There is a risk that Austria could slip into recession next year, the country's central bank said Friday, as it estimated that 2012 economic growth would slow to 0.7 per cent, dpa reported.
Austria's economy was expected to have grown by more (...)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has confirmed that its development policies are based on supporting, promoting and developing the private sector's role as one of the main pillars with its leading role in the contribution to the comprehensive development (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA -- The Arab Group in Vienna has affirmed that Israel is still continuing to defy the international community through its continual refusal to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and place all its (...)
AlHijjah 21, 1432, Nov 17, 2011, SPA -- The U.N. nuclear chief said on Thursday it was his duty to “alert the world” about suspected work in Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano (...)
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA -- Austria's economic expansion slowed down to 0.3 per cent in the third quarter, along with demand for exports, dpa quoted the Wifo institute as saying Tuesday.
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA -- Small levels of a radioactive isotope have been detected across Europe, but the leak or accident causing the ongoing emission is unknown, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday in (...)
AlQa'dah 16, 1432, Oct 14, 2011, SPA -- More than half of Austria's metalworkers went on
strike Friday, in support of demands for a wage increase of 5.5 per
cent, according to dpa.
Some 100,000 workers joined the protest, including those (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed in Vienna today with Deputy Consultant and Minster of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Dr. (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, extended thanks to and appreciation of the Government of the Republic of Austria for hosting the International King Abdullah (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, confirmed that the agreement to establish the International King Abdullah Center for Dialogue for followers of religions and (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Deputy Consultant and Minister of European and International Affairs of the Federal Republic of Austria lauded the great development witnessed in the relations between the Kingdom of (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Mansour bin Khalid Al Farhan, the Saudi ambassador to the Federal Republic of Austria, explained that the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Austria is proud of this historical event, referring (...)
AlQa'dah 14, 1432, Oct 12, 2011, SPA -- Prince Saud al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Austrian counterpart Michael Spindelegger signed here today a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on bilateral cooperation between the two friendly (...)
AlQa'dah 14, 1432, Oct 12, 2011, SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, met here today with President of Austrian Parliament Barbara Prammer.
During the meeting, they discussed means of enhancing (...)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear decontamination experts are set to travel to Japan in October to lend credibility to the country's clean-up efforts around the leaking
Fukushima reactors, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Monday in (...)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has
lowered its projections for nuclear energy growth to 2030 by 8 per
cent in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to dpa.
In its annual forecast published in Vienna, the nuclear (...)
A post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan is putting the U.S. on the same side with Russia and China and at odds with Western nations that are usually its allies, according to AP.
Ruediger Luedking, Germany's chief IAEA representative, told the nuclear (...)
The oil price of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached $111.40 at mid-week, according to data issued by OPEC on Thursday.
OPEC's basket price added $1.92 per barrel (159 liters) on
Wednesday, the data was quoted as (...)
Austria's main share index was down 2.8 per cent by
Thursday 1 pm (1100 GMT), after having nosedived by 6.7 per cent
earlier in the day, according to dpa.
While global fears of a US economic slowdown and Europe's debt
problems were the main (...)
Oil and gas group OMV saw its production drop 9.5 per cent in the second quarter, mainly because of unrest in Arab countries, dpa quoted the Austrian company as saying Friday.
The output declined to 275,000 barrels of oil equivalent per (...)
Austria's parliament ended decades of bitter debate on Wednesday by approving a law mandating bilingual road signs in dozens of communities with a significant Slovene majority, Reuters reported.
The measure, long a tinder box for nationalist (...)
The UN drug control watchdog on Tuesday blasted Bolivia's decision to leave a global drug convention and to rejoin
it, with reservations, arguing that the step weakens the fight
against narcotics, according to AP.
The South American country (...)
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency urged a worldwide rethink of safety measures to prevent new nuclear disasters, declaring Monday that in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe «business as usual is not an option.»
But Yukiya Amano, chief of the (...)
OPEC unexpectedly decided to leave its production levels unchanged on Wednesday, with senior officials saying their meeting ended in disarray _ a stunning admission for an organization that places a premium on consensus decision making, according to (...)
The OPEC Fund for International Development( OFID) issued a press release today with regard to approving a second grant of US$ 500,00 to assist the affected Libyans by the Crisis in the country.
The following is the text of the release: "The OPEC (...)
