consumption remain weak. The continued s [...] |
2005-04-05 07:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1101 |
FREEDOM PARTY LEADERSHIP QUITS - NEW MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an April 4 press conference, the entire Freedom Party (FPO) national leadership announced it was quitting the FPO to found a new movement. The "Alliance for the Future of Austria" (Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreichs - BZO) will have Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider as chairman. [...] |
2005-04-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1103 |
VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA112 |
INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS - [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA Middle East Africa Bureau on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Middle East desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on January 12. Lapuh agreed with our assessment that successful elections would represent a critical turning point for Iraq. [...] |
2005-01-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU |
| 05VIENNA1124 |
CHR 61: REQUEST TO AUSTRIA FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE [...] On April 5, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented reftel points to Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's Americas director. Lennkh noted (per ref b) that Austria had supported EU co-sponsorship of this year's Cuba resolution in the UN Human Rights Commission. He said that Fidel Castro's [...] |
2005-04-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AU UNHRC EUN |
| 05VIENNA1136 |
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On April 7, Econ Unit Chief met with Ingrid Sager, Head of the MFA's Eastern European Development Assistance Division, to encourage Austrian participation in the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE). Sager said that Austria, unfortunately, would not contribute to the FNE. She added that, because of [...] |
2005-04-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA1151 |
AUSTRIA FAVORS LESS STRINGENT POST-KYOTO TARGETS [...] (SBU) At the March 22-23 European Council meeting, Austria initiated a remarkable about-face, arguing for lower emission reduction targets after 2012. In the run-up to the summit, Austria pressed for setting no emission reductions goals at all. There is an open discussion within the GoA bet [...] |
2005-04-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1152 |
AUSTRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO RECOMMEND AUSTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Austrian Defense Minister Platter informed Ambassador that while he must still obtain approval by the government and the Standing Committee in Parliament, he will propose sending approximately 70 Austrian soldiers to Konduz, Afghanistan, [...] |
2005-04-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AU |
| 05VIENNA1153 |
VIENNA FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 227,737 95,021 148,400 243,42 [...] |
2005-04-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AU |
| 05VIENNA1154 |
ZAGREB FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 54,723 25,843 28,880 54,7 [...] |
2005-04-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HR |
| 05VIENNA1155 |
PRAGUE FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 56,447 32,002 43,100 75,1 [...] |
2005-04-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD EZ |
| 05VIENNA1156 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 37,126 16,240 23,300 39, [...] |
2005-04-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA1157 |
BUDAPEST FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 0 [...] |
2005-04-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05VIENNA1161 |
A/S WAYNE'S LETTER ON OECD REFORM CONVEYED TO GOA [...] On April 8, we conveyed Assistant Secretary Wayne's letter and reftel non-paper to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery. Magloth said that her deputy, Robert Stoeger, and Hubert Heiss, Director General in the Chancellery's Coordination Directorate, wo [...] |
2005-04-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AU OECD |
| 05VIENNA1186 |
LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - FOLLOW UP [...] Post conveyed reftel B demarche on March 11 to Manfred Bialonczyk, Head of the Aviation and Navigation Office in the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, and to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Neither [...] |
2005-04-12 11:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER AU |
| 05VIENNA1187 |
Austria's 2006 Budget - Analysis [...] (U) On April 7, Parliament adopted the GoA's 2006 Budget Bill. For 2006, the GoA predicts a federal budget deficit of 2.2% of projected GDP (EMU's Maastricht definition) and a corresponding consolidated public sector budget deficit of 1.7%. The government's second- highest deficit since 200 [...] |
2005-04-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN AU |
| 05VIENNA1192 |
FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Embassy discussed ref (a) points on April 5 with Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's A/S-equivalent for the Americas (ref b). We also conveyed the information to Peter Storer, Director for South and Southeast Asia, and followed up with him on April 11. Storer, whose office is coordi [...] |
2005-04-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF AU UNSC |
| 05VIENNA1221 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION - [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's offi [...] |
2005-04-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1222 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, Post submitted LET submission to 1267 Committee on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also s [...] |
2005-04-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1224 |
GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK: VIENNA [...] (S) Summary: Austria contributes constructively to the fight against terrorism. Austria is training and equipping Iraqi police, it has been an ally against terrorist financing, and it leads major programs to strengthen border policing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Austria is currentl [...] |
2005-04-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA1234 |
AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] FAS/Vienna delivered talking points on April 14, 2005 to Dr. Reinhard Blauensteiner, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, and to Dr. Berhard Jank, Federal Ministry for Health and Women. Dr. Jank is the Austrian representative who will participate in th [...] |
2005-04-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA1235 |
DEMARCHE ON BUSH-SHARON MEETING AND GAZA [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Ralph Scheide and Israel/Palestine desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on April 14. Scheide welcomed the President's reaffirmation of the road map as the guiding document for [...] |
2005-04-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ AU WB EUN |
| 05VIENNA1239 |
UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1298 |
HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO), elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...] |
2005-04-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA1310 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES - AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA1312 |
AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...] |
2005-04-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA132 |
SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...] |
2005-01-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1326 |
APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...] |
2005-04-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1340 |
LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION [...] This message includes a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. On April 21, Manfred Bialonczyk, Civil Aviation Director General in the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, told us that the GoA is taking a pragmatic view of the lighter ban and accepts the ban of lighter [...] |
2005-04-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER AU |
| 05VIENNA1359 |
GOA: OECD MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA PREMATURE [...] (C) During an April 22 meeting with Econ Unit Chief, Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery, stated the GoA agreed that it was premature to discuss Russian OECD membership. The GoA position, according to Magloth, tracked closely with USG views (reftel). [...] |
2005-04-25 10:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AU OECD NATO |
| 05VIENNA1376 |
Austrian Imams Outline Ambitious Goals at [...] (U) Austrian Imams held a conference April 24 in Vienna. The Islamic community's spiritual representatives adopted a declaration stressing the commitment of Muslims to be an integral part of Austrian society, condemning extremism and terrorism, and emphasizing the rights of women in Islam. [...] |
2005-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
| 05VIENNA138 |
2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...] |
2005-01-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR |
| 05VIENNA1383 |
DOE ITER LETTER DELIVERED TO GOA [...] On April 26, post conveyed reftel letter from DoE Science Director Orbach to GoA officials responsible for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) issues. We delivered the letter to Martin Sajdik, Director General of Economic Affairs and European Integration in the MFA, and M [...] |
2005-04-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA139 |
AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] Embassy Vienna's updated contact information for leading government officials is as follows: Post: Vienna, Austria Date of Submission: January 14, 2004 Head of State: Univ. Prof. Dr. Heinz Fischer Title: Federal President Office Tel: (43)(1) 53422-201 (or -202, -204) Office Fax: (43) [...] |
2005-01-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA14 |
POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE: ADDITIONAL USD [...] The Ministry of Health recently notified the Embassy that the GoA would make an extradordinary contribution of USD 100,000 to the WHO/UNICEF-led Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). Citing USG promotion of the PEI (ref A), MoH Chief of Staff Clemens Auer thanked the USG for its efforts and co [...] |
2005-01-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO AU WHO |
| 05VIENNA140 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: US PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL EARLY [...] (U) On January 14, post delivered reftel talking points and paper to Franz Hoerlberger, Unit Chief for Humanitarian Aid in the MFA's Development Assistance Section. Hoerlberger, who will attend the January 18-22 World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, welcomed the USG proposal. He sa [...] |
2005-01-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KSCA SENV AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA1401 |
FREEDOM PARTY: NEW LEADER, TRIED-AND-TRUE THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Freedom Party (FPO) delegates elected Vienna state chairman Heinz Christian Strache as new FPO national chair at a special convention in Salzburg April 23. Strache, blasting the founder of the FPO spinoff party BZO (Alliance Future Austria), Joerg Haider, as a betrayer, pledge [...] |
