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How 4 key infrastructure projects centered in Italy will reshape the European travel map
MILAN (AP) — Workers will begin drilling and blasting open the first tunnel connecting Austria to Italy under the Brenner Pass through the Alps on Thursday, marking a major milestone in a series of ambitious European Union projects that will...
Europe just a Stones throw away
Independent Penzance-based craft distillery Pocketful of Stones has further expanded its European reach. Website orders placed from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands can now be fulfilled directly via the distillery’s...

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) R&D Investor Event Call (Transcript)
Operator Okay. We are good to go. Welcome to this Novo Nordisk fireside at the 61st Edition of EASD here in Vienna. Welcome to all of you in the room and also welcome to those listening in online. Today's call will focus on the R&D and in the...

EASD 2025: SAB-142 Phase I data demonstrates novel T1D immunotherapy
At the 2025 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Vienna, SAB Biotherapeutics presented Phase 1 data for SAB-142, a fully human, multi-specific anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) designed to modulate autoimmunity in type I...

Stella Hemetsberger eyes Jackie Buntan’s kickboxing gold and champ-champ status
Newly crowned ONE women’s strawweight Muay Thai world champion ‘Always Hungry’ Stella Hemetsberger of Austria is coming off a big win over kickboxing queen Jackie Buntan at ONE Fight Night 35 on Prime Video, and already, the 26-year-old has her...

Zattoo expands FAST line-up with comedy, western and 1980s classics
TV streaming provider Zattoo has expanded its portfolio of FAST Channels with three new additions: Pastewka, Bronco and Auf Achse. The three channels, which are now available in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, bring together comedy, westerns and...

ÖBB Invests €37 Million in the Full Expansion of the Vienna South Freight Center
Around 380,000 containers are handled annually at the ÖBB freight center in Vienna South. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Petr Štefek / CC BY-SA 3.0 CZ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/cz/deed.en) Currently, around 380,000...

Vienna City Council approves bids, contribution
VIENNA — Vienna City Council approved several actions during its regular meeting Thursday evening. Council passed the second reading of an ordinance amending Section 311.04 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Vienna relating to driving on...

Vienna City Council donate walking bridge to the Mountain State Sportsmen’s Association
VIENNA, W.Va. (WTAP) -On Thursday’s weekly city council meeting, Vienna City Council voted unanimously to donate the old bridge from Jackson Memorial Park to the Mountain State Sportsmen’s Association. “There was a request to the Vienna City...

Austria’s Gift to Global Space Diplomacy: ESPI Joins Elite Group of Quasi-International Organisations
The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) reached a major turning point in its 20-year history, by securing the prestigious Quasi-International Organisation (QuIO) status from Austria. This recognition, rooted in the Austrian Headquarters Law,...

Austria's trade turnover with Russia plummets by 73% yoy in Q1 2025 — trade mission
VIENNA, September 12. /TASS/. Austria's trade turnover with Russia in the first half of 2025 plummeted by 73.3% year-on-year, according to a study conducted by the Russian trade mission in Austria. "In absolute terms, trade turnover fell from 1.75...
Prairie Home falls in Show-Me Central action against Vienna

Mathews progresses with upgrade to school playground
VIENNA — Mathews Elementary School students will have something to look forward to at recess next spring. That’s because the Mathews Board of Education approved a quote from DWA Recreation-GameTime for playground equipment and its installation,...

Austria reports record high in far-right crimes: sharp rise online and on streets
Right-wing extremist crimes in Austria jumped by more than 40% in the first half of 2025, reaching a new record level, according to Interior Ministry data released Thursday. In response to a parliamentary inquiry by Social Democratic lawmaker...

Vienna Blockchain Week 2025: Where Innovation Meets Regulation in the Heart of Europe
Vienna Blockchain Week 2025 brought 200+ industry professionals to DC Tower for three days of discussions on security, compliance, and institutional Bitcoin adoption. The event highlighted blockchain’s maturation from experimental tech to...

Vienna South intermodal terminal expansion underway
The project will boost capacity at the key freight terminal by 44%. ÖBB Infrastructure board members, Judith Engel (left) and Johann Pluy. CONSTRUCTION will begin this month on the second and final phase of the programme to expand the Vienna South...

German Emigration Grows, Spain Joins Switzerland and Austria as Favorites
New data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) and Eurostat shows that more Germans are choosing to live abroad, with Switzerland, Austria and Spain ranking as the most popular destinations. The figures confirm that neighboring...

Austria’s MVNO market share climbs to 18.3%
The market share of MVNOs and resellers in Austria grows to a total of 18.3 percent meaning around 2.5 million end customers are currently served by so-called MVNOs and resellers. The figure was revealed in the Austrian regulator’s latest market...

Austria: ‘I’ve never experienced a dimension of crime of this magnitude before and I’ve been in this business for 20 years’
More than 30 victims of a Syrian youth gang, known as “505,” have been recorded n the cities of Graz and Vienna. The suspects range in age from 17 to 20, with police reporting they dealt a “severe blow” to the group with mass arrests. “I’ve never...

AEOI chief heads to Vienna for attending IAEA summit
Heading a delegation, Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami will participate in the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna on Monday. Speaking to national TV on Sunday, Mohammad Eslami said the annual conference, which opens Monday in...