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The legislation was brought in by the outgoing centrist government of Chancellor Christian Kern (Shutterstock/File Photo)

October 1st, 2017 - 07:31 GMT

Austria Implements €150 Fine for Wearing Burqas

The restrictions are aimed at "ensuring the cohesion of society in an open society".

A Turkish protest in Paris, 2012 (Wikimedia Commons)

July 11th, 2017 - 10:11 GMT

Turkish Minister Barred From Attending Pro-government Rally… in Austria

Israelis at a Tel Aviv train station stop and stand for a minute of silence to remember the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, April 24 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)

April 24th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Sirens bring Israel to standstill, marking pain of Holocaust

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Sunday of "Nazi practices." (AFP/File)

March 6th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Erdogan compares Germany to Nazis after blocked political rallies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past an honor guard, in the capital, Ankara. (AFP/File)

March 5th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Turkish minister to attend political rally in Germany to drum up expatriates' votes on constitution

African migrants are rescued by a boat off the coat of Libya after attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. (AFP/File)

February 3rd, 2017 - 02:29 GMT

EU migration summit overshadowed by Trump woes

A woman wears the burka. (File photo)

February 1st, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Austria imposes burka ban in public places

Passenger reads a billboard that reads, 'Travel warning - Do you know that Sweden has the highest rape rate worldwide? (AFP/Fulya Ozerkan)

August 20th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Turkey and Sweden at loggerheads over rape laws