2005-04-29 07:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA1425 |
AUSTRIAN WEAPONS DELIVERY TO IRAN - MFA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Green Party foreign policy spokeswoman Ulrike Lunacek submitted a parliamentary inquiry to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on February 24, 2005 asking for an explanation of the GOA's approval of the shipment of 800 Steyr 50 caliber high-powered rifles to Iran. Lunacek quotes A [...] |
2005-05-02 07:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA1438 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] (U) On April 25, we conveyed reftel talking points to appropriate offices in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DAO will present talking points to the Ministry of Defense at earliest opportunity. 2. (SBU) On May 2, EconPol Unit Chief followed up with Hubert Hrabcik, [...] |
2005-05-02 16:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL PTER AU WHO |
| 05VIENNA1439 |
EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI), Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...] |
2005-05-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU |
| 05VIENNA1447 |
VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA1461 |
SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...] |
2005-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1464 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] (C) On May 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financi [...] |
2005-05-04 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM AU KFTN |
| 05VIENNA1470 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 6, post conveyed reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financial Market A [...] |
2005-05-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN |
| 05VIENNA1472 |
SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Middle East/Africa Bureau Ralph Scheide on May 3. Scheide noted that Chancellor Schuessel had sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister al-Ja'afari, and that President Fischer had sent a greeting to Presiden [...] |
2005-05-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1482 |
AUSTRIA REQUESTS U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador met Parliamentary President Andreas Khol on May 3, at Khol's request, to discuss progress in claims processing under the General Settlement Fund (GSF) for Holocaust victims. Khol reported that decisions on cases were moving much more quickly now with the additional st [...] |
2005-05-09 06:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PREL PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1484 |
2005 - Austria's Year of Commemoration [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the "Jubilee Year" of 2005, Austria is observing a number of significant anniversaries. Most prominent are the 50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty and the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic after the end of World War II. Austria also [...] |
2005-05-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1498 |
BWC 2005 WORK PROGRAM MEETINGS ON CODES OF [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper to acting head of MFA Nonproliferation Bureau Dorothea Auer on May 6. Auer thanked us for the information and responded that it was clear that any "universal" code of conduct was a non-starter. She also thought it unlik [...] |
2005-05-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU CBW EUN |
| 05VIENNA1561 |
Austrian Parliament ratifies EU Constitution [...] (U) On May 11, the Austrian parliament voted to ratify the EU Constitution. Only one MP, Barbara Rosenkranz (Freedom Party), voted "no." In the debate that preceded the vote, government representatives stressed that the EU Constitution would bring the member states together to shape a socia [...] |
2005-05-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1593 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial serv [...] |
2005-05-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AU WTO |
| 05VIENNA1595 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON ICAO LEADERSHIP AND REFORM ISSUES [...] On May 13, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the MFA. Kraut confirmed that there were on-going discussions within the EU regarding possible reforms for ICAO. Kraut said the EU was discussing the [...] |
2005-05-13 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC AU ICAO |
| 05VIENNA1635 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) On May 17, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Peter Maerschalk, Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Unit in the Ministry of Finance. Maerschalk promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Minist [...] |
2005-05-18 12:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN |
| 05VIENNA164 |
AMBASSADOR URGES NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO HALT [...] (S) Summary: In his first meeting with new Interior Minister Liese Prokop on January 18, the Ambassador praised the excellent cooperation the U.S. has enjoyed with the Ministry on law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and Embassy security issues. He explained in detail U.S. concerns regarding Au [...] |
2005-01-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA165 |
AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: FURTHER SHIPMENTS [...] (S) After the Ambassador's January 18 meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop (reported septel), Helmut Krehlik (strictly protect), head of the Economics Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, called Econ Unit Chief to ask for an urgent appointment. Krehlik said that Ste [...] |
2005-01-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA1653 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...] |
2005-05-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1669 |
AUSTRIA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF SOVEREIGNTY [...] On May 15, Austria commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. The recreation of the proclamation of Austrian freedom at the baroque Belvedere Palace had all the emotional significance of the U.S. bicentennial, but on an Austrian scale. Key to the event was [...] |
2005-05-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1702 |
EMBASSY VIENNA ENERGY AND RESOURCES REPORTING [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: Energy and Natural Resources Reporting Officer: Phillip Nelson ETD: 08/2008 Phone: (43)-1-31339-2299 Fax: (43)-1-31339-2916 Email: nelsonpr@state.gov Local Address: 16 Boltzmanngasse 1090 Vienna Aus [...] |
2005-05-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EMIN ENRG AU |
| 05VIENNA1703 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: USG PROPOSED COPUOS SPACE [...] On May 20 Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz welcomed the USG proposals, noting the EU and USG normally coordinated closely on space mitigation issues. Lorenz said the USG proposals [...] |
2005-05-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA AORC AU UNPUOS UNGA |
| 05VIENNA1704 |
UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY: AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) On May 20 Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helge Plank, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Services Unit. Plank acknowledged that the GoA shared USG concerns with language on "cultural goods and services" in the current convention draft. He [...] |
2005-05-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA1705 |
AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-23 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA171 |
AUSTRIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] In researching reftel questions, post obtained information from publicly available sources, as well as from GoA officials in the Ministry for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management (MoA) and in the Austrian Patent Office. 2. There are no access restrictions for natural r [...] |
2005-01-20 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO AU |
| 05VIENNA1715 |
FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU |
| 05VIENNA1726 |
BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Poloffs met on May 20 with Spedition Welz representatives Andreas Praehauser, deputy manager for customs procedures, and Rainer Wirthenstaetter, director of logistics, at the firm's customs office on Franz-Sauer-Strasse 48 in Salzburg. Praehauser and Wirthenstaetter pro [...] |
2005-05-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AU |
| 05VIENNA1732 |
CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA1740 |
U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...] |
2005-05-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN |
| 05VIENNA175 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...] |
2005-01-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1770 |
AUSTRIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns discussed reftel points on May 31 with Caroline Gudenus, the DAS-level head of African affairs in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Middle East and African Affairs. 2. (SBU) Gudenus noted that the EU Presidency had issued a statement referring to the EU election [...] |
2005-05-31 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET AU |
| 05VIENNA1776 |
AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND JEWISH COMMUNITY REACH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, the Austrian Jewish Community (IKG) and the GOA announced that pending questions regarding the IKG's restitution claims had been resolved. In addition, a solution was on the way to address the IKG's demands for the ongoing financing of the community. IKG President [...] |
2005-06-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1778 |
SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL ILO 2006-2007 BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 09:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA1779 |
CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO |
| 05VIENNA178 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO SA/LW DEMARCHE [...] On January 21, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Norbert Hack, Counsellor in the MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division. Hack said that Austria intended to support the EU position on this issue. Hack added that all sides would have to compromise to ensure passage of the propose [...] |
2005-01-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AU CDG UN |
| 05VIENNA1793 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 1 to Norbert Hack, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director of the Disarmament and SIPDIS Non-Proliferation Department. Hack will represent Austria at the June 6-17 negotiating session in New York. 2. (C) Hac [...] |
2005-06-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU PREM |
| 05VIENNA1826 |
AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Over the past six months, Austria continued to criticize Cuba's human rights record in international fora, including in the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) (ref B). On April 14, 2005 Austria co-sponsored the USG's CHR resolution on the situation of human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) [...] |
2005-06-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU AU |
| 05VIENNA1886 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...] |
