News & Views Directory 2
This is a full directory of all 121 articles about Vienna, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.
Dec.13.2007 | |
A Scot has met a tragic end in Vienna. John McFadzean, a UK official at the UN, fell asleep in a park after a night's revelry. Dipping temperatures proved fatal... | |
Dec.3.2007 | |
The placid Swiss city of Lucerne was convulsed by drama on Sunday as UEFA officials executed the Euro 2008 draw. Gasps of incredulity echoed round the room as a... | |
Dec.13.2007 | |
An early Christmas present is on the cards for all film aficionados. The Austria Filmmuseum is preparing the country's greatest ever retrospective of Sir Alfred... | |
Nov.6.2007 | |
British historian Guy Walters has tracked down a wanted Nazi war criminal at a flat in Vienna. Erna Wallisch, 85, served as a prison guard at some of the most n... | |
Nov.5.2007 | |
Friction between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq sparked a parallel clash in Austria this weekend when a major street fight erupted in Vien... | |
Oct.19.2007 | |
Austria was saved from utter humiliation yesterday when their team managed to pull off a 3-2 victory against the Ivory Coast. Had they lost the match, Austria w... | |
Oct.17.2007 | |
Raoul Ruiz's biopic of Gustav Klimt opened in America today, with John Malkovich stepping into the role of troubled artist. However, intriguing as the mix might... | |
Oct.7.2007 | |
The countdown has begun. Vienna's International Film Festival will kick off on Friday October 19th, and there's a scintillating celluloid selection in store. Di... | |
Oct.3.2007 | |
We've all watched in awe as a raging Russian held aloft a weight that was equal to that of a blue whale. How do they do it? Well, Zafar Gill, a focused fellow f... | |
Sept.26.2007 | |
A barefoot man in an orange dress was arrested on Sunday after breaking into a branch of the Austrian Education Ministry. When police arrived at the scene, ... | |
Sept.19.2007 | |
A twenty-eight year old man was arrested on Monday for violent behavior at a Viennese subway station. The man is said to have attacked an elderly gentleman, bre... | |
Sept.12.2007 | |
The Pope reiterated his concerns for the environment on Sunday as he concluded his pilgrimage to Austria. In a mass at Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral the pont... | |
Sept.7.2007 | |
As Pope Benedict XVI began the seventh international trip of his pontificate, flood warnings were declared in Austria as rains refused to abate. A native Ger... | |
Sept.3.2007 | |
Four Romanian men have been arrested in Vienna for fleecing unwitting tourists. The ruse, which resembled that of an Ealing Comedy, was perhaps not so funny for... | |
Aug.27.2007 | |
Will P Diddy soon be strolling down Fifth Avenue decked out in diamond-studded lederhosen? Shrewd gamblers might not be reaching for their wallets yet for this ... | |
Aug.24.2007 | |
The birth of a giant panda is a major event in any zoo, especially a European one - not for twenty-five years has a successful birth occurred. Indeed, even in ... | |
Aug.22.2007 | |
It's already bad enough to be driven to an abattoir by a lorry-driver who loves bacon sandwiches, but a herd of pigs had to endure a triple indignity when the v... | |
Aug.20.2007 | |
A medieval cross that was looted from a Polish Princess during World War II turned up in a trash can in rural Austria. The painted cross, which is estimated to ... | |
July.31.2007 | |
The Vatican is embracing the mobile phone revolution in its plans for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Vienna. Beginning this week, the Holy See is providing a free... | |
July.25.2007 | |
Monty Python would have loved the idea, but Vienna's Divorce Fair is in fact no joke. Billed under the slogan 'A New Start', the fair is due to be held during t... | |
July.25.2007 | |
With Central Europe in the throes of a heat wave, cooling off has become big business. This week we've seen penguins at the zoo pecking at fish-flavoured ices a... | |
July.9.2007 | |
A Bavarian court ruled on Friday that an amateur German astronomer can hang on to a chunk of meteorite that was found in Austria, much to the dismay of the Aust... | |
July.9.2007 | |
Wednesday was a bitter day for Salzburg, as news broke that the city will not host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The picturesque Austrian city, famed for its ass... | |
June.26.2007 | |
There was a hint of a rapprochement this weekend when Arnie 'The Oak' Schwarzenegger made a surprise visit to his native Austria. The Terminator star had gon... | |
May.18.2007 | |
Low-price airline Easyjet has unveiled plans to fly to Vienna. A service between London Luton and Vienna will begin on October 29th, and the first batch of tick... | |
