Eton Institute Vienna launches Summer Campaign with huge Online Sale Vienna language institute offers one-day occasion to boost personal and professional skills Who hasn’t felt like learning and speaking another language recently to explore new worlds and open up one’s mind? And who hasn’t thought that summer would actually be the perfect time for turning […]
Russia has stepped up the battle against the moral corruption signified by the likes of Austrian Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst by announcing that crime busting Crimean prosecutor general Natalia Poklonskaya is to take over judging as part of the new Russian alternative to Eurovision. Natalia became an Internet hit after a video from a press […]
Vienna’s House of Music in Mexico
Vienna’s House of Music Museum is being replicated in the Mexican city of Puebla. Just like the original, the ‘copycat’ museum in the Central American country will feature programmes and exhibitions about classical and contemporary music. One of these features will be the interactive ‘virtual director’ exhibit, which allows visitors to try their hand at […]
Turkey’s Prime Minister has been accused of creating unrest by Austrian politicians after he called on Turks in Austria to reject ‘assimilation’. Speaking in front thousands of Turkish people in Vienna on Thursday, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on them to say “no to assimilation” and “yes to integration”. “You will learn to speak fluent […]
The Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) is celebrating its 150th anniversary with three special exhibitions. The first two exhibits open in July and delve into the history of art and design at the contemporary arts museum, which was the first exhibition building to be opened on Vienna’s Ringstrasse on 12 May 1864. In “Exemplary: From […]
A celebration of sounds is taking place in Vienna’s cultural hub this summer. The capital’s MuseumsQuartier is hosting a breadth of events exploring sound, art and architecture in a summer-long festival “Summer of Sounds”. The event kicked off on June 5 with the opening of an exhibit at mumok “Josef Dabernig. Rock the Void”, plus […]
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has defended his statement warning Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan against introducing “splits into Austrian society” during his visit to the country this week. Speaking to Turkish media about his statement, Kurz said many people are worried that Erdoğan might send polarising messages to the Turkish population living in Vienna whilst he […]
Talks resume with Iran in Vienna
Talks are resuming in Vienna this week between Iran and the West to try and come to an agreement over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme and trade sanctions placed on the country by the United States and Europe. Several rounds of talks have taken place over the past six months and are some of the […]
Thirteen pieces of artwork have been stolen from an exhibition in Linz. The artworks were lithographs by the artist Bernhard Gwiggner and had been done on folded paper, a medium called leporello. They were on show at the ICON-Galerie in Linz as part of the Dao ji jing exhibition where 701 pieces of work were […]
The website of Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has been hacked by Turkish government supporters in response to remarks the Austrian politician made to Turkey’s Prime Minister. Kurz had on 13 June “warned” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against introducing “splits into Austrian society” during his visit to the country in June. Three days later on […]