2005-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1895 |
AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...] |
2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA1917 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO IPR AT U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the GoA's COTRA delegation in Brussels and followed up June 8 with Gabriela Habermayer, Austria's 133 Committee representative. Habermayer agreed that U.S.-EU cooperation on IPR, especially in the developing world, was an area of positive collaboration tha [...] |
2005-06-09 09:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN AU |
| 05VIENNA1924 |
AUSTRIA: PARTIES PREVENT KAMPL FROM ASSUMING [...] (SBU) On June 8, all parties in Austria's parliament agreed on a strategy to prevent a controversial nationalist from becoming president of the Upper House as of July 1. The deputy, Siegfried Kampl, unleashed a storm of protest in April when he complained of "brutal persecution" of Nazis aft [...] |
2005-06-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA1935 |
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...] |
2005-06-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1942 |
AUSTRIA REJECTS LICENSE FOR ASSAULT RIFLE EXPORT [...] (S) On June 7, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Western European Affairs Herbert Krauss (strictly protect) asked to meet with us to follow up on a May 18 briefing for Austrian officials on nonproliferation issues. Pol Unit Chief met Krauss (whose bureau also currently handles military transit [...] |
2005-06-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR AU |
| 05VIENNA1966 |
AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...] |
2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA1969 |
AUSTRIA: LEADERS EXPRESS SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's political establishment is underlining its deep skepticism of Turkish EU membership. First, Chancellor Schuessel (conservative People's Party - OVP) reiterated the position he took at the December 2004 EU summit: that the EU should conduct "open-ended" negotiations wit [...] |
2005-06-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2005 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE TO DONORS TO FIGHT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 15 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent). The Ambassador pointed out the initiative of the President and Prime Minister Blair in pledging significant funds to address African humanitaria [...] |
2005-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV EAGR PREL XA AU |
| 05VIENNA2007 |
UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to Christoph Mueller and Margarethe Koegeler from the Federal Chancellery's Office of Political Coordination (OPC) on June 13. Koegeler is also Deputy Head of the GoA's Bioethics Commission. The OPC has worked closely with the MFA to establish the Go [...] |
2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AU UNESCO KSCI |
| 05VIENNA2008 |
SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] (C) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA Human Rights Bureau Director Engelbert Theuermann on June 15. Theuermann said the GoA had already notified the Swiss Government that it supported a diplomatic conference to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. Theuermann added that the GoA was sa [...] |
2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AU ICRC |
| 05VIENNA2024 |
WCO FRAMEWORK - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points to the Austrian equivalent of a customs director general, Wolfgang Nolz, Section Chief of the Taxation and Customs Section in the Ministry of Finance. We followed up with Alfred Nepf from the Department for Customs Policy and International Customs Relation [...] |
2005-06-17 09:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AU CTM |
| 05VIENNA2035 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq conference statement should include the phrase [...] |
2005-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EIND IZ AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2036 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director (assistant secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa, Ralph Scheide. 2. (U) Scheide thanked us for the suggestions, and noted that Austria is engaged in several areas which appear [...] |
2005-06-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EIND IZ EUN |
| 05VIENNA2056 |
DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...] |
2005-06-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL IZ SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2093 |
AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] Under cover of a note verbale dated June 16, 2005, the GOA has addressed the suggested changes in the German text of the Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and agrees to the changes in Article 5(2) (an alternative German wording was later provided informally and will be communicated via septel) [...] |
2005-06-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA2118 |
LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR - [...] Post discussed reftel questions with Martin Lukanowicz, Director of the Business Analysis Division in the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Regulator (RTR). 2. With regard to fixed line service in Austria, Lukanowicz stated that there are no licensing fees, no capitalization or bonding [...] |
2005-06-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EU AU |
| 05VIENNA2121 |
AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN [...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...] |
2005-06-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS AU |
| 05VIENNA2126 |
AUSTRIA'S GROWTH FORECAST OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] According to a recent forecast from the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), the Austrian economy should grow at an average annual real rate of 2.3% during 2005-20009. WIFO cautioned that further Euro appreciation would negatively affect this projection, and that sustained growth [...] |
2005-06-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2130 |
EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA215 |
AUSTRIA: NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: HAUBNER IN, [...] (C) Summary: Ursula Haubner has replaced Herbert Haupt as Austria's Minister for Social Affairs. Haubner, who had served as State Secretary (junior minister) in the same ministry, had replaced Haupt as Freedom Party (FPO) leader in October 2003. The move was largely a decision of the Freedo [...] |
2005-01-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA2195 |
FAO/WHO CODEX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and Dr. Karen Hulebak's CV to Dr. Erhard Hoebaus, Austrian FAO/WHO Codex Contact Point, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water. 2. Dr. Hoebaus plans to attend the Codex session scheduled for July 4-9. Dr. Hoebaus knows Dr. H [...] |
2005-06-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC AU FAO |
| 05VIENNA2197 |
AUSTRIAN AVIATION SECTOR INTENSIFYING RELATIONS [...] In 2004, the AUA group (Austrian Airlines, LaudaAir and Austrian Arrows) carried a record number of passengers and operating profits rose by 25 percent. The outlook for 2005 is dim because of overcapacity in the European market and higher-than-projected fuel costs. Both AUA and the Vienna Ai [...] |
2005-06-29 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR AU ICAO |
| 05VIENNA2199 |
AUSTRIA: CARINTHIAN STATE LEGISLATURE BLOCKS [...] (sbu) On June 29, The Carinthian State Legislature blocked controversial nationalist Siegfried Kampl (formerly BZO, now an Independent) from becoming president of the Federal Upper House. In a special session all but one of the 33 State Legislators present voted to drop Kampl. Instead, BZO M [...] |
2005-06-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA2210 |
AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 29 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's DAS-equivalent for Latin American affairs. 2. (C) Melan said he had heard nothing about a possible high-level Venezuelan visit to Europe. He noted that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula [...] |
2005-06-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2211 |
BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON [...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI), a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...] |
2005-06-30 10:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM |
| 05VIENNA2244 |
VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2247 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] Summary: Austria welcomes U.S. initiatives for UN reform. In conversations with the Foreign Minister and the MFA's International Organizations director, we found broad Austrian agreement to U.S. objectives regarding reftel concepts on development, reform of the Commission on Human Rights, d [...] |
2005-07-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC |
| 05VIENNA2252 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Plassnik told Ambassador Brown that Austria strongly agreed with the U.S. on the need to reform and strengthen the UN. In particular, Austria supports increased emphasis on rule of law issues as the key to ensuring stability in developing countries, sees a need [...] |
2005-07-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC |
| 05VIENNA2253 |
MFA LEGAL ADVISER HANS WINKLER BECOMES AUSTRIA'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA2254 |
AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN DEMANDS CHARGES AGAINST [...] (U) A Greens parliamentarian has asked the Austrian state prosecutor's office to open a criminal case against Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad for involvement in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. Pilz claims to have received information from a person he has ident [...] |
2005-07-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR AU |
| 05VIENNA2270 |
AUSTRIA-IRAN: NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION YET INTO [...] (C) Spokespersons for the Vienna State Prosecutor's Office and for the Austrian Justice Ministry have told us that no/no investigation is yet open into the alleged involvement of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. This contradi [...] |
2005-07-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR AU |
| 05VIENNA2276 |
AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on July 6 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's EU Correspondent and ESDP Coordinator. 2. (C) Riecken had the following reactions to our points: -- On China, the EU is preparing for the EU-China Summit in New York in early Sept [...] |
2005-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2282 |
BUDAPEST FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05VIENNA2283 |
PRAGUE FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 75,102 49,855 23,020 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD EZ |
| 05VIENNA2284 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 39,540 25,601 9,475 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA2285 |
VIENNA FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 243,421 166,069 69,405 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AU |
| 05VIENNA2286 |
ZAGREB FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 54,723 41,725 13,650 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HR |