May.18.2007 | |
Austrian news sources have revealed that former President Kurt Waldheim left a final address to the world. The controversial statesmen, who passed away on Thur... | |
June.12.2007 | |
Austria and Switzerland, host nations for next year's European Cup, played an otherworldly game on Friday to celebrate one year's countdown to the 2008 competit... | |
June.6.2007 | |
It seems that it's a case of 'all's well that ends well' in Vienna this week. A Stradivarius violin worth four million dollars that was nabbed a fortnight ago h... | |
May.28.2007 | |
White tie went out the window this weekend as thousands of glam queens gallivanted up the red carpet for Vienna's famed Life Ball. Now in its fifteenth year, th... | |
May.8.2007 | |
How does one go about raising money for the renovation of a hallowed national monument? Organise a sponsored marathon? Launch a plea on prime-time television? G... | |
April.30.2007 | |
A new book has just been published about one of the most colourful episodes in Vienna's history. Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienn... | |
April.16.2007 | |
The main motorway between Vienna and Budapest was brought to a standstill on Monday when several thousand rabbits escaped from a lorry. The M1 motorway was o... | |
April.16.2007 | |
Over a million dollars worth of Faberge eggs have been stolen from a palace in Vienna. The jewel-encrusted treasures, which were celebrated in the James Bond cl... | |
April.16.2007 | |
Austria's most distinguished cake celebrated its 175th birthday on Thursday with a special party in central Vienna. The sacher-torte, originally launched in 183... | |
April.3.2007 | |
Are the Austrians losing their nerve about Euro 2008, or are they just being sensible? Austrian authorities are trying to cut a deal with breweries to sell a lo... | |
March.29.2007 | |
Austria got her first taste of Euro Cup action last night during a friendly match against the French. Thankfully, the result has no bearing on the coming champi... | |
March.28.2007 | |
Vienna's famed Osterklang - The Sound of Easter. - is about to kick off at the Musikverein this Saturday (31st March). The Arnold Schoenberg Choir will be g... | |
March.20.2007 | |
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Austrian capital this autumn, Cardinal Schoenborn has confirmed. The pontiff is due to arrive in Vienna on September 7th for a ... | |
March.20.2007 | |
Only two countries have qualified automatically for next year's European Cup, the hosts: Austria and Switzerland. That leaves fourteen places to make up the six... | |
March.15.2007 | |
It might sound like a spoof from Chris Morris's Brasseye, but the powers that be are poised to use opera to tackle crime. We say crime, but the catalogue of ... | |
March.9.2007 | |
Austrian policemen began an intense training programme this week to get them up to scratch in the art of neutralising marauding hooligans. 2000 officers are tak... | |
March.6.2007 | |
Austria sounds like an unlikely setting for a Jaws film. After all, there aren't that many tropical seas in the region. But that didn't stop a shark from turnin... | |
Feb.15.2007 | |
Just a fortnight ago, a jubilant countdown party was launched at Vienna's City Hall - Euro 2008 is on the way. But one particular neighbour is not exactly over ... | |
Feb.5.2007 | |
A film set in fin-de-siecle Vienna is a favourite for scooping an award at this year's Oscars. Dick Pope's dreamy cinematography for The Illusionist - a haun... | |
Feb.2.2007 | |
Vienna Life is delighted to welcome Magdalena Walawska into our cyber fold. An up-and-coming photographer from Cracow, Poland, Magda has spent much of the last ... | |
Jan.30.2007 | |
On this day in 1889, the bodies of Crown Prince Rudolf and his lover Baroness Vetsera were discovered in a hunting lodge near Vienna. The so-called 'Mayerli... | |
Jan.25.2007 | |
That's right - it's on its way. The 500 day countdown began yesterday for Euro 2008, with scores of enthusiasts descending on City Hall for a celebration of th... | |
Jan.23.2006 | |
Tourism in Vienna grew for the fourth consecutive year according to official data from the City Bureau. Overnight visits to the Austrian capital have climbed ... | |
Jan.6.2007 | |
Many of us have been tempted to try a witty remark when the priest arrives at that crucial juncture: "Speak now or forever hold your peace." There's so much ... | |
Jan.3.2007 | |
The 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth may have proved something of an overload for many Viennese, following a year of non-stop hype, but Austria has rounded o... | |
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