Heinz-Christian Strache

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism, a police agency tasked with protecting the constitutional organs of the Austrian state, has allocated three agents to shadow Justice Minister Alma Zadic, citing the risk of a planned attack on her, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported.

Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, announced the end of the coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria after the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, announced by world agencies.

Austria's Supreme Prosecution Office has begun to investigate the secrecy funding of the ruling coalition of the Austrian Party of Freedom (APS) from abroad in exchange for access to state treaties. This was reported by the Secretary General of the Constitutional Affairs Ministry, Christian Pilnacek, for the Curie newspaper.

Bosnian Serb strongman Milorad Dodik said his party would lend symbolic backing to the far-right Austrian Freedom Party in the European Parliament elections in May - although Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a member of the EU and its citizens are not voting in the May 23-26 polls.

At today's meeting of the government, an appropriate decision will be made, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice-President Heinz-Christian Strache said.

Austria will in this way follow the example US and Hungary in backing out of the agreement.

British singer and actor Sting called world leaders "half men and cowards" on Saturday for their inability to solve the refugee crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already played down expectations of a breakthrough at hastily-arranged talks among EU leaders on Sunday on the migration dispute dividing Europe and threatening her own government.

BELGRADE - No long-term solution has been found for the problem of Kosovo, and Belgrade and Pristina need to find a compromise, Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache said in Belgrade on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has met with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache.

Vucic and Strache discussed bilateral relations and economic cooperation, the RTS reported on Monday.

Photo: Tanjug/Presidential press office

BELGRADE - Serbia is exceptionally appreciative of Austria's continued support in the EU integration process, as well as of its position that the Western Balkans' EU integration is one of Austria's foreign policy priorities, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at a meeting with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache on Monday.

Speaking ahead of Wednesday's session of his cabinet, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austria was "a friend that supports the Western Balkans and is trying to contribute to the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations."