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Venezuelan VP Rodriguez Arrives in Vienna for OPEC International Seminar
Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez (L) and OPEC Secretary Haitham Al Ghais (R), July 8, 2025. July 8, 2025 Hour: 1:37 pm On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez arrived in Vienna to take part in the ninth International...

Lewis Cox's Austria tour diary with West Brom - day one
BHP Design - Express & Star sponsor of the West Brom pre-season camp in AustriaIt’s been quite the day to reach Albion’s base of Bad Tatzmannsdorf in the eastern Austria region of Burgenland. Albion's pre-season tour coverage is in association...

Borders gym pals heading to Austria for international weightlifting competition
Claire Bell, Susan Connolly and Kay Bingham all train at Evolve Fitness in Walkerburn. They are set to travel to Austria in August for the Women’s International Grand Prix. The trip is self-funded, so the talented trio set up a fundraising page to...

WTA roundup: French Open semifinalist Lois Boisson cruises in Hamburg
Original article can be found here.The top two seeds easily advanced, but fourth-seeded Nuria Parrizas Diaz had to retire in the third set as opening round action continued in the first round of the Unicredit Iasi Open on Tuesday in Romania....

Jordanian Interior Minister Meets Austrian Counterpart in Vienna
Minister of Interior Mazen Al-Faraya held talks on Monday in Vienna with his Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner, during an official visit to the Republic of Austria. The discussions focused on bilateral relations between Jordan and Austria and...

Warren Haynes Joins Joe Bonamassa for Freddie King’s “Pack It Up” in Austria
Warren Haynes, photo by Dino Perrucci Over the weekend, the Warren Haynes Band continued their Summer European Tour with four further performances in their ten-stop race across the continent. Following an electrifying kickoff show from London’s...

Russia to participate in OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vienna in December — diplomat
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The Russian side plans to take part in a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council to be held in Vienna in December, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said. "The decision to hold the OSCE Ministerial Council...

Austria Deports Syrian ISIS Supporter in Break with EU Precedent
Vienna enforces first direct expulsion to Damascus in 15 years, signaling major asylum policy shift amid renewed European debate over Syrian returns. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom VIENNA — Austria has executed its first direct deportation to Syria in...

Palestine’s Ambassador to Austria Pressures EU to Suspend Israel Pact
(MENAFN) Palestine’s Ambassador to Austria, Salah Abdel Shafi, is urging the European Union to freeze its Association Agreement with Israel “until Israel complies with the terms of the agreement.” In response to intensifying public outcry, the EU...

Vienna: Still Among the World's Leading Conference Cities
With a total of 239 international association congresses, Vienna has defended its position from last year and is surpassed in the UIA list only by Brussels (388 conferences). Vienna is followed by Seoul (180), Barcelona (159), and Tokyo (148)....

Austria to deport convict to Syria in first for EU since Assad's fall
Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what is thought to be Europe's first forced deportation to Syria since the fall of President Bashar Al Assad. Rights groups are concerned...

Vienna Public Transport Company Opts for Air Conditioning and Increased Comfort for Passengers
All V trains on lines U1 to U4 are air-conditioned. You can recognize them from the outside by their red “stripe”; inside, they are accessible throughout. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / David Kunz / CC BY-SA 3.0...
Vienna Stock Exchange: Active Share Trading And Two New Listings In The First Half Of The Year
Dynamic trading activity characterised the first half of the year on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The ATX, including dividends, continued to climb from its previous record level. Following Steyr Motors AG in the spring, REPLOID Group AG was the...

DIMOCO extends DCB for physical goods to Austria as it signs Drei Österreich as payment agent
DIMOCO, a leading Austrian licensed payment institute and carrier billing provider, has enabled Drei Österreich to work as an agent under its Austrian payment license. By operating under DIMOCO’s financial license, Drei ensures full compliance...

Austria Opens New Doors for Indian Engineering Graduates Through Master's...
VFS Education Services has partnered with three Austrian Technical Universities to offer Indian engineering graduates a two-year master’s degree program combining academics and industry experience. Students will benefit from on-campus placements,...

New boy Aune Heggebo trains as preparations ramp up: 17 of the best pictures from West Brom's Austria camp

Austria’s poultry output falls, welfare still strong
Austria’s total poultry meat production across species stood at 149,000 metric tons (MT) in 2023, a decrease of 1.5%, according to the latest data available from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The country’s egg production in...

Everything Vancouver travellers need to know about visiting Vienna
The city boasts shorter lineups than its major Western European counterparts. Vienna, once the centre of the Holy Roman Empire, has a history as rich and fascinating as any of the world's top cities. But much of the Austrian city's charm shines in...

After Austria’s deadliest shooting, gun reform is no longer avoidable
According to a small arms survey, Austria is the 14th most armed country in the world, with 30 firearms per 100 inhabitants. Yet, it has often shirked from gun reform — even after the terrorist attack of November 2020, which saw assault rifles...

‘Cool zones’ in Vienna help Austrians cope with summer heatwave
VIENNA, Austria – College student Marlene Waldner was on her period in the first week of July, which happened to be the hottest summer week of 2025 so far in the capital of music, Vienna. Daytime temperatures exceeded 30 deg C that week, and the...