By Alessia De Silva An Austrian took over the top slot for the ‘Google Doodle’ this week – with the search engine altering it’s logo to honour the father of modern genetics – Gregor Mendel. The Google Doodle is an occasional event usually to celebrate a special event such as the birthday of a famous […]
One of Austrias most controversial museum chiefs has stepped down after it emerged that private birthday parties he held at the attraction could have caused damages of several thousands of Euros.Peter Noever announced yesterday (Weds) he decided to resign as director of Viennas Museum for Applied Art (Museum für angewandte Kunst, MAK). Noever has headed […]
An Austrian solider faces legal charges for giving the Nazi Salute while on an international peacekeeping mission.The 19-year-old member of the militia branch of the Austrian army is accused of racially insulting Bosnians and an Austrian solider of Turkish origin at a recent birthday party in Bosnia-Herzegovina.Austria currently participates in the United Nations(UN) peacekeeping mission […]
One man was injured when a pensioner fearing a burglary shot at a group of friends trying to put up a poster to surprise his birthday-celebrating wife.Police in St. Georgen in Upper Austrias Vöcklabruck district said today (Thurs) the 78-year-old had fired several shots in the direction the noise was coming from in his houses […]
The British Embassy in Vienna helped to celebrate the official birthday of Queen Elisabeth II with a garden party at the official residence of the British ambassador Simon Smith this week.This year was the Queen’s 84th official birthday which is celebrated throughout the Commonwealth often on slightly different days – and is not to be […]