By Kathryn Quinn By far the sweetest date in the Vienna Ball calender – the Bonbon Ball took place this weekend. Without a doubt the highlight of the event is the Miss Bonbon vote – at the stroke of midnight the ten candidates who have been whittled down from over 180 possibles paraded onto the […]
A young elephant born four months ago is enjoying playing in the snow, as pictures released by Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo confirm.Zoo director Dagmar Schratter explained today (Weds) there was no problem with Tuluba frolicking around in the white masses as long as he retreats into the heated enclosure together with his mum Numbi every once […]
A panda born in at Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo this summer has been named in an online vote.The animal, which tipped the scales at 4.5 kilograms earlier this month, is now called Fu Hu after 50.1 per cent of people participating in a poll picked the name which means “happy tiger”.Around 40.8 per cent wanted the […]
Barbara Rosenkranz, the right-wing Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate, said yesterday (Thurs) she wanted Austria to leave the Schengen border agreement.Rosenkranz announced she would reintroduce border checks if she wins the 25 presidential election.Speaking about soaring crime figures, the FPÖ Lower Austria boss referred to crooks from Eastern Europe when she said that the “import […]
The Peoples Partys (ÖVP) VP-Business Association has won this years Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) election for members representatives in specialised sectors.It was announced on Tuesday this week that the ÖVP organisation had won 70.9 per cent of the vote or 0.8 of a percentage point more than five years ago and had again won a […]