Eccentric celebrity-mad multi-millionaire Richard Lugner was conned out of 150,000 GBP by fraudster claiming to be Halle Berry’s manager, a court has heard. Tycoon Lugner – infamous for inviting celebs to Austria’s annual Vienna Opera Ball – had been negotiating with the conwoman to bring the Hollywood actress to the city as his guest at […]
Glamour and glitz were out in force at the weekend as stars from Austria and further afield flocked over the red carpet into the Vienna City Hall for a night of awards, dance and partying! The fourth annual Vienna Film Ball 2013 attracted stars such as the legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif – who starred […]
By Kathryn Quinn By far the sweetest date in the Vienna Ball calender – the Bonbon Ball took place this weekend. Without a doubt the highlight of the event is the Miss Bonbon vote – at the stroke of midnight the ten candidates who have been whittled down from over 180 possibles paraded onto the […]
Rapid Wien overturned a 1-2 defeat from their first leg Europa League qualifier to win 3-0 against Greek side PAOK Saloniki. Security concerns after crowd trouble during the match in Greece meant that the Hütteldorf side could only sell 16,000 tickets as the club ceded the whole eastern stand to a few hundred Saloniki supporters […]
The Vienna Life Ball 2012 celebrates its 20th anniversary on 19 May this year under the motto “Fight the Flames of Ignorance”, and for the third year in a row, T-Mobile is the main sponsor of the event. The daughter company of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile Austria, is sponsoring the Vienna Life Ball – the largest […]
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has been given the all-clear to host a ball at Hofburg Palace next year. The right-wing faction headed by Heinz-Christian Strache has been accused of failing to disassociate from right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis for decades. Several FPÖ parliament members (MPs) and high-ranking representatives of the party as well as spearheads of […]
Refugee charity organisations and anti-fascism groups are infuriated by news that a right-wing movement may host a ball at the presidential office next year. Freedom Party (FPÖ) Vienna whip Johann Gudenus said today (Tues) that managers of Hofburg Palace granted his faction’s application to organise a ball at the venue in 2013. Hofburg Palace is […]
Political leaders and showbiz stars had only kind words about last night’s (Thurs) Opera Ball. Austrian President Heinz Fischer said the event had nothing to do with the corruption scandals former Austrian government ministers, businesspeople and lobbyists are accused of being involved in. A special parliamentary commission headed by Gabriela Moser of the Green Party […]
Richard Lugner has praised Brigitte Nielsen as the “nicest Opera Ball guest I have ever had.” The Danish model and actress accepted the 79-year-old Viennese businessman’s invitation to this year’s Viennese State Opera Ball. Around 5,000 people will attend the glamorous event tonight (Thurs). TV channel ORF will screen all the action from the red […]
Viennese police officers are facing jail over failing to help a retired politician after he was assaulted by a right-wing mob. Albrecht Konecny, the former head of the Social Democrats’ (SPÖ) delegation in the federal council (Bundesrat), said a group of policemen were watching on as he was beaten up on his way home from […]