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              Sebastian Kurz

              • Friday, 23 February, 2024
                Austria
                Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz found guilty of perjury

                Conditional jail sentence for politician once seen as the European right’s wunderkind

                Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz arrives at court
              • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
                News in-depthSigna Holding
                How Austria’s political elite helped René Benko’s rise

                Investigators are probing whether property tycoon benefited from sweetheart terms on key developments

                Montage of René Benko, Sebastian Kurz and Alfred Gusenbauer
              • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
                Austria
                Austria probes death of official linked to corruption scandal

                Prosecutors investigate circumstances of Christian Pilnacek’s death after his body found at home

                Christian Pilnacek at a news conference in March 2018
              • Friday, 22 September, 2023
                News in-depth
                Battle of the Kurz movies: is Austria’s ex-chancellor plotting a comeback?

                Flattering film about former politician is released two weeks ahead of scathing documentary

                A large poster for the film Kurz - The Movie
              • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
                Europe Express
                Scandals fuel Austria’s far right Premium content

                The rise and fall of Sebastian Kurz is one symptom of a political system in deep trouble

                Sebastian Kurz and Viktor Orbán
              • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                Austria
                Kurz charged with giving false testimony to Austrian parliament

                Former chancellor faces first criminal legal action since corruption scandal forced him from government

                Sebastian Kurz speaking at a lecturn with microphones. the Austrian flag is in the background
              • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
                Austria
                Austria ‘grand corruption’ probe widens across media

                Ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz suspected of seeking positive political coverage

              • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
                Property sector
                Police raid Austrian HQ of Selfridges owner Signa

                Action linked to investigation by state prosecutor into corruption at top of government

                The KaDeWe department store in Berlin
              • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
                Austria
                Austrian corruption probe linked to former chancellor Kurz expands

                Prosecutor’s office says key lieutenant to country’s one-time leader turns crown witness

                Sebastian Kurz leaving the federal chancellery in Vienna after giving a statement last October
              • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
                Sebastian Kurz leaves politics to join tech investor Peter Thiel

                Former Austrian chancellor takes up global strategist role at California-based investment company

                Sebastian Kurz
              • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
                Austria’s former chancellor Kurz quits politics after corruption probe

                Schallenberg resigns from post as conservatives seek new party leader

                Sebastian Kurz
              • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
                FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
                The crash landing of Austria’s chancellor

                China pressures McDonald’s to accept Beijing’s new digital currency

              • Monday, 18 October, 2021
                The Big Read
                Rise and fall: the scandal that toppled Austria’s Sebastian Kurz

                State prosecutors are investigating an allegation that taxpayers’ money was used to fund the former chancellor’s rise to power

              • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
                Austria
                Austria’s government survives after opposition fails to oust Kurz’s successor

                Greens stand by coalition under new chancellor Alexander Schallenberg

                A special session in the Austrian parliament on Tuesday
              • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
                News in-depthAustria
                Austria’s Kurz ‘triangulates’ to navigate corruption probe

                Vienna’s conservative leader puts Green coalition partners in a bind ahead of no-confidence vote on Tuesday

              • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
                Austria
                Kurz quits as Austrian chancellor over corruption probe

                Foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg is new leader as prosecutors investigate claims of misuse of public funds

              • Friday, 8 October, 2021
                News in-depthAustria
                Scandal threatens to end Kurz’s second term as Austrian chancellor

                Two years ago, Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on scandal-hit coalition partners. Now he is the suspect

                Stickers with a portrait of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz are being distributed during a protest in Vienna
              • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
                Austria
                Austrian government under threat after Kurz cited in corruption probe

                Coalition partner questions ‘business as usual’ amid investigation into chancellor

              • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
                Austria
                Austria’s chancellor named as suspect in corruption probe

                Kurz hits back at ‘groundless accusations’ after police raids on Vienna ministries and offices

              • Monday, 4 October, 2021
                Austria
                Austria seeks to combine carbon tax and tax cuts for the middle class

                Twin measures show efforts by Sebastian Kurz’s government to prevent ‘gilets jaunes’-type backlash

                Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
              • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
                Austria
                Kurz on the ropes as perjury allegations rock Austrian chancellor

                Greens’ backing boosts chances of survival but ‘messiah-like’ image is bruised

              • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
                Austrian chancellor targeted by prosecutors

                Sebastian Kurz to be investigated for allegedly making ‘false statements’ to parliamentary committee

                Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s chancellor
              • Friday, 26 March, 2021
                Europe Express
                EU vaccines bazaar stokes east-west tensions Premium content

                Poorer countries demanding emergency help fail to secure extra jabs during heated summit

                European Council President Charles Michel (second from left) attends a video conference meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez at the European Council building in Brussels, on March 24, 2021
              • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
                Covid-19 vaccines
                EU leaders clash over vaccine distribution in tense summit

                Austrian chancellor leads criticism of plans for allocating extra BioNTech/Pfizer doses

              • Monday, 22 March, 2021
                Covid-19 vaccines
                EU jab reallocation plan set to deepen tensions with Austria

                Vienna’s claims over vaccine distribution have gone down badly in Brussels

                Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
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