Summer 2019
High Stakes – Austria Goes All-In on its Gambling Industry
Features
Hitting Home | The Negative Effects of Brexit on CEE
Among the independent, export-based economies of the region, no one comes out a winner of Brexit.
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Books
The Long Winter of Discontent
Philipp Blom sets out to demonstrate how rapid climate change can dramatically upset our social and economic structures, our everyday lives. It has ha...
Features
Matti Bunzl: Staging the Conversation
At the Wien Museum, the US-educated Austrian scholar wants to use the incidents of history to question the way we live now.In Vienna, museums are ...
Features
How to…Play Games in Vienna
Forget the idea of Vienna as a big open-air museum. It's really one big playground.“Jackpot!” a young woman yells excitedly, after her boyfriend m...
Features
Tweet Me the News
Social media allows journalists to reach their audiences directly, bypassing traditional structures. Does it also affect their credibility?Austria...
Opinion
The Choice for Europe
Amid foreign efforts to undermine Western democracy, decisive questions increasingly can only be addressed in Brussels.So here we are, at press ti...
Culture
Popular Movement
Ever since its inception, Impulstanz has grown in reach and output while welcoming all ages, all levels, all bodies. The expansive world of contem...
Explore Vienna
Böhmischer Prater | The Fairytale Road
A whistle blares unmistakably through the bushes and shrubs. The little train is ready to depart. “Einsteigen bitte!” (All aboard!) says an au...
Melange
For Love of the Game
At a gaming café outside Vienna, Monika Racek, the CEO of the Admiral Casinos and Entertainment AG talks addiction, legislation and why old ladies pla...
Culture
Alter Egos Come Out to Play
A growing number of conventions and groups prove that dressing up doesn't have to end when you grow up.
Cover Stories
Profits, Politics, Patronage
More revenues, more products and more gambling addicts. With the state reaping both taxes and profits, laws mostly protect operators, not consumers.
Food & Drink
Summer in the City
Under the shady trees of the Augarten, fabulous food and refreshments await at Schankwirtschaft.
Out of Town
On the Currents of History
A cruise down the Danube offers a leisurely view of southeastern Europe
Features
Board Game Bonanza Ⓜ️
The genre is experiencing a global renaissance – and Vienna's analog gamers have never had more opportunity to find a place at the table.
Explore Vienna
Schützenhaus | A Lock on Tradition
Dedicated to the cuisine of imperial times, to Otto Wagner Schützenhaus is steeped in history.The legendary architect Otto Wagner shaped modern Vi...
Features
Mother of Mayhem
The political chaos in London as the government and the House of Commons struggle to find a solution to Brexit has exposed serious flaws in the once-a...
Features
Hitting Home
“Economists,” American novelist William Gilmore Simms is quoted as saying, “put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.”...
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Features
Delirious Albion
Nearly three years after the referendum vote to leave the European Union, British policymakers have only just begun to acknowledge the stark choices d...
Culture
All Salzburg’s a Stage
Born out of the ashes of the Great War, the Salzburg Festspiele carries on Max Reinhardt's dream of a Europe united through culture.Where other na...
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Expat's Voice
17 Million Mobile EU Citizens Deserve a Political Voice
Those of us who reside in another member state live more “European” lives than anyone. Yet we feel disenfranchised.
Diplomacy
Celebrating 40 Years of the UN in Vienna
A symbol for peace that needs to work on its visibility. More support from the Austrian government would also be a help.
Op-Ed
Pro & Con | June 2019
The EU plans to abolish daylight savings time in 2021. A good idea?
Time for Change
Good riddance, I say! The benefits of Daylight Saving Time (DST)...
News
News Monitor – Summer 2019
Vienna’s New Logo
Stadt Wien recently spent nearly €600,000 on a new logo. The opposition denounced it as a scandalous waste of public money, while t...
News
News Monitor – Summer 2019
Brutal Training at the Balletakademie
With accusations of physical punishment, insults and humiliation, lack of psychological support or counseling, ...
International
The Chips are Down – and Out
With Brexit looming, the Silicon Sector is leaving London for the Continent. And often, the choice is Vienna.Between the dire predictions and pass...
Features
Profile | Izabela Horodecki
"Obviously, I don’t gamble – apart from the occasional lottery ticket. It’s like a tax on hope.”For most people, winning big on a night out at the...
Features
Profile | Dieter Strehl
“People think that soon, everything will be digitalized. That was, is, and will never be true. Analog isn’t going anywhere.”Despite the rise of di...
People
Profile | Karl Schlag
Economics Professor, University of ViennaIn an unpredictable world, you need strategies that do not rely on being able to predict others. In this ...
Features
Profile | Tanja Reither
"Girls are under ten times more pressure than guys. Sometimes I feel like we’re just reduced to our looks and not really seen for our gaming skills.”
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