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 […]
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Special ticket packages for Austrias upcoming Euro2012 qualification home matches are selling like hot cakes, it has been reported.More than 35,000 of the sets of tickets which give fans the chance to watch the team play against Belgium (25 March), Germany (3 June) and Turkey (6 September) have already been sold, the Austrian Football Association […]
Energie Steiermark has acquired a major stake in a leading Serbian energy provider.The Styrian company announced today (Tues) it had paid 7.4 million Euros for the 67 per cent interest in Belgrade-based gas supplier Beogas. The Serbian company has a market share of 60 per cent and around 410,000 customers.Energie Steiermark is one of the […]
By Richard WolfThomas Morgenstern has won the Bergisel-ski jumping challenge in Innsbruck today (Mon).It was the first time in his career that Morgenstern has won in Innsbruck.The 24-year-old Carinthian jumped 129.5 metres on the first and 126.5 metres on the second jump and is 9 metres in front of Adam Malysz from Poland. Norwegian Tom […]
Arno Geiger’s most recent book has been identified as the bestselling novel by an Austrian this year.Publishing group Schwarzer announced that “Alles über Sally” sold more copies than the latest novels by US American writer Donna Leon (“Schöner Schein” or About Face) and Swedish fiction author Henning Mankell (“Der Feind im Schatten” or Den orolige […]
Austria has failed to make the top 10 in a think tanks latest global democracy ranking.The Vienna-based Democracy Ranking Association announced today (Mon) Norway, which came second in 2009, toppled last years leader Sweden to grab first place in its 2010 Democracy Ranking.Finland takes third place ahead of Switzerland and Denmark. New Zealand makes sixth […]
The 52nd Austrian Ball took place in Montreal this week honouring the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.The Austrian Ball of Montreal for just over half a century has celebrated the splendor of the Viennese ball tradition during a magical evening with wonderful waltzes, elegant atmosphere, and charming debutantes, while […]
Austria lost their final match of this year against Greece despite having dominated for most of the 90 minutes last night (Weds).Dietmar Constantini’s team immediately put pressure on the Euro2004 champions back four and were awarded a penalty just five minutes into the game. Austria Vienna defender Florian Klein however failed to take advantage of […]
Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are deeply shocked after the death of one of their members during a hiking trip in Japan yesterday (Weds).The world-famous orchestra announced today that 41 year old contrabassist Georg Straka fell down a 400-metre ravine after slipping on an icy surface during an expedition on the 3,776-metre Fuji Mountain.The […]
Ball guests expenditures will pour more than 70 million Euros into the Viennese economy this winter, according to research.The citys Economy Chamber (WKW) said today (Mon) ball guests spending on tickets, taxi rides and visits to the hairdresser will help the citys businesses to around 74 million Euros in the upcoming ball season.WKW said it […]