Having booked over 90 shows this year, the band Worldly Savages are embarking upon their third European tour where they will stop off in Vienna for a night of “contagious folk punk energy”. The group who describe themselves as “Contagious Folk-Punk Energy with Ethno Music Spiciness” will perform at the city’s music venue Reigen on […]
Residents in the Austrian capital Vienna woke up this week to discover that skiing had been banned in the city’s parks. Although many of the Viennese parks such as the Volksgarten and Burggarten are relatively flat the signs have nevertheless been erected with park officials explaining that it was a cost-cutting measure. Spokesman for the […]
Sorin Ionescu, 39, from Transylvania in Romania has been arrested in the southern Austrian city of Graz after he bit a 23-year-old Turkish man in the neck when the pair got into an argument. Police said both were drunk and the Turkish man had to be hospitalised with neck injuries after the biting attack from […]
Archduke Imre of Austria and his newly-wed wife Archduchess Kathleen Katie Walker are currently honeymooning in India. After visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra and the neighbouring town of Fatehpur Sikri, the royal couple – who had arrived Delhi last week – were spotted exploring the pink city. Although officially Austria has no royal family […]
After Austria’s disappointing return with no medals from this summer’s Olympic Games in London the Austrian People’s Party the ÖVP wants to make Austrian sports training facilities ‘fit for the next Olympics’. Manfred Juraczka, boss of the ÖVP in Vienna, is demanding action from the Vienna City council. He wants improved infrastructure and improved training […]
For Hungarian banker Karole Havasy* the offer of a senior job at a bank in the city of London was almost a dream come true but with one problem – how would her daughter Andrea, 8, who spoke only Hungarian, manage in the move to a British school? Karole had heard from pals about […]
Europe’s economic giant Germany is going on the offensive to promote its tourism credentials using a Canadian travel writer to discover the country off-the-beaten track. While Munich and Berlin are at the top of the tourism agenda Germany has many other cities that have a lot to offer, with a past that has influenced not […]
Salzburg’s inner-city seemed to resemble something a bit closer to the wild West recently after a horse scared by a swarm of insects that appeared suddenly, managed to break free from its coach and galloped off through the cobbled streets. The horse managed to run over 6 km before it was finally caught by police […]
UK Premiere League winners Manchester City are coming to Austria where they will be training at the Hotel Klosterbräu in Seefeld from 8-20 July. Some of the Manchester City players will be resting after the Euro 2012 competition, as a keen team will be required to defend the Premiership title when the season gets going […]
People’s Party (ÖVP) Graz Mayor Siegfried Nagl has ended his faction’s partnership with the Greens. Nagl announced yesterday (Weds) that the Graz delegation of the ÖVP would not cooperate with the Greens after next year’s city parliament election regardless of the outcome. He criticised the Graz Greens for being unreliable when it comes to working […]