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| 1992, May 24 |
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| Thomas Klestil (the Austrian People's Party) was elected president. | 1 |
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| 1993, Jan. 23 |
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| In the largest rally since 1945, 200,000 people demonstrated against zenophobia and racism in Vienna. | 2 |
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| An initiative against foreigners launched by the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) in Nov. 1992 gained 417,000 signatures, well surpassing the 100,000 needed to launch a parliamentary debate. | 3 |
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| July 1 |
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| A Residence Act came into effect, limiting the number of immigrants to a maximum of 30,000 a year, excluding asylum seekers. | 4 |
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| Sept. 29 |
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| Gottfried Kussel, 35, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for organizing a neo-Nazi group, the Volkstreue Ausserparlamentarische Opposition (People's Extraparliamentary Opposition). | 5 |
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