VIENNA, Austria –Â Austria’s ambassador to the European Union has stepped down, the international ministry mentioned on Wednesday, after experiences he printed an nameless, sexually specific weblog for years.
Thomas Oberreiter, 59, had been everlasting consultant to the European Union in Brussels since 2023. He didn’t reply to requests for remark.
When Overseas Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger grew to become conscious of the allegations on Saturday, the matter was completely reviewed, the international ministry mentioned, with out describing the allegations.
“On Monday, the ambassador requested that he be dismissed for private causes. Minister Meinl-Reisinger accepted the request,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The ministry mentioned it couldn’t present additional particulars for causes together with information safety, and that its assertion shouldn’t be taken as affirmation of the unspecified allegations.
Experiences in Austrian media together with Der Commonplace newspaper recognized Oberreiter because the creator of the weblog, which included graphic accounts mixing fantasy scenes with real-life images and seems to have been publishing by 2015. Der Commonplace mentioned Oberreiter disputes what it known as “the alleged allegations”. — Reuters
