The “KinderUniSteyr” (Kids University of Steyr) in Upper Austria is one of the most innovative Austrian educational projects. This year, the university for children will celebrate its tenth birthday. The goal of the KinderUniSteyr is to motivate the academics of tomorrow for science. The focus is not on ambitious studying but on curiosity for the […]
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Deripaska snares Wolf
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Austrias best-paid manager is to work for oligarch Oleg Deripaska, it has emerged.Austrian-Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna announced today (Mon) co-chief Siegfried Wolf had decided not to extend his contract but to join OJSC Russian Machines.The Styrian will head the supervisory board of the company which one of Russias largest industrial holdings.Wolf has been working […]
Schubert focus at Steyr festival
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Concerts are merged with exhibitions and culinary delicacies at the third “Schubert @ Steyr” festival.Several performances of chamber music and sacred music works by famed Austrian composer Franz Schubert are set to take place at various locations at the Upper Austrian town of Steyr until 30 April as part of the festival which started earlier […]
The BMW plant in Steyr, Upper Austria, has received an order for 240,000 three-litre turbo diesel engines and gear boxes for US police, it emerged today (Tues).Company officials said BMW distribution chief Ian Robertson and US Carbon Motors bosses agreed on the deal yesterday.BMW remained tight-lipped about the time frame and order volume, but analysts […]
Recent polls show that 83 per cent of Czechs believe corruption played a role in the Czech Defence Ministrys 2009 purchase of Austrian light wheeled tanks.Austrian firm Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF) sold 107 light-wheeled tanks to the Defence Ministry in 2009 for 559 million Euros, but Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes recently claimed that Steyr had […]