Coverage dated August 17, 2023

Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence

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By Ivana Kottasová and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false testimony, Austria’s Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday.

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    Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Ivana Kottasová and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false testimony, Austria’s Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Austria ex-Chancellor Kurz charged with false statement – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making a false statement, prosecutors say. The allegations are connected with an appointment to the leadership of a national sovereign wealth fund.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry

  4. Al Jazeera

    Former Austrian leader charged with giving false evidence to an inquiry (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Charges result from an investigation that was launched in 2021 when Kurz was still chancellor.

  5. Washington Times

    Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry (opens Washington Times)

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    Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government, which collapsed in a scandal in 2019, prosecutors said Friday.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Austria’s Kurz, once Europe’s wunderkind politician, faces trial over false testimony (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Allegations of corruption hanging over former conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will soon be tested in court. Kurz is charged with giving false testimony to parliament amid ongoing corruption probes.

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