In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. The reason: The country applies the "Housing First" concept. Those affected by homelessness receive a small apartment and counselling - without any preconditions. 4 out...
ISIS terror attack in Vienna – Three Muslims rescue lives and become heroes of the city
Sara Mohammadi
On November 2nd, four people died in Vienna in a terror attack. The number of victims could have been larger if courageous people had not intervened. Abu El Hosna, Recep Tayyip Gültekin and Mikail Özen...
The progressive government in Spain is introducing wealth taxes. The Corona pandemic of 2020 hits Spain harder than almost any other country. In order to maintain the health care system and the welfare state, the...
Soccer star Marcus Rashford jumps in for poor children – British government cuts school meals
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The Conservative British government of Boris Johnson has decided to stop giving poor children free school meals during the autumn and Christmas vacations. For many children this is the only warm meal they get during...
Ryanair in times of Covid-19: painful savings, legal loopholes and a bonus for CEO O’Leary
Mariella Edinger
"Painful savings" is what Ryanair demands from its employees during the Covid crisis. Locations are closed, salaries are cut and employees are laid off. Experts speak of a "downward spiral of wage dumping” in the...
In a video, SPÖ Member of Parliament Julia Herr takes a stand on the strange statements made by US President Trump about Austria yesterday. As a reminder: Trump spoke in an interview about the fact...
How does a news agency work? Where does the newspaper get the information from?
We want to know what's happening around us and why. What we can't see for ourselves, we like to be told: Online,...
More than a quarter of all trees worldwide grow in tropical rainforests. But the destruction of the rainforest continues to progress. Worldwide, an area of forest the size of thirty football fields disappears every minute....
In order to revive the economy after the Corona crisis, Danish citizens will be paid more than 9 billion dollars in cash, about 1,570 dollars per person for the entire population. Denmark already caused a...
„Humanity will always win“: How a left-wing mayor governs the city with Austria’s largest refugee camp
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The small town of Traiskirchen is home to both Austria's largest refugee camp and a successful left-wing mayor. While right-wing populists are gaining ground around the world, the Social Democrats hold 28 of the 37...