| 05VIENNA2313 |
LONDON BOMBINGS: AUSTRIANS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY: [...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has declared Austria's solidarity for the United Kingdom and sympathy for the victims of the July 7 bombings in London. "Europe will not be intimidated. It will close ranks," he declared. President Heinz Fischer expressed shock and outrage, calling the attacks [...] |
2005-07-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA2314 |
AUSTRIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON G-4 FRAMEWORK [...] The Ambassador outlined U.S. concerns regarding the G-4 framework resolution (ref a) with MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who participated in the Ambassador's July 1 discussion with Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on UN reform (ref b). Kyrle said his government agreed that UNSC expans [...] |
2005-07-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR AU UNSC |
| 05VIENNA2317 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): TEXTS [...] On July 7, EconPolCouns provided copies of reftel U.S. proposals to Dorothea Auer of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's non-proliferation bureau. Auer undertook to convey the texts, covering propellant tanks for liquid rocket engines and thermal batteries, to Austrian experts in preparation for [...] |
2005-07-11 08:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA2324 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...] |
2005-07-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2327 |
UPDATE ON EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Poloff met on July 11 with Brigadier Kurt Hager, the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director of Bilateral Affairs. We asked for an update on Hager's efforts to secure an extension of the mandate of Austria's police trainers at the Iraqi Police Academy in Amman through th [...] |
2005-07-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KCRM MARR SOCI SNAR AU |
| 05VIENNA2331 |
KOSOVO: AUSTRIA HOSTS "FREEDOM OF RELIGION" [...] On July 9, EconPolCouns attended a conference on "Freedom of Religion and Principles of Self-Administration of Religious Institutions," with specific reference to Kosovo. Under the auspices of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the University of Vienna, and the Foundation Pro Oriente, participant [...] |
2005-07-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AU YI |
| 05VIENNA2332 |
VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] ConGen delivered demarche per reftel on Friday, July 7, to Dr. Heinrich Pawlicek, head of the Interior Ministry's office responsible for passport matters. Our contact expressed some concern about compiling the requested information in the four weeks of peak vacation season, but promised to as [...] |
2005-07-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
| 05VIENNA2336 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On July 11, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and entity name to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, [...] |
2005-07-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2337 |
AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE DEAD SEA IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 11, we raised ref (a) points with Lydia Saadat, the head of Planning and Program Activities for Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Mediterranean in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation section. Saadat told us that the Austrian Ambassador to Jordan wou [...] |
2005-07-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IZ JO AU |
| 05VIENNA2344 |
VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] Per Reftel para 9, Post provides the following information regarding Austrian Lost and Stolen Passport (LASP) reporting procedures. This information concerns current procedures. 2. QUESTION a.Which office(s) at your post receive information on lost and stolen passports? If offices other [...] |
2005-07-12 13:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
| 05VIENNA2345 |
SHIELD S08-02, S63-02, S21-04: GOA RESPONSE TO USG [...] (S) On July 1, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Economic Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, underscoring USG concerns with plans to build an Iranian Trade and Technology Center in Austria. Krehlik (strictly protect) said certain Austri [...] |
2005-07-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU IR CBW |
| 05VIENNA2347 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 12 to Helmut Tichy, the DAS-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Legal Division. Tichy's deputy, Michael Postl, is Austria's negotiator on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terorrism (CCIT). 2. Tichy said Austria suppor [...] |
2005-07-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA2349 |
DOWNWARD REVISION FOR AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 to 1.8-1.9%, and for 2006 to 1.9-2.3%. The institutes stress again that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery remains export-driven, but there is a possibility that investment and private [...] |
2005-07-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2380 |
U.S.-EU WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel talking points on July 11 to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's EU Coordination and Planning Division. Kordik promised to provide comments at a later d [...] |
2005-07-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA2397 |
OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR GOVERNANCE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points on June 29 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Federal Chancellery. On July 14, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Magloth to discuss the USG proposal. The GoA, according to Magloth, supported OECD reform that would make t [...] |
2005-07-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT AU OECD |
| 05VIENNA2400 |
AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...] |
2005-07-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE |
| 05VIENNA2403 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CREATING UN [...] (SBU) On July 15, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions to Peter Huber in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber said the GoA supported the creation of a UN Peacebuilding Commission along the lines of the USG proposal. The EU also wan [...] |
2005-07-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR KPKO AU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC |
| 05VIENNA2410 |
YUSHCHENKO IMPRESSES AUSTRIANS DURING VISIT [...] (U) During a July 12-13 visit to Austria, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, parliamentary leaders, and a group of Austrian businessmen. Ukraine's efforts to integrate more closely with the European Union featured p [...] |
2005-07-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2412 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrorism f [...] |
2005-07-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2420 |
AUSTRIA OPPOSES G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] (SBU) On July 18 Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Peter Huber from the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber reiterated what senior MFA officials had previously and consistently told us (refs B-D): the GoA would not support the G-4 Framework Resolution [...] |
2005-07-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA2423 |
HIGH-LEVEL AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The MFA's International Organizations Division has informed us that the following GoA officials will attend the High-Level Event (HLE) and the 60th General Assembly: A. Head of State --President Heinz Fischer will attend the HLE. --Spouse may or may not attend. --Arrive Sept [...] |
2005-07-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA2437 |
DEBATE ON AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (U) In the aftermath of the London terror attacks, public debate in Austria has focused on the situation of its Muslim community. Interior Ministry officials stress that there are only a few radical elements in the community and that the GoA is closely monitoring extremist elements. The off [...] |
2005-07-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA2441 |
AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL CALLS FOR AN EU [...] Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has proposed an EU-wide tax on financial cross-border transactions. Schuessel said he believes the tax would provide increased financial autonomy for the EU's budget and close the unresolved financing gap in the 2007-2013 financial framework. Despite ov [...] |
2005-07-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2530 |
AUSTRIA: TELECOMS UPDATE [...] tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Western Wireless is for sale following Alltel's takeover of Western Wireless. Interest in tele.ring has dropped noticeably after the Lower Austrian state government imposed a new tax on mobile phone masts effective January 1, 2006 [...] |
2005-07-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EU AU |
| 05VIENNA2544 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Division (DAS-equivalent). Scheide said that the GoA fully supported UNSCRs 1559 and 1595, and expected Syria to implement the resolutions. Scheide agreed that Sy [...] |
2005-07-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2545 |
FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points to Aloisia Woergetter, Head of the MFA's Environment and Sustainable Development Bureau, on July 26. Woergetter said the GoA shares the USG's basic goals regarding the Fourth World Water Forum (WWF4). She noted, however, that Austria does not believe [...] |
2005-07-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV AU |
| 05VIENNA2555 |
MLAT AND EXTRADITION PROTOCOL SIGNING JULY 20 [...] On July 20, the Ambassador and Austrian Justice Minister Karin Miklautsch signed U.S.-Austrian agreements on extradition and mutual legal assistance. (Note: Since July 23, Minister uses married name Karin Gastinger.) The Austrian Ministry of Justice Chef de Cabinet Michael Schoen, MOJ Protoco [...] |
2005-07-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA2557 |
TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION [...] (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health amendment to TRI [...] |
2005-07-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR AU WTO |
| 05VIENNA2604 |
VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2608 |
C-CN5-00226: ALBANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS IN AUSTRIA [...] (C) Below is Post's response to C-CN5-00226 on Albanian organized crime. 2. (C) What is the nature and extent of Albanian organized criminal activity in Austria? -- Post's information on ethnic Albanian organized crime elements operating in Austria derives largely from its Au [...] |
2005-08-03 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SNAR AU |
| 05VIENNA262 |
AUSTRIA PLANS POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) At a January 28 meeting, Foreign Ministry Middle East director (assistant secretary-equivalent) Ralph Scheide told EconPolCouns that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would issue a positive statement Monday, January 31 on the Iraq elections. Scheide's draft (which the Foreign Minister ha [...] |
