Klarer Sieg für Fischer, Wahlbeteiligung auf Rekordtief
DIE PRESSE: Bundespräsident Fischer wird mit knapp 79 Prozent wiedergewählt. Rosenkranz dürfte mit rund 16 Prozent ihr Wahlziel verfehlen, Gehring liegt abgeschlagen. Mehr als die Hälfte der Wahlbeteiligten bleibt den Urnen fern. >>> Ag./kron | Sonntag, 25. April 2010

THE GUARDIAN: Austrian president wins landslide second term: Projections put Social Democrat Heinz Fischer on 78% of vote with far-right Freedom party candidate trailing on 15% >>> Associated Press | Sunday, April 25, 2010

Austrian Voters Reject the Far-right and Its ‘Grandma Rosenkranza’
TIMES ONLINE: Austria bucked the European trend towards far-right parties when Barbara Rosenkranz captured barely 15 per cent of the vote in presidential elections.

The incumbent President, Heinz Fischer, a Social Democrat, was returned to office, with exit polls indicating that he had won 78 per cent of the vote.

Ms Rosenkranz’s colleague Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Freedom Party, blamed the poor showing on an “unprecedented media witch-hunt against a very good candidate and her family”.

He had initially said she would win 35 per cent of the vote and spearhead the far Right recovery, helping the Freedom Party to win the powerful position of Mayor of Vienna in October. >>> Roger Boyes | Monday, April 26, 2010

Austrian President: No Need for Concerns about Muslim Community
UAE DAILY NEWS: Austrian President Heinz Fischer said he strongly believed Austria will always be home for multicultural, multi-faith and multi-ethnic co-existence and a model for tolerance, love and harmony among all citizens who follow Islam, Christianity and other faiths of the world.

"Austria will however remain a European country leading openness and dialogue among representatives of the three major faiths Islam, Christianity and Judaism and other cultures and ethnicities based on common aspects", remarked Fischer in a statement to WAM at a reception he held last night for the third year on the occasion of Eid el Fitr.

He said that the message he wanted to get across to Austrians and members of the Muslim community on the occasion is that the new Austrian cabinet will soon be formed and that he hopes it will be a national unity cabinet representing all parties and trends.

Austria, he added will always be prepared to continue dialogue and rapprochement among representatives of followers of faiths and cultures with a focus on commonalities and historical and close relationships and cooperation between Austria and Islamic world. Austrian President: No Need for Concerns about Muslim Community >>> Yusuf | October 2, 2008

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