Ukraine’s ambassador to Austria appeared before authorities Monday to hear complaints regarding Kiev’s decision to place an entry ban on Christian Wehrschütz, a reporter from Austrian state media. Vienna condemned the ban, and demanded it be repealed Secretary-General Johannes Peterlik demanded the ambassador provide evidence for his government’s accusations against the longtime correspondent of Vienna’s state broadcasting company ORF. Vienna’s Foreign-minister also strongly condemned the decision, calling it “totally incompatible with fundamental European values.” Kiev issued the one-year-long entry ban last Thursday claiming that the journalist was a “threat to national security,” accusing him of violating Ukraine’s borders and “peddling Kremlin propaganda.”