Visits

Visits 2011

Visits from Austria:

Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer and Mrs Margit Fischer,  meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, meeting with  the Rt Hon John Bercow, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, Lecture at London School of Economics (29 – 30 November) LSE

Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, meeting with William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lecture at London School of Economics LSE (10 - 11 November)

Education Minister Claudia Schmied (7-10 October) more

Secretary General for (Deputy Minister) for European and International Affairs Dr. Johannes Kyrle (27 June)

Federal Minister for Justice Mrs Claudia Bandion-Ortner (8 - 10 March)

Mayor of the City of Graz, Mr. Siegfried Nagl (30 March - 1 April)

Vistis to Austria:

Rt Hon David Lidington MP,  Minister of State responsible for European issues (14 February)

Visits 2010

Visits from Austria:

Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, meeting with William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord David Freud (Parliamentary Under Secretary State for Welfare Reform), Shadow Foreign Secretary Ivette Cooper, Philip Blond (ResPublica think thank) and journalists. Speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (11 November)

Governor of the OeNB Ewald Nowotny, Informal visit in London (06 - 09 February)

Deputy Minister for European and International Affairs Dr. Johannes Kyrle, Participation at Afghanistan-Conference and Meeting with Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Peter Ricketts (27 - 28 January)

Visits 2009

Visits from Austria:

Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, meeting with David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and  Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Minister for Europe

Governor of the OeNB Ewald Nowotny, Informal visit in London and Warwick (12-15 February)

Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Informal visit in London (25-27 January)

Visits 2008

Visits from Austria:

Member of the National Assembly Karin Hakl, Participation at the Conference International Delvelopment  of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (London, 18-21 November)

Minister Andrea Kdolsky, Participation at the Conference ´Closing the Gap in a Generation: Helath Equity trough Action on the Social Determinants of Health´ (London, 5-7 November)

Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian Industries Mr Kurt Beyrer, Informal visit in London (7-8 July)

Minister Erwin Buchinger, Participation at EPSCO Ministerial Group on Employment of Disabled People (London, 5 June)

Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, Participation at Progressive Governance Summit (London, 4-6 April)

State Secretary Hans Winkler, Work Meetings with Lord Malloch-Brown (Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN), Gareth Thomas (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform), Lord Grenfell (Chair European Union) and Jim Murphy MP (Minister for Europe) (London, 17 March)

Vice-Mayor and Vice-Governor, Executive City Councillor for Finance, Economic Affairs and Vienna Public Utilities Renate Brauner received the Education Award (London, 7 February)

Visits to Austria:

Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry Peter Rickett, Participation at the Informal Meeting of the State Secretaries and Secretaries General of the Foreign Ministries of EU Member States (Vienna, 21-22 November)

Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Participation at the 10th meeting of the Association of European Senates (Vienna, 18-19 April)

Chairman London Mayors´Association Cllr Robert Davis DL, Formal Visit in Vienna (4 April)

Visits 2007

Visits from Austria:

Minister Ernst Buchinger and State Secretary Christoph Matznetter, Meetings with Peter Hain (Secretary of State for Department for Work and Pensions), James Plaskitt (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Department for Work and Pensions) and Jane Kennedy (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) – discussions with officials from the DWP and the Treasury as well as with the Citizens Advice Bureau and the TUC. Visit to a JobCentre Plus (December 12-13)

Major Michael Häupl, Visit to London and Cambridge (September 17-19)

Minister Johannes Hahn, Visit of Universities of Manchester und Warwick (September 5-7); Participation at the Bologna Conference and Opening of the Austrian Cultural Forum (London, May 16-18)

Visits 2006

Visits from Austria:

Special Representative for Strategic Foreign Trade of Ministry of Economy, Franz Ceska, Work Meeting with Lord Mayor of the City of London John Stuttard and Work Talks in British Chambers of Commerce, Cabinet Office, with Confederation of British Industry und in Foreign and Commonwealth Office (November 15-17).

President of Austria’s Federal Assembly, Sissy Roth-Halvax, Participation at the Opening Ceremony of the Welsh Assembly (Cardiff, March 1);

State Secretary Hans Winkler, informal Work Visit, Meetings with Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and of Lord David Triesman, Parliamentary Under Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with responsibility for relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (February 6), Participation at 808th.  Wilton Park Conference (Steyning, February 9);

Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Participation at Middle East Quartet Meeting (January 30), Participation at Afghanistan-Conference and at Meeting of Kosovo Contact Group (January 31);

Visits to Austria:

Home Secretary Charles Clarke, Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland, Participation at Informal Meetings of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs (January 12 -14);

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry Gerry Sutcliffe, and Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions James Plaskitt, Participation at Informal Meeting of Ministers of Social Affairs and Employment (January 19-21);

Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for Trade and Industry Gerry Sutcliffe, Participation at Conference „Democratic Challenges – Family needs Partnership“(February 2-4);

Chair of the British European Parliament Committee Lord Grenfell of Kilvey, Participation at Meeting of Conference of Troika of the European Union, European Affairs Committees of National Parliaments and of the EP (February 19-20);

Health Minister Rosie Winterton, Participation at Informal Meeting of Health Ministers (February 24);

Secretary of State for Transport Stephen Ladyman, Participation at Informal Meeting of Transport Ministers (Bregenz, March 2-3);

Home Secretary John Reid, Participation at Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers (Innsbruck, March 6-7);

Foreign Affairs Minister Jack Straw, Participation at Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers („Gymnich“), (Salzburg, März 10-11);

Vice-Minister for Education Sir Allan Wilson, Participation at Conference of Education Ministers (March 16-17);

Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown, Governor of Bank of England Mervyn King, Participation at Meeting of Finance and Economic Ministers (April 7-8) and at ASEAM Economic Ministers Meeting (April 8-9);

Parliamentary Secretary at the Department for Trade and Industry, Barry Gardiner, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the Department for Trade and Industry, Lord David Sainsbury of Turville, Participation at Informal Meeting of Ministers for Competitiveness (Graz, April 20-22);

Health Minister Rosie Winterton, Participation at Informal Meeting of Health Ministers (April 25-26);

Prime Minister Tony Blair, Foreign Affairs Minister Margaret Beckett, Minister of State for Europe Geoff Hoon, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Latin America and the Carribean at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Lord David Triesman, Participation at 4th EU-Latin America/Carribean-Summit (May 11-13);

Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry for Environment, Food an Rural Affairs Barry Gardiner, Participation at Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers (Eisenstadt, May 19-21);

Chair of the British European Parliament Committee, Lord Grenfell of Kilvey, and Chair of the British European Scrutiny Committee, Jimmy Hood, Participation at the 35th Conference of European Committes of National Parliaments and the European Parliament (May 22-23) 

Minister of State for Europe Geoff Hoon, Participation at Meeting of Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg, Mai 27-28);

Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry for Environment, Food an Rural Affairs Barry Gardiner, Participation at Informal Meeting of Agricultural Ministers (Krems, May 28-30).