T-Mobile returns as head sponsor of the Life Ball

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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 […]

AIDS drug called back over musty smell

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US American company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has recalled HIV/AIDS drug Prezista in several European countries including Austria after customers reported a mouldy odour.American papers report today (Mon) that the pharmaceutical industry giant decided to call back the 400 milligram (mg) and 600 mg doses of the pill in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Great Britain.A […]

AIDS-denying mother sentenced

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A Styrian woman who infected her baby with HIV has been given a ten-month suspended jail sentence.Judges heard yesterday (Tues) how Barbara Seebald from Frauental kept doctors from carrying out a caesarean when she gave birth to Muriel last year despite suffering from the disease.The 41-year-old contracted the virus around 20 years ago but said […]

‘Porn Hunter’ announces anti-Life Ball demo

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An activist dubbed ‘The Porn Hunter’ has said he will hold a counter-demonstration against next month’s Life Ball.Austrian Martin Humer said today (Fri) his Christlich-Soziale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreich (CSA) movement will take to the streets in front of the Burgtheater in Vienna on 17 July to “peacefully” protest against the HIV/AIDS awareness event taking place on […]

‘Desperate Housewife’ Longoria visits Vienna

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“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria visited Vienna yesterday (Thurs), a city centre jeweller confirmed today.A spokeswoman for posh jeweller Kornmesser said the actress attended the opening of the firm’s new store at the Graben last night.She explained that Longoria was a “friend of the company”.The 35-year-old American was among star guests of last year’s Vienna […]

Vienna red ribbon kiss action announced

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Thousands of kissing people will form a giant red ribbon at a the courtyard of Vienna’s Belvedere castle to make aware of the dangers of AIDS and HIV on 21 July.Agnes Husslein-Arco, director of the city’s Belvedere gallery, said yesterday (Mon) the first 1,000 people getting signed up to take part in the “Kiss at […]

Pink ‘not invited’ to Life Ball

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Pop star Pink will not attend the this year’s Life Ball, organisers of the Vienna AIDS charity event said today (Mon), dismissing claims made by newspaper Österreich.Gery Keszler, head organiser of the 17 July bash, said: “It pains me that four months before the Life Ball society reporting is reducing the importance of our most […]

‘AIDS 2010’ will have EE focus

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Organisers of the International AIDS Conference to be held in Vienna later this year said the event’s focus would be on marginalised groups with the disease like drug addicts in Eastern Europe (EE).Michel Sidibe, head of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, said yesterday (Weds) that the conference would be held “for people […]