Future teachers will get their knowledge directly from farms. Students of teacher training colleges will learn practical things about how modern agriculture works. They will be able to teach their future students. The project “School on Farms” has already been established. Future teachers will now go to farms in order to fill gaps in their […]
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Linz swap deal row moves to next stage
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A special supervisory committee held another meeting about the swap business in Linz, which has made high losses. They discussed a guide for the next meetings. The committee will continue to meet for the foreseeable future. In 2007, the city of Linz concluded a form of a rate-interest bet in order to secure an expiring […]
Michael Ludwig has vowed to improve the quality of services to people living in social housing flats in Vienna. The Viennese Social Democratic (SPÖ) housing councillor told the Kurier newspaper today (Thurs) his department recently raised the number of advice and information checkpoints situated at community housing complexes to 100 in the past months. He […]
Strauss statute returns renovated
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One of Vienna’s top tourist attractions has been unveiled after a five-month restoration phase. The larger than life-sized statue of famed waltz composer Johann Strauss jun. had to be renovated. City officials explained that especially its socket was in need of extensive restoration. They initially claimed costs would range around 360,000 Euros. Reports from today […]
An opera star has said that she was kicked out of a taxi for being black.Afro-American soprano Angel Blue said today (Thurs) that she was ordered to get out of a cab in Vienna moments after she entered it.Weekly magazine News reports the singer as saying: “The driver said: I don’t drive black women – […]
Vienna think tank the Institute for Economic Research (Wifo) has called for a new state social aid system with “productive elements.”Wifo expert Alois Guger said today (Thurs) social infrastructure providing for care of the aged and children was more important than financial aid to individuals.Vienna Social Democratic (SPÖ) social councillor Sonja Wehsely added that provision […]