Thousands of Austrians mourned Joerg Haider today, a far-right populist leader who died in a high-speed car crash a week ago. Around 30,000 mourners attended Haider's memorial service in the capital of the Alpine province where he was governor for...
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He was a remarkable person" and one should "pay tribute to him," was how Social Democratic Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer described right-wing extremist politician Joerg Haider at Haider's funeral ceremony in Klagenfurt, Austria on Saturday. While local Austrian authorities declared an...
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Petzner, 27, who was confirmed yesterday as the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO) after Haider's death in a car crash two weeks ago, made the admission on Austrian radio, effectively confirming long-standing rumours that he...
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Soon after, he crashed into a concrete roadside pillar, causing his car to roll over several times, in a small village outside Klagenfurt. Haider died on the spot. Public prosecution released information that Haider was heavily intoxicated when the crash...
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