2005-01-28 13:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ AU |
| 05VIENNA2626 |
EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...] |
2005-08-04 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2646 |
AUSTRIA'S VISA WAIVER PROGRAM CERTIFICATION [...] ON AUGUST 4, POST RECEIVED THE REQUESTED EXEMPLARS OF EACH TYPE OF THE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS AUSTRIA WILL BE ISSUING IN OCTOBER 2005. (NOTE: AUSTRIA CHOSE NOT/NOT TO INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY PASSPORTS WITH THE EXEMPLARS BECAUSE THEY WILL SHORTLY BE REPLACED WITH MACHINE-READABLE EMERGENCY [...] |
2005-08-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
| 05VIENNA2647 |
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE: [...] Post sent reftel letter of invitation and draft schedule for the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior, Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution a [...] |
2005-08-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA2662 |
ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna has provided a non-paper based on reftel points to Austrian MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Hans Winkler. The Public Affairs Section will post this information to Embassy's public website. Charge will also present the material to Chancellor Schu [...] |
2005-08-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2663 |
U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel (and a specific MFA request for a briefing), Acting Econ/Pol Couns met with MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Alexander Kmentt to discuss U.S-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation. Kmentt said he had been studying the initiative [...] |
2005-08-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL |
| 05VIENNA2670 |
AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...] |
2005-08-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2684 |
IRAN EXILE GROUP SAYS NEW REGIME DETERMINED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed at an August 8 press conference in Vienna that the new Iranian regime was determined to continue its nuclear program "to build the bomb." An NCRI official argued that the "cat and mouse game" with [...] |
2005-08-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV ETTC IR AU UNSC EUN |
| 05VIENNA2696 |
AUSTRIAN SUBSIDIARY OF WESTERN WIRELESS SOLD [...] On August 9, T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the German Telekom's T-Mobile group, bought tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Alltel/Western Wireless, for Euro 1.3 billion. With the purchase of tele.ring, T-Mobile solidified its place as the number two mobile pho [...] |
2005-08-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EU AU |
| 05VIENNA2698 |
CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...] |
2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2699 |
AUSTRIA'S 2006 EU PRESIDENCY: CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel brings a formidable toolbox of political skills and savvy to his task of directing Austria's EU presidency in the first half of 2006. Ever conscious of the inherent limitations of stepping into the Presidency from one of the EU's sm [...] |
2005-08-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2702 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and non-paper on August 10, 2005 to Dr. Bernhard Jank, Austrian Federal Ministry for Health and Women, Department for New and Genetically Modified Food, FAO/WHO-Codex Alimentarius, Food Additives and Non- Food-Products. Dr. Jank plans to attend [...] |
2005-08-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON AU |
| 05VIENNA2716 |
U.S.-E.U. WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIAN POSITION [...] Summary: On August 11, Dr. Rudolf Schmid, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Wine Department, provided written comments in response to reftel talking points. The response noted that Austria supported the European Commission in all previous proceedings of the U.S.-EU wine negotiati [...] |
2005-08-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA2717 |
AUSTRIANS SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP, BUT SKEPTICISM GROWING [...] According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Austrians support EU membership, roughly the same percentage resulting from the 1995 membership referendum. However, support for the EU is at the lowest level since 1997, confirming an increasingly skeptical attitude towards the EU and its institutions. [...] |
2005-08-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2752 |
EU-TURKEY: AUSTRIANS ON CONSISTENT LINE; WON'T [...] (C) The Austrian position on Turkey's EU accession (as reported ref b) has been fairly consistent over the past several months and is not likely to change prior to October 3. Austria does not and will not want to reopen the December 2004 decision to begin talks this autumn. Austria [...] |
2005-08-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2753 |
EU PRESIDENCY - FUNDING FOR IT EQUIPMENT [...] Post requests the following additional equipment, listed in approximate priority order (highest to lowest), in USD, to support post's requirements during the Austrian EU Presidency from January-June 2006. ITEM EACH Dollar TOTAL Unclassified Equipment List [...] |
2005-08-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2786 |
GOA UNVEILS PACKAGE TO FIGHT RISING [...] The GoA recently announced a Euro 1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) stimulus package of employment and growth initiatives. The GoA also plans to introduce a combination-wage model to subsidize low-paid jobs. Economists view the GoA's package as positive, but note that only GDP growth in e [...] |
2005-08-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA28 |
AUSTRIA ORDERS ANOTHER HAGUE RETURN ENFORCED & [...] SUMMARY: AUSTRIAN COURTS HAVE AGAIN ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, THIS TIME TO HER FATHER IN POLAND. THIS MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN 2004 THAT THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, DESPITE INVOCATION OF ARTICLE 13B, WHI [...] |
2005-01-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KOCI AU |
| 05VIENNA2827 |
DEMARCHE ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian Foreign Ministry's Southern Europe head and its director for Common Foreign and Security Policy told us August 22 that Austria considers the October 3 start date for Turkey's EU accession talks absolute. Austria is seeking language in the negotiating framew [...] |
2005-08-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2828 |
PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points on August 22 to MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Director Andreas Riecken. Riecken said that the UK Presidency had not circulated a final agenda for the meeting. Given the ostensibly informal nature of the Gymnich, it was diffic [...] |
2005-08-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IS HR IR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA288 |
IRAQ ELECTIONS: AUSTRIANS MAKE POSITIVE [...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a positive statement on January 31 on the Iraq elections (para. 3 below). Plassnik highlighted the "courage" and "will to democracy and peace" of the Iraqis, in defiance of terrorist attacks. 2. Following our meeting with MFA Middle East D [...] |
2005-02-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ AU |
| 05VIENNA2893 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU |
| 05VIENNA2922 |
HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...] |
2005-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN |
| 05VIENNA2924 |
ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...] |
2005-08-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2925 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID HA AU |
| 05VIENNA2926 |
AUSTRIA ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION -- VIENNA [...] EconPolCouns discussed reftel points with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level director of Middle East and African affairs. Scheide said Austria shared the sentiments the British Presidency had issued on behalf of the EU. Sheide added that he had provided input to Fore [...] |
2005-08-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ AU |
| 05VIENNA2928 |
FY 2005 TRAINING REPORT [...] VIENNA: ---------- EMPLOYEE: QUINTIN GRAY COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005 NO. OF HOURS: 50 COST: 0 INSTRUCTOR: STAFF EMPLOYEE: SARAH D. HANSON COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/20 [...] |
2005-09-01 09:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AU |
| 05VIENNA2931 |
MTAG 5-96: POTENTIAL UAV COOPERATION BETWEEN AN [...] (S) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said he [...] |
2005-09-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA2932 |
SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A nonpaper to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Auer and Krehlik [...] |
2005-09-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AU IR |
| 05VIENNA2940 |
FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On August 25-26, Post conveyed reftel nonpaper on proposed reform recommendations for the FAO's Consultative Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) to Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division; to Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture [...] |
2005-09-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AU WTO AID |
| 05VIENNA2944 |
TURKISH EU ACCESSION: CYPRIOT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, EconPolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Southern European Affairs, Clemens Koja, to receive a readout of the Cypriot Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou's August 30 visit to Vienna and to discuss Turkey's accession talks wi [...] |
2005-09-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2945 |
INTERPOL REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM TRAINING [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 2 to Tibor Benczur-Juris, Director of the Office for International Relations, in the Interior Ministry's Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism. 2. Benczur-Juris agreed that Interpol's Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative w [...] |
2005-09-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM TBIO PTER AU |
| 05VIENNA2955 |
TFUS01: AUSTRIAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR [...] Summary: Top Austrian officials have made specific offers to the Ambassador for disaster assistance. The Austrian military has made a specific offer of a Disaster Relief group to provide capabilities including water purification, decontamination, and search and rescue support. In [...] |
2005-09-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU |
| 05VIENNA2956 |
TFUS01: NEEDS LIST PASSED TO AUSTRIA -- AUSTRIA [...] Ambassador contacted Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (in the absence of the Foreign Minister) on September 4 to convey ref (a) and (b) needs list and secretary's statement on Hurricane Katrina. On behalf of the Minister, Kyrle undertook to work on supplying U.S. needs [...] |
2005-09-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU |
| 05VIENNA2957 |
