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Austrian Envoy Uses National Day to Highlight Ties with Mexico

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Diplomatically, Austria is an anomaly in Europe. Although it is not the only nation in the European Union (EU) with a commitment to neutrality (Switzerland, Sweden, Malta, Finland and Ireland are also committed to international nonalignment, though in varying degrees and with varying stipulations), it is the only one that essentially had neutrality thrust upon it. How

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Who Are the ‘Willing’ in Central Europe?

By JACQUES GOODLOE     Special to Pulse News Mexico     The idea of an “axis of the willing against illegal migration” composed of Italy, Germany and Austria has been proposed by Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s right populist leader. He spoke about this with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, a Bavarian conservative who shares the Austrian chancellor’s views on tighter border controls. Kurz said fighting illegal

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