Overview

• His lawyer said he had been in a life-threatening condition, was operated on earlier in the week, and is now recovering in a hospital though still unwell.
• Kronen-Zeitung reported the operation may have followed a bowel obstruction or rupture, a diagnosis not officially confirmed.
• The former finance minister is serving a four-year sentence in Innsbruck after a Supreme Court conviction in the Buwog case, having entered prison on June 2.
• Ö1 reported total liabilities of roughly €34 million, including about €8.5 million owed to tax authorities.
• The reported debt burden has raised questions in Austrian media about possible legal consequences and whether a move to house arrest with electronic monitoring remains viable.