TFUS01: AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER, CONSULAR [...] On September 5, EconPolCouns met with Christian Berlakovits, the Austrian MFA's Consular Affairs head, to discuss Austria's offers of assistance to the U.S. and its efforts to provide consular assistance to its own citizens. ------------------------- Austrian Assistance Offer --- [...] |
2005-09-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR CASC MARR AMGT US AU KHLS |
| 05VIENNA2970 |
VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA2987 |
VWP BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATION DEMARCHES [...] SUMMARY: IN RECENT DAYS POST HAS RAISED THE POINTS IN REF B AT VARIOUS LEVELS WITHIN THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INFORM US THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AUSTRIA TO MEET THE OCTOBER 26 DEADLINE. THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVES THIS ISSUE WILL BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION [...] |
2005-09-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU FR IT |
| 05VIENNA2990 |
VIENNA FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 235,474 202,035 33,439 235,47 [...] |
2005-09-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AU |
| 05VIENNA2991 |
PRAGUE FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final GA/MPCC review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 72,875 59,937 12,93 [...] |
2005-09-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD EZ |
| 05VIENNA2992 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 35,076 30,763 3,975 34, [...] |
2005-09-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA2993 |
ZAGREB FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 55,075 49,364 5,805 55,1 [...] |
2005-09-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HR |
| 05VIENNA2994 |
AMBASSADOR BROWN'S MEETING WITH FONMIN PLASSNIK, [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Plassnik in advance of her September 9 meeting with the Secretary in Washington to review topics that are expected to be discussed. These included: -- Hurricane Katrina: The Ambassador thanked the Minister for Austria,s offers of a Di [...] |
2005-09-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD CVIS AU |
| 05VIENNA3007 |
BUDAPEST FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final GA/MPCC review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...] |
2005-09-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05VIENNA3011 |
AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...] |
2005-09-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3017 |
TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale"): Addr [...] |
2005-09-11 00:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU |
| 05VIENNA3018 |
TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale" [...] |
2005-09-11 00:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU |
| 05VIENNA3019 |
CODESHARING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel questions with Ingrid Seyrlehner, Director of Air Transportation Affairs in the Austrian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and with her deputy, Dieter Gaupmann. They informed us that Austria and the Russian Federation operate under a 1993 Air Services Agree [...] |
2005-09-12 07:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AU |
| 05VIENNA302 |
STATEMENTS FOR CARTAGENA CONFERENCE: DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna received reftel points at COB on February 1 and conveyed them immediately to Austrian MFA Americas Bureau. Pol Unit followed up on February 2. MFA informed us that the points had reached them after the departure for [...] |
2005-02-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO AU |
| 05VIENNA3024 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A and B talking points to Thomas Nader, Director (A/S-level) of the MFA's Multilateral Development Cooperation Division on September 6 and to Thomas Wieser, Director General (U/S-level) of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets [...] |
2005-09-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3025 |
ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...] |
2005-09-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3026 |
Austria Plans to Amend General Settlement Fund [...] MFA's International Law Division shared with us a draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law. The purpose is to facilitate early payments by the GSF to Holocaust victims as soon as legal peace exists. It also would extend the filing period for the Arbitration Panel on [...] |
2005-09-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA3030 |
UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOUCMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna carried out reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent (Acting) for International Organization Affairs Dr. Helmut Boeck on September 7. Boeck said that the Austrian delegation in New York had welcomed the evident interest their U.S. counterparts had shown in having a true give- [...] |
2005-09-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3060 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff, on September 8. APHIS also discussed avian flu issues with Johann Herzog, Ministry of Health Advisor for Veterinary Affairs, Medicine, Biotechnology, and Food Safety; and with Johan Damoser, A [...] |
2005-09-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI AU KSTH WHO |
| 05VIENNA3062 |
AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...] |
2005-09-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3064 |
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...] |
2005-09-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3085 |
REDESIGNED U.S. $10 NOTES: EMBASSY VIENNA POC [...] Embassy Vienna point-of-contact for issues relating to the redesigned U.S. $10 notes is Econ Unit Chief Phillip Nelson; phone (43)-1-31339-2299; fax (43)-1-31339-2916; email nelsonpr@state.gov. Brown [...] |
2005-09-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN KPAO AU |
| 05VIENNA3098 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the addition of Al-Akhtar Trust International Movement to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list demarche on September 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Birgit Ertl and Anelik [...] |
2005-09-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN |
| 05VIENNA3100 |
EUROPEAN ESTH CONFERENCE - EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Post nominates FSN Specialist Alexander Schratt to participate in the October 5-6 ESTH Conference in Copenhagen. Following information is keyed to information requested in reftel: Name: Alexander Schratt Title: Economic Specialist D/POB: April 24, 1962, in Baden-Baden, Germany Telephone [...] |
2005-09-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL KSCA OTRA AU |
| 05VIENNA3117 |
Death of Simon Wiesenthal [...] Simon Wiesenthal died of general organ failure on September 20 in Vienna at the age of 96. The Austrian political leadership, from Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel to all parliamentary party leaders, expressed their deep regret, praising Wiesenthal as a key figure in the fight to keep [...] |
2005-09-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV PREL IS AU |
| 05VIENNA3129 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (list 72T) demarche on September 20 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in [...] |
2005-09-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN |
| 05VIENNA3135 |
MTAG: INTERIM AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF [...] (S) On September 15, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Falschleiner in the Ministry of Economy's office responsible for dual-export controls, requesting the GoA to investigate the Austrian firm WFL Millturn Technologies' offer of spare parts to the Beijing Power Machin [...] |
2005-09-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA3142 |
ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...] |
2005-09-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ |
| 05VIENNA3144 |
USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE: EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Embassy Vienna is pleased to accept the invitation to attend the 2005 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and will send the following participant: Michael R. DeTar Political Unit Chief Security Clearance: Top Secret tel: 43 1 31339 2114 fax: 43 1 31339 2916 e-mail: detarmr@state.gov 2. [...] |
2005-09-22 06:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR PREL AU NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA3157 |
AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Brown paid his farewell call on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on September 22. Discussion focussed on Austrian views of Croatian and Turkish accession to the European Union. Schuessel thanked the Ambassador profusely for his work in Austria over the l [...] |
2005-09-23 06:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA317 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETING [...] Under cover of a note verbale, Embassy has just received a formal Austrian response to the latest November 15, 2004 proposals for completing the texts of the extradition and mutual legal assistance protocols. In a telephone conversation our contacts at the MFA suggested these were only minor [...] |
2005-02-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA3201 |
Parliament Committee Approves GSF Amendment [...] (U) On September 22, the Austrian Parliament's Constitutional Committee approved the draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law (reftel). The change would make possible advance payments to survivors once legal peace exists. The plan is for the full parliament to adopt the law i [...] |
2005-09-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA3202 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, urging Austria to support an EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) as a terrorist organization. Froehlich said that Austrian views on [...] |
2005-09-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PREL PTER AU |
| 05VIENNA3203 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (S) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and nonpapers to Rudolf Unterkoefler, Head of the Ministry of Interior's Economic and Financial Investigations Division and to Josef Mahr, Head of the Austrian FIU, and separately to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's J [...] |
2005-09-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC AU |
| 05VIENNA3245 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 3 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on September 28 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Union "correspondent." ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Riecken noted continuing discussions between the British Presidency and his colleagues in Brussels on [...] |
2005-09-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL PREL TU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3246 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ilona Hoyos, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's head of UNESCO affairs. We reviewed U.S. concerns about the text of the preliminary draft convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a [...] |
2005-09-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA3269 |
CONSERVATIVES LOSE GOVERNORSHIP OF STYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the state election in Styria on October 2, Chancellor Schuessel's conservative People's Party (OVP) suffered a significant defeat at the hands of the opposition Social Democrats (SPO). The OVP failed to hold Styria's governorship for the first time in the post-Wo [...] |
