In Vienna, 50,000 Demonstrated for #BlackLivesMatter
The trigger was the death of the US-American George Floyd during a police operation in Minneapolis. The protest in Vienna was the biggest in Europe.
The trigger was the death of the US-American George Floyd during a police operation in Minneapolis. The protest in Vienna was the biggest in Europe.
“I wrote so much and nobody listened. I no longer believed,” says the journalist and media critic in his first public interview in four years.
The all-purpose workhorses of the inner city are the last remaining rental bikes in public spaces. But they could disappear soon, says sponsor Gewista. The reason is a dispute over financing.
Some restaurants have switched to take-out, while large delivery chains have found new ways to safely bring your lunch or dinner.
As a choirboy at the Zwettl Monastery in the 1960s, novelist Josef Haslinger was regularly assaulted by his superiors. Now he wrote about it.
The Viennese sometimes have their own special way of using the German language, especially when they lapse into dialect. It is often a mixture of gleeful malice, eloquence, flattery and charm.
Politics sometimes resembles a soap opera. But this gaffe by the ORF takes the comparison to a new level. The results are frighteningly fitting satiric images.
English Cinema Vienna | Getting tired of wanting to go to the movies, only to discover that you still don’t speak German? We got you covered.
Some Internet tough guys felt attacked by the Wiener Linien’s anti-“manspreading” campaign. So they started their own.
At this club, adults play with children in kindergartens and schools on mats on the floor. Experts see this as an invitation for pedophiles and child abuse.
Under a new contract, future flight attendants face salaries below the minimum wage, loss of job protections, and uniforms at their own expense. The union calls these terms “unacceptable”
The long-time FPÖ leader – recently disgraced by the Ibiza video and a scandal over his expense account –announced yesterday that he is putting his party membership on hold, calling for party unity.
Shortly before National Assembly elections, news about the former head’s expense reports are causing a stir.
Does Austria exist? Why do Austrian toilets have a shelf? The hive mind sure asks Google some strange questions.
The far-right FPÖ is accused of having secured a top position at Casinos Austria by making political promises to Novomatic.
Shortly after the Ibiza video was published, an employee of the former Kurz-cabinet shredded several hard disks under a false name at a digital security firm.
The Japanese premiere of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien in-house production will take place on October 4, 2019.
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On October 9, an Austrian judge hands down a controversial verdict. A young woman, called Sigrid Maurer, has to pay €4,000 to Albert Lastufka, the owner of a craft beer shop. The allegations: defamation. But what happened and why are …
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A stately gem in Lower Burgenland, Bernstein castle offers respite from modern living History has a way of drawing you in. Lords and ladies, knights and squires continue to mesmerize, with shows like Game of Thrones perpetuating our fascination with …