• The Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating ‘Kurier’ journalists Kid Möchel and Dominik Schreiber on suspicion of incitement to abuse of office and violation of official secrecy.
  • The investigation is based on an anonymous complaint that accuses the journalists of being part of a ‘state-damaging network’ and endangering public safety and economic stability.
  • The articles in question concern the work of the Federal Safety Investigation Unit (SUB) within the Ministry of Transport, including cases of AUA’s ‘hail flight’ and a Swiss emergency landing in Graz.
  • The journalists’ union GPA warns of a ‘dangerous signal for investigative journalism’ and criticizes Austria’s delay in implementing the EU Anti-SLAPP directive.

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