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All quiet on the eastern front?

Faymann and Leitl in Ukraine; ISIS and social media; the Identitarians in Hungary; The Catholic Church and divorcees; Mecca - The Movie

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Ukrainian servicemen ride an APC near Kramatorsk, Ukraine

Austrian chancellor in Ukraine

Chancellor Faymann and Christoph Leitl, president of the Austrian Chamber of Economics are both in Ukraine today. Reason enough for Reality Check to bring you up to date with the current situation and developments in the east of the country and with the ongoing dispute with Russia.

ISIS and social media

Fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria is proving extremely difficult. Fighting their influence on social media may prove to be even more difficult. Do journalists and the general public need to exercise more self-censorship? Riem Higazi speaks to communications expert Christian Nielson from the Chronikler online blog.

Hungary bans right wing Meeting

They were planning to come from as far away as the United States to attend the inaugural Identitarian Congress this weekend in Budapest, Hungary. The meeting was to be a “bridge-building” conference between US American and European far right Groups and was organised by the US-based National Policy Institute. However, Hungarian president Viktor Urban has vowed to use “all legal means” to stop the meeting”.

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A smile and a wave for the faithful from Pope Francis

The Pope and divorced Catholics

Will the Catholic Church allow divorced couples to take Communion? Pope Francis has done a lot to improve the image of the church since taking office but some still miss concrete action to help those of the faithful who may not quite live up to the church’s strict standards. Allowing divorcees to take Communion could be an important step.

Mecca - The movie

The Austrian-Egyptian documentary film maker, Faris Rahoma takes us on journey to Mecca. The Haj pilgrimage starts today and goes through until October 6th. Rahoma's documentary can be seen on ORF 2 this eveing

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