The bankruptcy of SIGNA Holding is sending shockwaves through the construction and retail sectors. However, it is very clear that banks, insurance companies and politicians have contributed significantly to this misery.

Throwing neutral status overboard simply because of an "occasion" that affects third parties, moreover, is not a good solution. Rather, it would be essential to develop new concepts of neutrality on an international stage.

Howitzers are rolling through militarily neutral Austria without state permission. NATO member Hungary has apparently refused these very transports.

Quite rarely are narratives the result of rational analysis; rather, they arise from the coincidental confluence of wishful thinking, value judgments, day-to-day politics, and the adherence to the order government elites have invented.

Leading German language media is creating its own conception of the world and thereby refraining from its grip on reality. A short analysis based on the interview with the President of the Russian Federation with Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.