2005-10-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA327 |
EU RICE DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the EU Rice talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts, Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU- Coordination and Planning), Ministry of Agriculture and Gabriela Habermayer, Hea [...] |
2005-02-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA3273 |
AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATION AT IPAPI SOM IN WASHINGTON [...] According to Gisela Polte, Head of the MFA's Energy, Nuclear Safety and Health Unit, an official from the Austrian Embassy in Washington will represent the GoA at the IPAPI Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) October 6-7. Polte promised to notify post and the department, as soon as the MFA had de [...] |
2005-10-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AU WHO FAO |
| 05VIENNA328 |
AUSTRIAN BANK HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO EU OF [...] (U) A recent study by Austria's largest bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, concludes the EU would benefit economically from Turkish membership and that costs would be approximately the same as the costs from the May 2004 enlargement. There are certain caveats associated with Turkish membershi [...] |
2005-02-04 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL TU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3292 |
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ON RUSSIA, IRAQ AND ITS BOEING [...] (SBU) Walter Reimann, Austrian Airlines' (AUA) Director of International Relations and Governmnet Affairs, confirmed to post recently that AUA would focus on markets in China, India, and, especially, in Eastern Europe, where AUA has more destinations than any carrier. AUA would like [...] |
2005-10-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AU |
| 05VIENNA3298 |
AUSTRIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ [...] Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel diplomatic note, Buergenthal CV and talking points on October 5 to Acting U/S-equivalent for International Legal Affairs Helmut Tichy. Tichy noted that the national group to which Austria belongs had decided not to put forward a nomination. This left three WEO [...] |
2005-10-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AU UNSC UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3304 |
VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 07:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA331 |
AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: COMPANY HEAD [...] (S) Ambassador and DCM called on Ambassador Hans-Peter Manz, the Chancellor,s diplomatic advisor, at Manz,s request on February 2 to discuss the Steyr-Mannlicher sale of sniper rifles to Iran (reftels). Manz said his government wanted to avoid creating any wrong impressions in Washington: t [...] |
2005-02-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA3310 |
VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3314 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM: EMBASSY EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) The Austrian political leadership is generally satisfied that radicalized Muslims do not pose an imminent threat to security in Austria. Austrian media have shared that confidence and have rarely demanded more be done to root out extremism. Austria counts around 340,000 Musl [...] |
2005-10-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV KMPI AU EIAD |
| 05VIENNA3320 |
EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: A) TFCO --Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips --(43)-1-31339-2201 --phillipsge@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO --Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson --(43)-1-31339-2299 --nelsonpr@state.gov C) Given the inter-agency dimension [...] |
2005-10-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3321 |
Austrian Response to DHS letter on VWP [...] Per Reftel A, Post transmitted the text of DHS' certification letter response to the Austrian central VWP contact, Heinrich Pawlicek. Pawlicek, who had meanwhile obtained an electronic copy of the signed original, was eager to point out that the problems in reading the ID card are [...] |
2005-10-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3322 |
URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Charge delivered the Secretary's letter on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention and presented ref (a) demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johnanes Kyrle on October 7. (The Austrian Foreign Minister and State Secretary were out of the country.) Emil Brix, the Austrian MFA' [...] |
2005-10-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA3323 |
UNFC DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION:AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points and a copy of the U.S. draft compliance resolution to MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for International Organization Affairs Helmut Boeck on September 30. Pol Unit Chief followed up on October 5 with MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothe [...] |
2005-10-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU CDG UNGA EUN |
| 05VIENNA3324 |
ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS UP AU NATO |
| 05VIENNA3325 |
MTAG 5-96: AUSTRIAN FIRM OFFERS GRAPHITE TO [...] (S/NF) On September 7, post delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economy and to Alexander Kmentt, Deputy Head of the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said an official from "another English-sp [...] |
2005-10-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA3329 |
SPO Wins Absolute Majority in Burgenland [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In state elections in Burgenland on October 9, the Social Democrats won an absolute majority. This followed a victory in Styrian state elections on October 2 (reftel). The state chapter of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) saw a modest increase in s [...] |
2005-10-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA335 |
AUSTRIAN HEALTH CARE REFORM: SMALL STEP TOWARDS [...] (SBU) On January 1, the GoA launched the first steps of a comprehensive health care reform. The reform aims to slow exploding costs, which now represent 9% of GDP. The reform includes the establishment of centralized Health Care Agencies, which should reduce the complex regional bureaucrati [...] |
2005-02-04 16:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD ECON BEXP AU |
| 05VIENNA3358 |
MTAG: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF CNC [...] (S) On October 12, Econ Unit Chief followed up on ref A with Gerhard Erdpresser, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Anti-Dumping, Dual-Use and Wassenaar Arrangement Division. Erdpresser thanked the USG for the information in ref B and said the MoE had carefully checked the spare parts s [...] |
2005-10-14 06:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU CH MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA337 |
SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN [...] On February 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz said the GoA appreciated the USG approach on space mitigation guidelines in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Lorenz [...] |
2005-02-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA AU UNPUOS UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3375 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC. [...] Charge transmitted ref (a) letter and talking points from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein on October 14. The Economics Ministry undertook to consider the letter as Austria prepared its position for votes the following week. (Note: Per refs (b) [...] |
2005-10-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA3383 |
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA PLANS TO EXTEND [...] The Ministry of Interior told Embassy informally that Austria is planning on a new approach to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline. (Travelers with valid machine-readable passports issued prior to 10/26/05 are not subject to biometric requirements, and would not be required to obtain visas). T [...] |
2005-10-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3397 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP [...] Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter on Friday, October 14 (ref a), EconPolCouns and Senior Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor. 2. Haber [...] |
2005-10-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA3398 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR EU MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Post delivered ref (a) points on October 17 to key trade officials in the Ministries of Economics and Agriculture. In a preliminary discussion on October 17, the Economics Ministry's Multilateral Trade Division head, Gabriela Habermayer, told us she would ensure that the Austrian delegat [...] |
2005-10-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD AU WTRO |
| 05VIENNA3402 |
AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...] |
2005-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3407 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE -- URGENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Upon receipt of ref (a), Embassy formally delivered the diplomatic note on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention to the Austrian government, via the Foreign Ministry. EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief concurrently delivered copies of the diplomatic note and ref (a) talking po [...] |
2005-10-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PHUM SCUL AU UNESCO |
| 05VIENNA3417 |
Parliament Approves Future Fund Law [...] On October 19, the Austrian Parliament approved the Law on the Future Fund and the Scholarship Foundation, which will disburse part of the surplus of the Reconciliation Fund for Nazi-era forced and slave laborers. However, according to MFA sources, the GoA postponed action on the GSF amendme [...] |
2005-10-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA3418 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- HOLOCAUST [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on October 20 to Helmut Boeck, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level head of International Organizations affairs. SIPDIS 2. Boeck confirmed that Austria is a cosponsor of the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. He said the [...] |
2005-10-20 13:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3420 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- OPPOSING [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Austrian the Foreign Ministry's acting International Organizations head, Helmut Boeck, on October 20. 2. Boeck expressed appreciation for our timely approach on this issue. He said the EU was coordinating member state positions on these issues in [...] |
2005-10-20 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3424 |
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA HAS NEW PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. Summary: The Austrian Interior Ministry officials has produced another proposal to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline for Level 1 compliance with the changed Visa Waiver Program (VWP) requirements. The GOA believes that it could now produce a " [...] |
