Vienna Greens Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou has appealed on the Austrian Pirate Party (PPÖ) to consider a partnership. Speaking to the Kurier, Vassilakou said her party “will approach those who fight for data protection and a democratic net”. She warned that the Austrian Greens would not cooperate with right-wing extremists. Vassilakou referred to developments in […]
Vienna Mayor Michael Häupl has warned from a coalition between the People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Freedom Party (FPÖ). The influential Social Democrat – who became mayor of the capital in 1994 – appealed in his speech at yesterday’s (Tues) International Workers’ Day in downtown Vienna to fellow party members to do everything they can […]
The municipal open-air swimming pools in Vienna are now open after the long winter break. The price for a day of swimming has been raised from 4,70 to five Euro, but the city’s councils MA44 that runs the pools says it has invested in extra entertainment and sports possibilities for visitors. To encourage city inhabitants […]
Romanians are paying the most money to private clinics in Vienna than any other Europeans. More and more Romanians are now heading to Austria for medical treatment and are reportedly now spending more on health care here than any other Europeans. That was the claim made at a health fair in Bucharest where it was […]
Austrian youngsters are involved in a simulated EU Parliament project in Vienna entitled “Bridge the Gap” in which the best in various debating seminars are invited to Brussels. The various discussions took place between the 26 on 30 April with about 150 youngsters from across Austria involved. The aim was to simulate the work of […]
Rapid Vienna have managed to remain a serious contender for the Bundesliga title by beating SV Ried on Sunday. The team of former national team defender Peter Schöttel defeated the cup champs 3-2. Rapid’s archrivals FK Austria Vienna celebrated a 3-0 win over Wacker Innsbruck on Saturday. Leaders Red Bulls Salzburg (RBS) defeated Mattersburg 1-0 […]
By Fidan Aliyeva in Vienna One of toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s top official’s has been discovered dead floating in the river Danube. Shukri Ghanem, 69, who was Libyan prime minister between 2003 and 2006, was dressed normally when he left his home on Sunday morning and was found dead in the Danube at 6:40am […]
The Eurovision Young Musicians Competition will open the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwoche) this week on the 11th of May. The Eurovision Young Musicians Competition is one of the most important international contests for classical music, which since 1982 has been taking place every two years. The competition wants to extend cultural exchange beyond national borders […]
An Army camp built to house German troops after they marched into Austria and then housed Communist troops has been put up for sale with a pricetag of at least €9 million. The Tegetthoff barracks in the Döbling area of Vienna were first used by the German Wehrmacht after the entry into Austria in 1938. […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) tickets could be more expensive later this year. ÖBB CEO Christian Kern refused to rule out price hikes yesterday (Thurs). Kern pointed out that ÖBB did not up passenger tickets in the past four years. “We are not a charity organisation,” he said. Kern underlined that a further improvement of services was […]