Vienna zoo wins three Giant Panda Zoo Awards

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Travel

Schönbrunn Zoo in the capital Vienna has picked up three awards at the first ever Giant Panda Awards voted for by panda fans from over 130 countries. Around 28,000 panda fans and experts took part in the online vote – with the result that Schönbrunn zoo won three awards out of the available ten. Fu […]

Protests follow Hu to Salzburg

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Politics

Several street protests overshadowed the final day of Hu Jintao’s visit to Austria. Hundreds of people gathered along the roads of the province of Salzburg as the convoy of the Chinese leader and his 150-member delegation passed yesterday morning (Tues) to visit a farm. Hu and the other political and business officials also went on […]

Austria hopes for business boom as Hu visits Salzburg

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Business

Demonstrations have reached Salzburg as the Chinese president continued his visit to Austria yesterday (Mon). Hu Jintao – who arrived in Vienna on Sunday – was shielded from the street marches and silent vigils attended by hundreds of Austrians and foreigners at various locations in the centre of the Austrian capital yesterday. A woman joining […]

Free Tibet marches tarnish Hu visit

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Politics

Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against China’s stance on human rights and democracy as Heinz Fischer welcomed Hu Jintao at Hofburg Palace in Vienna this morning (Mon). The Austrian president discussed economic issues with his Chinese counterpart as they met for the first time since Fischer went on a state visit […]

Baby panda more and more adventurous

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Lifestyle

A panda born at a zoo in Vienna in August has started to explore his surroundings.Schönbrunn Zoo carers said today (Tues) that Fu Hu started crawling around in his roofed enclosure some days ago. They said fans of the panda would need patience and a bit of luck to catch a glimpse of him as […]

Vienna panda named by fans

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Lifestyle

A panda born in at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo this summer has been named in an online vote.The animal, which tipped the scales at 4.5 kilograms earlier this month, is now called Fu Hu after 50.1 per cent of people participating in a poll picked the name which means “happy tiger”.Around 40.8 per cent wanted the […]