Saudi Money with Strings Attached
While a duo of lute and violin played a solemn tune accompanying an Arabic song, Austria’s foreign minister Michael Spindelegger leaned over to say something to the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud...
View ArticleOn the Ringstraße
Piefke Saga revisited There are now enough German students in Austria to fill the entire University of Heidelberg. Many of the 30,000 are refugees from Germany’s strict numerus clausus rules (which...
View ArticleReining in the Rents
Spring brought the first hints of electioneering ahead of September’s national vote with Austria’s governing coalition parties, the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) and centre-left Social Democrats...
View ArticleAustrian Integration Fund: A Point of First Contact
These welcome desks are to serve as a point of first contact for new arrivals, both welcoming them to the country and offering information on the rights, obligations and opportunities awaiting them, as...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: Sept. 2013
Re: [House Editorial “Out of Golan in 30 Days”, TVR July/August 2013] What political irresponsibility or unexplainable fears can possibly have forced the Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann (Chairman...
View ArticleNo Alarms & No Surprises
If it weren’t for all the posters splashing the heads of party frontrunners around the city, few would notice that it’s election time in Austria. In the scorching heat of recent weeks, electoral...
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