Category: Austria

The elegant audiences for its world-famous New Year’s Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic may be the epitome of buttoned-up reserve, all tailcoats and taffeta. But the gilded columns of Vienna’s grand old Musikverein are now home to concerts where something very different happens, where older people, often living with dementia, can let it all hang […]

Drivers in Austria guilty of extreme speeding will have their cars seized and auctioned off, the government has said, as it seeks to deter “boy racers” by threatening to take away their prized possession.The planned change in legislation announced by the governing coalition of conservatives and Greens aims to toughen Austria’s rules to bring them […]

Austrian rail traffic has ground to a halt, impacting about 8,000 connections and some one million passengers, as workers hold a 24-hour strike after another round of pay negotiations fell through. Monday’s strike affected transport at all levels, from public transport to regional services and long-distance night trains, as well as rail freight lines. The […]

Kashmir Cultural Centre, Vienna along with SPÖ (Social Democratic Party) of Austria organised a seminar on “Socio-Economic development in Kashmir- A people’s perspective” inside Rathaus Hall, the seat of the Vienna state government. Mr. Peter Florianschutz, member of Vienna State parliament and Chairman of State Committee for European and International Affairs, Ms. Safak Akcay, member […]

Kashmir Cultural Centre, Vienna along with SPÖ (Social Democratic Party) of Austria organised a seminar on “Socio-Economic development in Kashmir- A people’s perspective” inside Rathaus Hall, the seat of the Vienna state government. Mr. Peter Florianschutz, member of Vienna State parliament and Chairman of State Committee for European and International Affairs, Ms. Safak Akcay, member […]

Austria’s president on Thursday called for wide-ranging reforms of the country’s political culture following fresh revelations over a graft scandal, which led then-chancellor Sebastian Kurz to resign last year. Austrian politics has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals with Kurz’s resignation in 2021 marking a spectacular fall for a politician who had been […]

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AEIS), leading think-tank in Vienna, organised a discussion session titled “Rising Power India” on 11/10/2022 in-association with Vienna School of International Studies in Diplomatic Academy, Vienna. Mr. Jaideep Majumdar, Ambassador of India in Vienna, Dr. Heinz Nissel, Professor Emeritus, University of Vienna and Dr. Werner Fasslabend, former Defence […]

VIENNA: A clear victory of incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen triggered numerous reactions on the evening of the election on the night of 9th Ocotber 2022. His six opponent congratulated him, but regretted across the board that it was not possible to force a runoff election. However they were some how satisfied with their own […]

VIENNA: Pakistan has received three Region­al Cooperation Agreement (RCA) awards in Vienna, Austria, both for the institutional category and the individual category. Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recognised achievements of Pakistan Atomic En­ergy Commission (PAEC) on its 50th Anniversary. A ministerial level meet­ing was organised by the Interna­tional Atomic […]

A photo exhibition was organised by the Uyghurs in Vienna on 22nd September at Stephansplatz,Vienna. Mevlan Dilsat, President of Uyghur community in Vienna, spoke on the atrocities committed by Chinese Communist Party against Uyghurs and ethnic minorities in the concentration camps in Xinjiang province. The situation of Uyghurs in China has been bleak under the […]