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Around 300 documentary, feature-length and short films from around the world are on offer during
the Viennale (17-29 Oct) at half a dozen venues across the city. First held in 1960, Austria’s...
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Vienna hosts world stamp collectors fair.
The Austria Centre in Vienna is to host a major international stamp collectors fair, with 430 exhibitors from around the world, 24 philatelic work groups, 88 stamp dealers and 40 international postal...
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Renovated theatre hosts Vienna premiere of
The newly renovated Ronacher theatre in Vienna
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Jane Fonda guest of honour at Viennale.
The 45th edition of the Vienna film festival, which runs from 19-31 October, will feature a tribute to American actress and political activist Jane Fonda, who will be present for the opening gala and...
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Vienna opera: New head for Vienna State Opera.
French-born opera manager Dominique Meyer, currently in charge of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, has been named as the next director of the Staatsoper Wien by Austrian arts minister Claudia...
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?ViennAfrica’ cultural programme.
A programme of events exploring the experiences of Africans living in Vienna has been launched jointly by the Vienna Adult Education Centre, the
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German-language Islamic monthly launched.
Al-Muslima, a monthly Islamic newspaper in German, has been launched in Vienna with an initial print run of 20,000. Editor-in-chief Dr Amir Zaidan, who also directs Viennas Islamic Religious Teaching...
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Iranian cinema arrives in Vienna.
24-31 October is Iranian Film Week in the Austrian capital. The programme at the Theater House in Vienna includes Kamal Tabrizis A Piece of Bread, Pouran Derakhshandehs A Candle in the Wind, Shahriya...
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Turkish students studying in Viennas universities are to open a public library of Turkish texts and literature. First set up in 2002 as a book lending centre for the use of Turkish students only, ther...
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Vienna: science capital of Europe.
Vienna city mayor Michael Hupl has announced his intention to make the Austrian capital a centre of knowledge, research and science, as it was prior to 1938 when the Nazi takeover forced many academic...
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Danube Island open-air festival.
More than 300 bands, cabaret and theatre groups will present over 600 hours of free entertainment on 22 stages along the length of the Danube Island and the banks of the river for the 23rd annual Danu...
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Mozart booths hit the streets.
Visitors and residents can now enjoy the delights of Mozarts genius as they are walking down the street thanks to 50 bright red "Calling Mozart" booths placed strategically around Vienna. The booths,...
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An enormous party to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart is planned in Salzburg on 27 January. In Vienna on this same day the capital will officially reopen the restored downtown house w...
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Viennas beautiful state opera house in Ring Avenue has celebrated the 50th anniversary of its official reopening after world war two, when it was flattened by Allied bombing. Placido Domingo, Bryn Ter...
