Pop star Christina Stürmer will be the first personality to be displayed at Viennas Madame Tussauds.Museum officials said today (Weds) the Austrian singers wax clone will be on show at the venue in the citys Prater amusement park from 17 August, with around 70 further statues to follow in spring when the museum officially opens.Stürmer […]
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Austrian comeback at 2011 Song Contest
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Austria will compete in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) after a three-year hiatus, it has emerged.Pius Strobl, head of communications at national broadcaster ORF, said today (Tues) the station has decided to field an artist in next years edition of the tradition-rich event screened all over the world.ORF bosses decided to stop taking part […]
An Austrian waitress has won the fifth edition of “Germany’s Next Top Model”.Alisar Ailabouni from Mattighofen in the province of Upper Austria was named winner of the fifth edition of the format created by German supermodel Heidi Klum last night (Thurs).Around 15,000 fans attended last nights final show in Cologne Lanxess Arena.US pop siren Katy […]
Dozens of concerts and exhibits will be on in Styria over the next few weeks as part of the Regionale10 festival.Fifty-one communities in Liezen district take part in the second edition of the event featuring theatre performances, musical shows and art exhibitions under the motto “In der Mitte am Rand” (In the Centre At […]
Danielle Spera has said her farewell as host of Austrias most popular TV news programme will be “slightly wistful”.Spera has presented national broadcaster ORFs “Zeit im Bild” show at 7.30pm for 22 years before it emerged earlier this year that she is to become director of Viennas Jewish Museum.The 52-year-old explained ahead of tonights (Weds) […]
Majority says Pope should resign
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A vast majority of Austrians think the Pope should step down were there a rule that enabled him to do so.Vienna-based public opinion research agency Karmasin found that 57 per cent of Austrians are of the opinion Pope Benedict XVI should resign amid sex abuse incidents at Catholic institutions across Europe.Only 34 per cent of […]