The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based UN agency said in a statement that its 53 member states had voted 27-25, with one abstention, to follow the World Health Organization’s recommendation to remove cannabis... 

In response to a jihadist terror attack in Vienna last week, the government of Austria will pass a law making it illegal to spread “political Islam” in the country. The European nation’s capital was shook when a lone gunman killed four people and injured 23 others during a rampage that began in the city’s historic quarter. The culprit, 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzullai, was an ISIS sympathizer. In... 

The Austrian Interior Ministry has confirmed earlier reports that the gunman behind the deadly Vienna attack met with a group of fellow jihadists from Germany and Switzerland in the country’s capital several months ago. “A meeting took place in Vienna among the people … from Germany and Switzerland, but there were also people present at the meeting with the later assailant who were arrested... 

Austrian authorities have decided to close two religious facilities that contributed to the extremist views of the hardline Islamist accused of the Vienna attacks. The shootings left four people dead and more than 20 injured. Austria’s interior and integration ministers announced the closure of radical mosques, APA news agency reported on Friday. The step was taken following a crisis meeting between... 

As Austrian police say multiple attackers have taken part in a terrorist shooting in Vienna’s old city, images have emerged of a bearded man dressed in white and using an AK-style assault rifle to shoot at civilians and police. The yet-unidentified man can be seen in security footage, walking down the cobblestone-lined street before pulling up a rifle and shooting a man in cold blood outside the... 

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said that his government will not tolerate religious extremism after dozens of Turkish youths reportedly stormed through a church in Vienna. Between 30 and 50 Turkish teenagers are said to have rampaged through the Catholic Church of St. Anton von Padua in Vienna-Favoriten. According to local media reports, the youths shouted “Allahu akbar” as they kicked... 

London Met research shows listening to Mozart improves short-term memory – while the music of fellow Austrian Jewish composer, Gustav Mahler, degrades it. Research into the effects of music on verbal memory shows listening to Mozart sharpens the ability to recall words, while listening to Mahler has the opposite effect. The study, led by Professor Christiane Lange-Kuettner and Stella Rohloff from... 

Europe has been put to test after Turkey provided free passage for scores of invaders heading westward, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, describing Ankara’s move as an “attack on the EU.” The latest move by Turkey to allow Arab conquerors to leave its territory over the weekend was an attack “on the European Union and Greece,” and also a “test for the EU,” Kurz said on Tuesday. If... 

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó warns that the United Nations is spending money on facilitating a program of mass migration that threatens the “whole of humanity.” Instead of spending money on counter-terrorism, the UN is funding programs that encourage people to leave their homelands and head to western countries, Szijjártó told a conference in Vienna on Tuesday. This mass migration... 

Wow, so nationalists won back Austria. That’s fantastic news! OVP won 37% + FPO’s 16%, now they finally get a clear majority of 53% Exit polls released following Austria’s parliamentary elections have shown a clear victory for Sebastian Kurz’s Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), strong gains for the Greens, and significant losses for the right-wing populist Freedom Party. According to... 

Hundreds of working-class Austrians – with real roots to the nation’s culture and customs – have expressed to one of the most popular newspapers their opinions on mass migration, with many saying that they’re feeling like outsiders in their own country. The comments came in reaction to national populist Vice Chancellor and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache’s... 

Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl recently sent a letter to the EU commission, warning of a renewed migrant crisis and calling for immediate preventative measures to be taken. He cited that a huge number of migrants from Turkey will be heading to Europe once the weather improves. Kickl stated in the letter that a there is an imminent crisis as he believes plans are ongoing for a large-scale... 

A new migration wave is on the verge of flooding Europe, Austria’s interior minister has warned. In a letter to Brussels obtained by Kronen Zeitung, Interior Minister Herbert Kickl cites Europol statistics indicating that thousands of migrants are already on Europe’s southeastern doorstep, and many more can be expected. “We all still remember the images of the mass immigration of... 

The Iraqi Kurd, who came to Austria years ago, had his residency permit withdrawn in 2011 over his criminal record. However, he did not leave the country despite several offences that culminated with the murder of his reported fiancée. These details have prompted debates about the asylum system in Austria. Vienna’s Regional Court has convicted an immigrant from Iraq, Daban K. of murdering his partner,... 

Marcus Franz, a physician and former MP from the conservative Austrian People’s Party created outrage on social media after he said the non-Muslim white European girls in Vienna have started to wear Islamic headscarves so as to prevent street harassment and assault by male Muslim migrants. During an appearance last week on OE24, a local Austrian television station, Franz stated, “Speak with women...