AUSTRIA: GREAT EUROPEAN - CELEBRATING FRANZ VRANITZKY'S 70TH BIRTHDAY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | October 8, 2007 | Copyright

The office of the Chancellary of Austria issued the following news release:

On 4 October 2007 former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky celebrated his 70th birthday. Federal President Heinz Fischer hosted a luncheon, in which - besides Vranitzy - Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and other officials participated.

Fischer thanked Vranitzky in a letter of congratulation for the "outstanding and comprehensive services rendered to the Austrian economy, in politics, the federal government and many other functions". During many years, and in particular during his term in office as a Chancellor, ...

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