The former son-in-law of the Kazkh president, who is wanted in Kazakhstan on charges of murder and kidnapping, has been arrested in Vienna. Austrian authorities has in the past twice denied to extradite Rakhat Aliyev, who until 2007 had been an ambassador in Austria, to the Central Asian country saying that human rights violations there […]
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A secret meeting discussing ways to rid Europe of the ‘satanic gay lobby’ was hosted by a Russian oligarch and attended by a host of far-right MPs and ultra-conservative Eurasian ideologists in Vienna at the weekend – just across the road from where the Life Ball was taking place the very same night. The meeting […]
City of Vienna further in debt in 2013
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The level of debt run up by the Social Democrat controlled Vienna city council is at a record high after increasing by 285 million EUR in the last year to 4.63 billion EUR The statistics show that the city paid 84 percent of its running investment costs from the current budget, but about 16 percent […]
Thousands of holidaymakers from northern England can now waltz away from Manchester on a direct flight to Vienna – the first flight from the country that takes off outside London. The first flight between the northern city and the Austrian capital took off last week on 2 May, just in time for the British May […]
Nagsasalita ka ba ng tagalog? – Do you speak Tagalog? About 9.000 people in Vienna would immediately reply “Yes!” as the city of Vienna counts 8.972 inhabitants with Filipino migrant background and another 3.566 inhabitants with Filipino citizenship. Eton Institute Vienna http://www.etoninstitute.com/at/ therefore takes the opportunity to throw the spotlight on the city’s Filipino Community […]
A load of cobblers brightened up the stage in the Austrian capital of Vienna when the annual Shoemaker Ball saw the best and brightest shoe designers from all over the world attend the industries VIP annual event. The highlight of the Schuhmacher (shoe maker) Ball which first took place in 1938 was this year as […]
Vienna was treated to a “Carnival of Languages” last week as a language learning institute celebrated it’s third year in the city with an public event, including free classes and workshops. The Eton Institute Vienna put on dozens of activities at their third birthday event in the Vienna City Centre, including translating typically Viennese songs […]
Vienna to reduce car traffic
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Trips taken on public transport, by bike or on foot will account for 80% of all trips made in Vienna by 2025 if the city’s Urban Development Plan goes through as planned. The announcement was made by Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou (Green) on Wednesday, who emphasised that traffic was a key feature of the plan […]
High dining in Vienna will become accessible to people on tighter budgets in February when some of the city’s top restaurants reduce their prices for ten days. It will be the tenth year the Diningcity Restaurant Week has been hosted in Vienna, where dozens of top end eateries will offer menus for the fixed price […]
Austrian Airlines reopens flights to Iran
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Flights to Tehran from Austrian Airlines have began again after a year’s interruption of the service following disputes over refuelling in Iran and economic sanctions. The airline will begin to fly again to the Iranian capital on 11th March, providing five weekly flights. The announcements comes as Europe and the US begin to lift sanctions […]