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Vienna's old cinemas tap retro charm to survive
Buy your ticket to an art house movie, order a glass of wine and kick back on century-old seats: Vienna's half a dozen old picture houses still draw crowds with their retro charm.
22 January 2014
Rakhat Aliyev to lose his Vienna-based media center
40% in the media center belong to ZIT (Center for Innovation and Technology of the City of Vienna), with the other 60% belonging to VBM investment company, a partner of A.V. Maximus Holding (that used to be owned by Rakhat Aliyev and was later transferred to his spouse Elnara Shoraz).
09 January 2014
Thatcher's hairdo was high-maintenance
Margaret Thatcher's immaculate hairdo took intensive efforts to perfect, with the late British prime minister having her bouffant reworked every three days on average, records showed Friday.
03 January 2014
Rakhat Aliyev applies for Cypriot citizenship
Rakhat Aliyev has applied for Cypriot citizenship.
26 December 2013
Online game teaches risks of personal data exposure
Sexual orientation, private debt, medical records, even your favourite ice cream flavour: do you know much of this personal information is out there and available for sale?
05 December 2013
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten wins second competition in a row
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten has won the International Ice Challenge Competition that took place in Graz, Austria.
26 November 2013
Rakhat Aliyev no longer has Austrian passport
Austrian authorities have cancelled Rakhat Aliyev’s passport.
14 November 2013
EU countries resist extradition of fugitive Kazakhstan tycoons
Some of the EU countries are resisting extradition of fugitive Kazakhstan tycoon.
07 November 2013
Rakhat Aliyev's media center may dent Vienna's reputation
Vienna’s Court of Auditors is in discussion of the request to check the owners of Medienquarter St. Marx media center.
05 September 2013
Traditional Vienna goes brand crazy in luxury facelift
Half a dozen new five-star hotels, flagship stores for Louis Vuitton, Prada and Emporio Armani: Vienna is undergoing a luxury facelift that is delighting Arab, Asian and Russian tourists.
27 August 2013
Austrians go lederhosen-loopy in rural revival
"When I was 15 I didn't wear lederhosen, it just wasn't cool," says Markus, 26, resplendent in his traditional Alpine leather shorts.
14 August 2013
Malta OK with Aliyev using fake number plates?
Kazakhstan's ex-Ambassador to Austria accused of double murder and tortures is driving around Malta with fake number plates
30 July 2013
Hungary evacuations as flood waters surge toward Budapest
Hungary began evacuating villages and reinforced leaking dykes along the rising Danube River on Saturday, as central Europe's worst floods in over a decade headed toward Budapest.
09 June 2013
Four dead, many missing in central Europe floods
Four people have died and at least eight more were missing Sunday as torrential rains lashed central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.
03 June 2013
Iran nuclear impasse to dominate IAEA meeting
Iran's defiant expansion of its nuclear programme and 10 failed meetings with the IAEA will dominate a gathering of the UN body's board starting Monday.
03 June 2013
Iran in parallel nuclear talks in Vienna, Istanbul
Two sets of talks on Wednesday aimed at easing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme are not expected to produce any major breakthrough ahead of next month's elections in the Islamic republic.
15 May 2013
Austria warns against arms shipments to Syrian rebels
Austria has warned its 26 European Union partners in a letter against providing weapons for rebel movements in the Syrian conflict.
15 May 2013
Austria suggests signing agreement on mutual support in criminal cases with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor Askhat Daulbayev met with Secretary General of Austrian Foreign Ministry Johannes Kirle.
25 April 2013
KazAgroFinance sues sick cattle supplier
KazAgroFinance has prepared the documents and is already filing the lawsuit: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister.
19 April 2013
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan team won over Austria in penalty shootout
Kazakhstan's Fyodor Polishuk delivered the game-breaking puck into the Austrian gates in the penalty shoot-out.
17 April 2013