Europe A La Carte Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In this guest post travel writer Anne-Sophie Redisch describes some of the wonderful Christmas Markets in Vienna. From mid-November to 24 December, Vienna is filled with Christmas spirit. Vienna’s Christmas markets are as charming and elegant as Vienna itself. The markets are held in several locations, including (but not limited to) Spittelberg, Schloss Belvedere, Schönbrunn [...]
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | yesterday
A representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA) says that women in the Philippines are being driven into prostitution by climate change. Women in coastal areas are particularly sensitive to the effects of climate change. In other news, Gibson’s guitar plant in Nashville, Tennessee was raided by federal agents on the suspicion that the company might be using wood from endangered...
Tycromedia.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vienna Mahogany Electric Fireplace with Remote Add cozy comfort to your home decor with the Vienna electric indoor fireplace Fireplace is intended as a decorative accessory only Fireplace features a classic, antique design 100-percent energy efficient with low operating costs Produces zero direct emissions or pollutants No combustion so glass remains cool to the touch Plugs into standard wall outlet...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
A dispute over access to an archive involving Vienna's Jewish community has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for an Austrian Holocaust studies center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. WRH permalink
Slashdong (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ah, nothing like some late breaking news. I’m currently in Vienna right now, as part of a artist residency at MuseumsQuartier Wien with Monochrom , and today is sex presentation day! I’ll be on FM4 radio at 13:00 CET ( David Dempsey wrote up a wonderful article on my work, too. Thanks David!) Then this evening, I’m speaking in Raum D of the q21 Electric Avenue offices, as part of...
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | yesterday
How to keep calories to a minimum in ViennaKFSMYou don't have to load up on calories and fat to enjoy dining in Vienna. (Alan Behr/MCT) VIENNA -- A visit to Vienna I made ...and more » 15 Vote(s)
cocoaforge (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I saw some wonkiness before (this was caused by article guids being changed), but I don't think I've seen any recently. What URL are you subscribed to?
cocoaforge (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Since the forums were updated a few weeks ago, I keep getting some wonkiness with the Vienna forum feed. Sometimes (at least once a week), I will get 48 new feeds in my sidebar. When I open the Vienna forum, they are all old messages which I've already read. Sometimes (just now), I will get a single new feed. But this, too, is an old, already read message. In this case, dated from 11/16. Is there anything...
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
How to keep calories to a minimum in ViennaChicago TribuneVIENNA -- A visit to Vienna I made some years ago turned into a three-day sugar high as I went, like a bee from flower to ...and more » 9 Vote(s)
Amanita.net (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Got a very important #followfriday for you! If you want to keep up with the latest in DC gay news, turn to @DCAgenda new life of the Blade! [etoile] Didn’t find @DCAgenda in the two boxes at Vienna metro. Going to try downtown. Can’t [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
LONDON.- Bonhams will offer the Mary and George Bloch Collection of Lin Fengmian paintings at its 2009 Autumn Auction. A foremost collector of fine arts in Hong Kong, George Bloch (12 October 1920 - 27 April 2009) was born into a prominent industrial family in Vienna. He went to school in England, but his life changed radically in the mid-1930s when his father died and the Nazis nationalized the family...
Truthdig (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama has signaled an escalation in the ongoing nuclear dispute with Iran, warning that punitive measures could come soon after Tehran rejected a proposal to send its enriched uranium to Russia or France for further processing. The Guardian: Barack Obama has signalled a further escalation in the crisis over Iran’s nuclear ambitions by serving notice that punitive measures could...
dramma per musica (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Associated Press reports that Swedish soprano Elisabeth Söderström died this morning in Stockholm of complications from a stroke. She was 82. In this 1986 clip, she performs “Song to the Moon” (“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém”) from Dvořák’s Rusalka, with James Levine and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger voiced his support Thursday to the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflicts -- a Palestinian state to live in peace with a secure Israel. Spindelegger met in Vienna with Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian parliamentarian and a central figure in the struggle for the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state. "We continue to make our...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Debka is reporting that IAEA inspectors turned up evidence that Iran has a plutonium program in addition to its uranium program fro making nuclear weapons. The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons, according to the report they handed in last week to agency headquarters in Vienna. From the shape of the tanks and other indications, the...
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