Right, having once worked there, it was obvious to me these organizations provided the perfect opportunity for contact without raising red flags. (No, that wasn't my job, my work was far too prosaic for that.)
Re comment "...has once again become the espionage capital of Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and Austria’s government seems in no rush to change that."
It's obvious why not, to do so would instantly tread on the toes of these organizations and that's just not going to happen.
This is replaced by Brussels for long, with the EU and NATO headquarters there. Most of the spying is happening there nowadays. Then Washington, then Geneva.
But all the known Russian spies were not sent home, so the West is angry.
It is true that EU and NATO are important spying targets, but Vienna still has relevant targets, with many UN departments, IAEO, OPEC and being a meeting point between East and West (Visegrád etc.)
And then you have buildings like IZD Tower which are known to be almost certainly NSA spying sites.
hilbert42|2 years ago
Re comment "...has once again become the espionage capital of Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and Austria’s government seems in no rush to change that."
It's obvious why not, to do so would instantly tread on the toes of these organizations and that's just not going to happen.
rurban|2 years ago
But all the known Russian spies were not sent home, so the West is angry.
johannes1234321|2 years ago
And then you have buildings like IZD Tower which are known to be almost certainly NSA spying sites.