Vienna - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they had ended their investigation of Joerg Haider's fatal car crash, concluding that the accident was caused by the right-wing leader, and putting to rest conspiracy theories. The head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria died on October 11 last year at the age of 58, when he drove drunk at a high speed and his car veered off the road and flipped over.
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Haider died last October aged 58 in a drunken driving accident. His Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZOe) has since been banking on his legacy in a bid to secure the party's future, which was geared towards its charismatic leader.
For Sunday's regional ballot, the Alliance chose to call itself "BZOe - Joerg Haider party ticket."
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Haider died last October aged 58 in a drunken driving accident. His Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZOe) has since been banking on his legacy in a bid to secure the party's future, which was geared towards its charismatic leader.
Klagenfurt, Austria - One week after Joerg Haider died in a car accident, politicians and 25,000 Austrians gathered Saturday in the town of Klagenfurt to commemorate the far-right politician.
In a grand official ceremony that took place before the private funeral, the coffin of the late governor of Carinthia was led in a procession around the centre of the provincial capital, watched by masses dressed in black or in traditional dirndl dresses and lederhosen.
Vienna - Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was drunk when he died in a car crash last Saturday, Stefan Petzner, his successor as head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria, said Wedne
Vienna - A public memorial service is planned for Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider on Saturday in the centre of Klagenfurt.
The politician died in a car accident Saturday.
From Thursday, his body will be laid out in the regional parliament in Klagenfurt, the capital of the Carinthia province where Haider was governor, the provincial authorities announced.
Vienna - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they had ended their investigation of Joerg Haider's fatal car crash, concluding that the accident was caused by the right-wing leader, and putting to rest conspiracy theories. The head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria died on October 11 last year at the age of 58, when he drove drunk at a high speed and his car veered off the road and flipped over.
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Vienna - The party of late Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider faced a key test Sunday as voters in his stronghold province of Carinthia cast their ballots for the regional parliament for the first time since his death.
Vienna - A public memorial service is planned for Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider on Saturday in the centre of Klagenfurt.