2005-10-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3427 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...] |
2005-10-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO |
| 05VIENNA3431 |
SPO WINS ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN VIENNA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On October 23, The Social Democrats (SPO) increased their absolute majority of seats in the state legislature of Vienna (Austria's most populous state), but narrowly missed winning over 50 percent of the popular vote. In the last of three state elections held in October, Chan [...] |
2005-10-24 12:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA3441 |
AUSTRIA ON BMENA -- BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] On October 24, Charge delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General and acting deputy Foreign Minister. 2. Kyrle recalled that Austria had made a generous pledge at the Madrid Iraq conference in October 2003, and said the Austrian cabinet wou [...] |
2005-10-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF AU |
| 05VIENNA3442 |
DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EU'S AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] In response to ref (a), Charge delivered our request for Austria's support to key Austrian officials. 2. On Friday, October 21, Charge urged Agriculture Minister Josef Proell to support reductions in tariffs to a zone between the U.S. and the G-20 positions. Proell, who was going [...] |
2005-10-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA3443 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...] |
2005-10-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3462 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER BUSINESS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. 2. (S) Auer undertook to investigate the issue of plans by Steyr-Mannlicher to export weapons technology to Iran thro [...] |
2005-10-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | AU ETTC PARM PREL |
| 05VIENNA3463 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dorothea Auer, Austrian MFA Director (assistant secretary) for Non-Proliferation, and Alexander Kmennt, Auer's DAS-level assistant for nuclear non-proliferation, on October 25. 2. (C) Auer and Kmennt were grateful for the detailed de [...] |
2005-10-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IN AU |
| 05VIENNA3464 |
MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO [...] (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division, to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare P [...] |
2005-10-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE |
| 05VIENNA3470 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO |
| 05VIENNA3471 |
PSI -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PSI REGIONAL [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. SIPDIS 2. Auer said she would coordinate with her colleagues in the Defense Ministry and in law enforcement agencies to determ [...] |
2005-10-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM AU |
| 05VIENNA3487 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian Foreign Ministry political director Thomas Mayr-Harting and MFA Middle East director Ralph Scheide. We also passed reftel points to Austrian MFA EU correspondent Andreas Riecken. [...] |
2005-10-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM IR AU |
| 05VIENNA3488 |
IRAQ: AUSTRIAN STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA Director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting and with Austrian MFA Middle East Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (SBU) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement notin [...] |
2005-10-28 16:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU |
| 05VIENNA3489 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...] |
2005-10-28 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3490 |
AUSTRIAN GAS AND OIL INTERESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, in cooperation with four partner companies, is moving forward with plans to construct the $6 billion Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to an Austrian hub. Remaining challenges include price negotiations with Iran, Turkey's lukewarm support for the project, [...] |
2005-10-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC ENRG EPET AU |
| 05VIENNA3493 |
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON AIR SERVICE TO IRAQ, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Recent discussions with Austrian economic officials and Austrian Airlines (AUA) revealed Austrian interest in intensifying commercial contacts in northern Iraq. AUA recently received rights to provide regularly scheduled flights to Iraq and hopes to initiate service in 2006. Austrian busin [...] |
2005-10-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID AU IQ |
| 05VIENNA3495 |
AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...] |
2005-10-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3496 |
AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE ECJ BIOTECH RULING [...] Following the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling against the state of Upper Austria's complete ban against GMOs, the state government is considering alternative strategies to keep Upper Austria "biotech free." Upper Austria will look to "best practices" from other Austria [...] |
2005-10-31 11:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON XG AU |
| 05VIENNA3542 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...] |
2005-11-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3564 |
AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent for UN Affairs Helmut Boeck on November 2 and followed up with Boeck's deputy, Peter Huber, on November 4. Huber told us that Austria's priority was preserving the effectiveness of the Security Council. Austria was unenthusi [...] |
2005-11-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3569 |
PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE ON BELARUS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA A/S for Eurasian Affairs Hans Porias on November 4, stressing that the U.S. hoped the EU would specifically call on Lukashenko not to run again. Porias told us that he believed that the Council Conclusions on Belarus were essentially final [...] |
2005-11-07 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3576 |
VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3586 |
WTO -- DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EUROPEAN [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Josef Mayer, the Under Secretary-level Chief of the Austrian Economics Ministry's Trade Section. Charge and Agriculture Counselor delivered ref (a) demarche on November 4 to Werner Wutscher, Secretary General (Deputy Minister) of t [...] |
2005-11-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EU AU |
| 05VIENNA3594 |
WSIS - AUSTRIA BACKS EU POSITION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoA backs the EU position on Internet governance, but stresses the private sector predominance. The GoA does not aim at a change of the existing Internet governance structure, but seeks a problem solving mechanism in form of a "public private partnership." END SUMMARY. 2. [...] |
2005-11-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA3614 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel points on November 10 to Ulrike Magloth, the Director for International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery (Prime Minister's office). Magloth has responsibility for OECD affairs in the Austrian government. 2. (C) Magloth said Jose Angel Gurria had vi [...] |
2005-11-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN AU OECD |
| 05VIENNA3615 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OECD/ACTION STATEMENT ON [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on November 9 to Thomas Wieser of the Austrian Finance Ministry, Rudolf Scholten of the Austrian Control Bank, and Ulrike Magloth of the Chancellery (Prime Minsiter's office). Charge followed up on November 10 with Magloth, whom the others identified as [...] |
2005-11-10 16:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL AU EXIM |
| 05VIENNA3636 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] Summary: ConGen and Consular Legal Assistant called on Austrian Ministry of Interior contacts on Nov. 14 to present results of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) review (ref A). ConGen took the opportunity to obtain samples of the new foil being inserted in Austrian passports for travel to the U.S [...] |
2005-11-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA364 |
DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the wood packaging materials talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts; Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU-Coordination and Planning), Minis [...] |
2005-02-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VIENNA3651 |
PARLIAMENT APPROVES ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO [...] On November 16, the Austrian parliament unanimously approved advance payments to Holocaust victims from the General Settlement Fund (GSF). A Green-sponsored motion to decouple the government-funded portion of the GSF from attainment of legal peace in the U.S. attracted no support f [...] |
2005-11-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNAR AU |
| 05VIENNA3672 |
AUSTRIA ON THE NOVEMBER 21 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, on November 17 concerning the November 21 meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC). Riecken had the following substantive comme [...] |
2005-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3674 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...] |
2005-11-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO |
| 05VIENNA3679 |
STEYR-MANNLICHER PLANS TO PHASE OUT ASSAULT [...] According to press reports, Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH plans to phase out production of military weapons at its Austrian facility. Steyr-Mannlicher will also reportedly divest its Malaysia-based production during the first quarter of 2006 and sell its weapons production technology. The [...] |
2005-11-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC EIND ECON AU |
| 05VIENNA37 |
AUSTRIAN EXPORT OF SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN -- [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador raised the transfer of Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles to Iran with Foreign Minstry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes SIPDIS Kyrle on January 7. Kyrle stressed that the Foreign Ministry had verified the end-user as an Iranian government en [...] |
2005-01-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL PINR IR AU |
| 05VIENNA3702 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIAN [...] (S) On November 22, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, F [...] |
2005-11-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU |
| 05VIENNA3703 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES [...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...] |
2005-11-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC |
| 05VIENNA3704 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...] |
2005-11-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU |