But the European Union's reaction to the prospect of the Freedom Party joining a ruling coalition has been hypocritical and wholly disproportionate to Austria's supposed offence in seeking to build a stable government backed by a majority of the voters.
In July 1998, reports emerged that a staggering sum of money linked to Indonesia had been shifted from a bank in Switzerland to another in Austria, now considered a safer haven for hush-hush deposits.
Governments from Austria to Australia have been combing more carefully through export licences.
Lauder, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria in the mid-1980s, has been a lot more than a passive investor.
The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria is claiming that Lego has been deeply offensive to the feelings of many Muslims.
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The BBC's Kerry Skyring in Vienna says that - like Austria itself - the Vienna Philharmonic has been slow to get to grips with its past during World War II.
Within the European Union, only Italy, Austria and Portugal make employers reinstate workers found to have been unfairly sacked.
There had been controversy over Ammann's modified boot bindings, with Austria threatening to launch a protest after the first round.
Despite having lived in Austria for more than a decade, I had never been tempted to wear a dirndl.
Police are investigating the possibility of irregularities and bribery, and have been trying to trace the sources of this money in South Africa, America and Austria.
Although those in Scandinavia and Austria now have the right to stay, two-thirds of the refugees in Germany have since been sent back to Bosnia, often against their will.
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