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Pig Pandemonium
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... | Comment |
Treasure From The Trash Can
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 ... | Art and Culture |
Divine Dictums Direct To Your Phone
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... | Current Affairs |
Untying The Knot
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... | Comment |
Ice Cream For Dogs
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... | Comment |
Hands Off My Meteorite!
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... | Comment |
Salzburg: No Go for 2014
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... | Current Affairs |
Arnie Is Back
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... | Comment |
Easyjet Will Fly To Vienna
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... | City Focus |
Waldheim's Last Word
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... | History |
Football In The Freezer
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... | Comment |
A Booty'ful Day In Vienna
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... | City Focus |
Life Ball Rocks Vienna
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... | City Focus |
City Library Launches Erotic Hotline
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... | Art and Culture |
The Congress Uncorked
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... | History |
Bunnies Block Motorway
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... | Comment |
Fabled Faberge Eggs Stolen
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... | City Focus |
Sacher-torte Turns 175
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... | Comment |
A Weaker Brew For 2008?
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... | Comment |
Euro 2008: Austria Warms Up
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... | Comment |
Osterklang 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... | Art and Culture |
Pope will visit Vienna
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 ... | City Focus |
Phantoms of the Underpass
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 ... | City Focus |
Euro 2008: Combat Training Underway
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... | Comment |
A Shark's Tale
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... | Comment |
Euro 2008: Plans For Fans Ruffle Feathers
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 ... | City Focus |
Vienna Tale Tipped For Oscar
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... | Art and Culture |
Vienna Life Gallery
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 ... | Art and Culture |
The Mayerling Incident
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... | History |
Euro 2008 countdown begins!
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... | Comment |
Bumper Year For Vienna
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 ... | Comment |
Wedding Joke Backfires
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 ... | Comment |
Lost Mozart Allegro Breathes Again
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... | Art and Culture |
Robots With Charm
When travellers recall that their waiters were like robots, it's not usually a compliment. But Vienna's Roboexotica exhibition is turning the old cliche on its ... | Comment |
Statue Unveiled Of Hungarian Hero
A statue was unveiled in Vienna on Saturday of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, the legendary Hungarian bishop who escaped to Austria in 1971.
The statue has been... | History |
Franz Joseph Departs
On this day ninety years ago, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria passed away. He had reigned for 68 years. As Miklos Banffy recalled:
'Everyone knew that it ... | History |
Will Mel Gibson Save Vienna?
Word has emerged that blockbuster director Mel Gibson has been approached to direct a film about the 1683 Siege of Vienna. The project, under the working title ... | Art and Culture |
Munch Returns To Mahler
A celebrated painting by Edward Munch is to be presented to the granddaughter of composer Gustav Mahler following far-reaching changes in restitution laws.
'... | Art and Culture |
A Flush Deal
The controversial 'opera urinals' have been sold on eBay by their owner, Herr Gerhard Neuhold. The lots fetched 5, 343 euros.
The graphic conveniences caused... | Comment |
Klimts Smash Auction Records
Last night's sale at Christie's, New York, proved to be the most lucrative art auction of all time. As it was, an embattled Austrian emigre reaped the greatest ... | Art and Culture |
Prisoner Parcelled to Freedom
A Bosnian burglar was on the run last night after an audacious escape from a prison near Graz. Muradif Hasanbegovic, 36, had himself wrapped in a parcel in orde... | Comment |
Bruno To Follow Borat
Word has got out that Universal pictures is about to catapult an unlikely Austrian to fame. That Austrian is Bruno, the outspoken fashionista with a penchant fo... | Comment |
Swarovski Heiress In Kidnap Shock
Austria's most glamourous couple were under police protection last night after a brazen kidnapping plot emerged. Fiona Swarovski, focus of the plot and milliona... | Current Affairs |
Ridiculous Robberies
There have been so many strange bank robber stories floating around over the last few months that we're beginning to wonder whether it's all an extended April F... | Comment |
Man Ditches Marital Didget
In a moment of madness, many have flushed a wedding ring down the toilet, or flung a treasure out the window. However, a Viennese man resorted to a more dramati... | Comment |
It's Raining Houses
In a scene reminiscent of The Wizard Of Oz, a house has landed on the roof of a famous Vienna landmark. However, no green-faced witch has been wiped out yet. Ra... | Art and Culture |
Family Film Shows Vienna's Nadir
An 85-year-old retired teacher from Michigan has made public an extraordinary heir-loom that shows the ugly face of pre-war Vienna.
Stanley Baker spent some... | History |
Rumpus Over Racy Urinals
The owner of a public toilet facility in central Vienna has agreed to remove some urinals that have offended female members of parliament.
The urinals in que... | City Focus |
Database Launched of Looted Art
The fate of Europe's art treasures during the Second World War has inspired dozens of books and scores of court cases. Even today, many of Central Europe's olde... | Art and Culture |
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