The EU Directive on the Protection of Persons Reporting Breaches of EU Law (“EU Whistleblowing Directive”) entered into force in December 2021 and was implemented in Vienna with the Vienna Whistleblower Protection Act. By the EU Directive, the Act provides for the establishment of two […]
The real estate boom is over. “After a decade of constantly rising prices, a ceiling seems to have been reached,” said Andreas Wollein, board member of the Austrian Real Estate Association (OVI), on Tuesday in front of journalists. The prices calm down. However, this only […]
Washington, DC – The United States House of Representatives has gotten back to work after Republican legislators united to resolve a gruelling deadlock over who would be the next speaker, the chamber’s presiding officer. But Democrats are warning that a Republican-controlled House with an empowered […]
Longtime Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been sentenced to five months in prison for tax fraud and taken into custody in New York City. The former Trump Organization chief financial officer had delivered testimony that helped convict the company in 2022 of tax fraud […]
Peru’s government has imposed a nighttime curfew to help quell unrest in the southern region of Puno after at least 17 people were killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces. The curfew, announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Alberto Otarola, will last three […]
Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez, who was elected on a history-making ticket in August, has said her security detail has foiled an assassination attempt close to her home. On Twitter on Tuesday, Marquez, the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice president, said her security had carried out […]
Canada has imposed sanctions on four top Sri Lankan officials, including former presidents Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, over “gross and systematic violations of human rights” during armed conflict in the island nation from 1983 to 2009, the Canadian foreign ministry has said. The Sri Lankan […]
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to decide how to handle a threat to democracy after thousands of his predecessor’s supporters stormed the seat of power. Attacks on democratic institutions have taken place in other countries, too. One of the most prominent was […]
About 100 Ukrainian troops will head to the United States as soon as next week to begin training on the Patriot missile defence system, getting Kyiv closer to obtaining a long-sought protection against Russia’s continued missile attacks. Ukraine has requested that the US provide the […]
The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world’s top economies – the United States, Europe and China – the World Bank warned on Tuesday. In an annual report, the World Bank, which lends […]
