Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigns after being secretly filmed in 2017 appearing to offer government contracts in exchange for political support
Austria's Vice-Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party FPOe Heinz-Christian Strache gives a press conference in Vienna on May 18, 2019 after the publication of the"Ibiza - Video" regarding Strache.
Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party resigned Saturday following explosive revelations from a hidden-camera sting. "I tendered my resignation as vice-chancellor of Austria to Chancellor Kurz, and he accepted this decision," a visibly emotional Strache said in a televised statement.Strache was shown in the video published on Friday meeting a woman posing as a Russian oligarch's niece in 2017 and apparently offering to funnel state contracts towards a company in exchange for political and financial support. He announced his resignation at a news conference.
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