The head of one of Europe’s most successful railroad companies has said he is convinced that Austria’s Federal Railways (ÖBB) has a future. Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) chief Andreas Meyer told Die Presse today (Fri) that “there might be synergies (in the next 20 years), but SBB and ÖBB will stay independent companies.” SBB is […]
Vienna has dropped from second to third place in a ranking of the most liveable cities in the world.The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) announced today (Tues) it considered the Canadian city of Vancouver which hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics as the best place to live on the planet for a fifth year in […]
Alpine Bau GmbH is to build two motorway sections and seven bridges in Serbia as part of the Pan-European Corridor project.Alpine will build a 5.8-kilometre bypass around the city of Dimitrovgrad and another motorway section of 8.6 kilometres towards Bulgaria.The Salzburg-based construction company is also set to construct seven bridges in the country.Officials said today […]
By Ivo ScepanovicAn Austrian architect is going to design the ski-jumping facilities on Igman mountain close to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina.Gernot Ritter presented his project in Sarajevo this week, saying his intent would be to renovate the infrastructure of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and create a tourist attraction.The Styrian said that ski-jumping […]