Alliance of Austrian Theatres
Five independent Austrian theatres have formed a platform to pool resources, promote young actors and exchange productions by contemporary playwrights. This Theaterallianz (Alliance of Theatres), consists of the Schauspielhaus Wien, the Theater Phönix Linz, the Schauspielhaus Salzburg, the Klagenfurter Ensemble and the Theater Kosmos Bregenz. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture, and will [...]
Politics at Budapest museum
Ruling party Fidesz favourite Julia Fabény was appointed director of the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, fueling criticism that Viktor Orbàn’s conservative government is biased against…
Dark Matter: Mapping the Universe
Like ancient cartographers mapping the world – filling unexplored regions with sea-serpents and here be dragons – scientists try to map the workings of the…
New green bike lanes
Thanks to the Greens, Vienna’s bike lanes are getting a new paint job, to enhance visibility and improve safety, according to the city’s Transportation Ministry.…
Vienna Meets The Mall
April saw the opening of the much-anticipated “Wien Mitte The Mall”, the transformed transportation hub at Wien Mitte that allows newcomers to enter Vienna via…
Vienna returns Nazi loot
The City of Vienna has returned 5,880 works of art that were stolen by the Nazis to their…
IMF wants stimulus for CEE
Prompted by Poland’s listless growth and recessions in Hungary and the Czech Republic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
This Summer: Get Ahead on Two Wheels
In the balmy days of June, it’s great to get out and about. Drive over to the Danube,…
Nurses to Germany
Germany plans to place 150 Chinese nurses in German hospitals in 2014, as part of a 5-year experiment…