Austria was shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale last night (Weds) at 19.17 PM. The epicentre of the earthquake was Ebreichsdorf in Lower Austria. A few days previously another earthquake hit there too. The earthquake was also felt in the Austrian capital of Vienna. According to the Austrian Earthquake Service at […]
An Austrian MP has filed a series of Parliamentary questions to make public allegations that senior banking officials and others in the Alpine Republic had actively worked with Bernie Madoff to create his global Pyramid scheme. The Parliamentary questions from Freedom Party MP Hans-Joerg Jenewein were filed to make public the claims in a new […]
By Oliver Rosenauer International students encounter a great deal of challenges when they decide to study abroad. Aside from the usual language barriers there are a series of questions related to jobs, university registration concerns and how to settle into life abroad. In Vienna a group of former Webster University students decided to dramatically change […]
From September 2nd a life-size replica of Anne Frank will be on show at Madame Tussauds located at Vienna’s Prater theme park. The wax work of Justin Bieber is to leave Vienna and move on to an exhibition in Tokio. There is already an Anne Frank figure at the Madame Tussauds in Berlin and Amsterdam. […]
Children from disadvantaged families have the opportunity to get back to school equipment at cheaper prices. At the Vienna Caritas Charity division ‘Carla’ school equipment is being sold at cheaper prices to families with financial difficulties. A recent survey by the Chamber of Labour found that the average cost of back to school equipment including […]
The Vienna Stadtkino cinema is to move from its current location to the Vienna Künstlerhaus from September. This move ends years of discussions about the future of the cinema and should signalise improvements for the cinema goers as well as all those involved in the cinema. The Stadtkino has been located on Vienna’s Schwarzenbergplatz for […]
The extreme temperatures may be over but an extreme show is making its way to the Vienna stage in September. On September 21st to September 22nd spectacular martial arts moves and stunts a la Jackie Chan will be on show as part of the Martial Arts Show “Extreme Jump”. For just two days the spectacle […]
At the end of August Austria’s first man-made wild water trail will open on the Donauinsel as part of the new water sports centre. The project which cost a total of 3.9 million Euro means that Olympic sports such as rowing and canoeing can take place on the Danube. The rowing centre is still being […]
The future of the panda couple at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo is still uncertain. Despite the latest offspring there is still no new contract form Beijing China for the pandas who are on loan in the Austrian capital. Just before Christmas Schönbrunn Zoo announced that the panda pair Yang Yang and Long Hui were to remain […]
Mayor of Graz Siegfried Nagl from the ÖVP is supporting the bid for a new Ice Skating Hall in Graz and hopes it can attract federal funding. The planned ice centre would be for the Special Olympics which take place in 2017 in Graz. Under the motto ‘Heartbeat for the World” around 3000 sports people […]