One year on, two-thirds of Austrians are not expecting further terror attacks. At the same time, the government intensifies its activities targeting “political Islam”.
It was a night of grief and terror. But in their unique way, the Viennese showed heroism, resilience and wit.
Traditions can be tricky; not everything our ancestors did is worth keeping alive. Austria’s holiday season is no exception, the Krampusläufe (Krampus runs) on December 5 often provoking controversy. With young men dressing up as Kramperl (an infernal sidekick of St. Nicolas) and …
The director of the Vienna-based International Press Institute shared the stage for the awarding of the first Peace Prize for journalism since 1935.
Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) is due to meet with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem, with whom he will visit the Knesset.
Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner criticized the EU and called for more action on a Common Security and Defence Policy
Out of over 200 international films presented at Viennale 2021, Metropole has selected the top ten to share with you.
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer of the conservative People’s Party (VP) travelled to the Netherlands on Friday for talks about migration.
A Viennese Green Party politician with Turkish roots is working for positive change in Vienna, not only for migrants, but for the entire coming generation.
A far-sighted study on the language of Nazism, the book by Austria’s great satirist is finally available in a full English translation.
Editor’s note: A few days before Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Austria, Manizha Bakhtari, agreed to an interview with Metropole, answering pre-approved questions in writing, under the condition that none touched upon deportations.
The controversial website has been temporarily removed after an incident involving the right-wing “Identitären” movement.
Ignored disruptions, cross-town shuttle diplomacy by the EU led JCPOA Joint Commission demonstrates good faith on all sides.
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive seeks to curb terrorist financing and money laundering by forcing companies in the so-called “crypto sector” out in the open.
Settled behind closed doors a century ago, these devastating treaties were greeted with celebratory gunfire across France, leaving Central Europe in tatters and echoes of disharmony across the continent.
While formally illegal in Austria, finding 3rd Reich memorabilia in Viennese antique shops is relatively easy as the war generation passes away.
Language is our wealth, our tradition – and a tool to understand the world.
The affair between Bulgaria and Austria can be described in many ways. And Vienna is almost always at its center.
Anne Applebaum introduces us to the elites responsible for democratic backsliding in her new book, Twilight of Democracy.
The heightened debate has led to a surge in reported incidents of discrimination in 2020, with online harassment actually doubling.
Vienna police have taken a former
FPÖ MP and BVT-security head in custody for assisting the escape of Jan Marsalek, mastermind of one of Europe’s greatest postwar financial scandals.
As a rogue US president is impeached (again), an Irish diplomat recalls its “grandeur and influence” in decades past.
From health and security providers to scientists and civil servants, these Serbians have become a key part of Austrian society.
On December 6th, Austrian children are traditionally visited by St. Nicholas, who brings presents and words of kindness. What lies behind this custom?
While most crime is down, alarming increases in violence against women, often by recent migrants, increases the pressure on efforts to support successful integration.
At a protest against coronavirus restrictions in Vienna, far-right extremists put on a homophobic display in front of a cheering crowd, while drawing outrage from the Greens.
[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌʃʀɛk] Noun. Lit. “Terrorizer of the Bourgeoisie;” A person who deliberately tries to shock and offend the conservative middle classes with provocative behavior. What does Bürgerschreck really mean? Most commonly used in reference to Punk Rockers, Artists, Anarcho-Communists, exhibitionists, juvenile …
Real time surtitles in German and English now make it possible for non-German speakers and the hard of hearing to enjoy Vienna’s greatest stage. But maybe you don’t need them.
As a choirboy at the Zwettl Monastery in the 1960s, novelist Josef Haslinger was regularly assaulted by his superiors. Now he wrote about it.
Media freedom is under great pressure in Hungary where, since 2010, the government has systematically dismantled journalistic freedom and media pluraIism, achieving a degree of control unprecedented in an EU member state.
A new OSCE study traces the common business models used by criminal bands with a guide for tracking – and interrupting – the flow of profits.
’tis the season to drink outdoors at Vienna’s Christkindlmärkte. Here are our recommendations for best Christmas markets in the city.
Once one of Europe and Vienna’s most famous Jewish families, expropriated and expelled by Nazi terror – the Ephrussis – are back in Vienna with a new grand exhibition.
From jet setters to families, Carinthia’s Wörthersee is the waterfront escape Austrians keep coming back to.
A symbol for peace that needs to work on its visibility. More support from the Austrian government would also be a help.
Security was tight in Vienna on Wednesday for the official visit of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. A wide area around the Hofburg palace in Vienna’s 1st District was cordoned off, and helicopters could be heard circling in the blue …
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Wedged between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, Croatia and Slovenia oscillate between the desire for more togetherness and the borders in people’s minds
They love him or they hate him: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is more notorious across Europe than most of his predecessors. Now he is taking over the EU presidency. This will be interesting.
A borderland on the edge of cultures and empires, Croatia’s position today feels eerily like a century ago
Maja Haderlap’s debut novel Angel of Oblivion confronts the past in Austria’s borderlands.
To be truly integrated in Vienna there are certain terms no dictionary or Deutschkurs will properly explain. But you’re no stranger, so here’s this month’s cheat sheet.
Laura Spinney’s Pale Rider is a portrait of the life and science of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
Andreas Egger lives a life bordering on the vegetative, both figuratively and literally: His dwelling is high above the valley, at the tree line; and his days are mostly passed in wordless labor.
Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny is a call to action, demystifying the assaults on contemporary democracy through the lessons of history.
A new group show at the Kunsthalle encourages us to shed our preconceptions and love the things that set us apart.
How does Austria deal with Europe’s estimated €1 trillion shadow economy of black-market crime, petty tax evasion and corporate profit shifting?
From San Diego to Copenhagen, from Vienna to Singapore, everybody wants to become a smart city. But how do you upgrade the world’s most livable city?
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