AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoJudicial Crisis: Austrian judges and prosecutors have halted non-urgent work in a protest over staff shortages, citing more than 250 vacant judgeships and about 70 missing prosecutors as case backlogs grow. EU Budget: Austria and five other member states have called Ireland’s proposed long-term EU budget compromise “wildly unaffordable,” objecting to cuts to defence and competitiveness funding. Vienna Security and Press Freedom: Four Ukrainians have been arrested in Vienna on suspicion of espionage. Separately, Ukrainian journalist Mykhailo Tkach was detained and released; Austrian authorities say suspicions against Ukrainian journalists have not been substantiated. Iran Tensions: Austria joined more than 20 countries condemning alleged Iranian-backed hostile activity in Europe, following the UK’s claim that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard directed a suspected plot near RAF Fairford.
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