US EditionAustria's EU Ambassador Resigns Over Unverified Blog Claims
- Austria's ambassador to the EU has resigned following claims of his involvement in a misogynistic blog under a pseudonym.
- The resignation was accepted by Foreign Affairs Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger for personal reasons.
- The ministry emphasized it could not confirm the allegations against Mr. Oberreiter due to data protection.
- The blog's ownership was linked to the foreign affairs ministry in Vienna through location data, according to reports.
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Austrian EU diplomat Thomas Oberreiter (59) has resigned after a sexist blog came to light. Under the pseudonym "Caro," he allegedly wrote for years about gang rape and psychological humiliation. "We were meat, nothing more."
Austrian EU Ambassador Resigns Amid Blog Scandal
Austria’s representative to the European Union has resigned amid claims he authored a misogynistic blog using a female alias. The Austrian newspaper Der Standard reported that officials from the foreign ministry confronted Thomas Oberreiter—who had held the Brussels post since 2023—after a media outlet raised the issue. Oberreiter has denied the accusations, according to the paper. Archived entries from the blog, written under the pseudonym “Car…
A explosive SM blog, a high-ranking official and trail to one of the heaviest cyberattacks in recent years – the affair around the resigned ambassador creates a new alarm mood for cyber experts. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must now act. As reported, an Austrian top diplomat is said to have led a double life for years – professionally serving the Republic, privately apparently as the operator of an anonymous, violence-glorifying online blog, …
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