Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Vienna" produced 135 items.
| 1. How to make friends | October 22, 2009 |
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Commissioner's none-too-subtle pitch for a new job. There was plenty to treasure in a speech that Viviane Reding, Luxembourg's European commissioner, gave to the European... |
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| 2. The bitter fruits of a failed ideology | March 6, 2009 |
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The world's politicians appear set to continue the War on Drugs – an ideology that has already shown it is worse than bankrupt.
Around the world, an invisible emergency... |
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| 3. The Teflon man | October 23, 2008 |
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A man who has pulled his party back from the abyss and climbed to the peak of politics. Werner Faymann always wears a smile. Not a generous smile that oozes warmth, rather... |
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| 4. An Austrian-Slovak ‘peace accord' | May 15, 2008 |
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Roll out the (pork) barrel. There was a touching display of unity in the Parliament last week (6 May) as MEPs from both Austria and Slovakia presented the joint bid from... |
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| 5. Finding a home for European technology | May 15, 2008 |
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Despite severe trimmings, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology has attracted four bids to host it. Long before it starts functioning in 2009, the European... |
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| 6. Bratislava, Vienna make joint bid to host institute | April 30, 2008 |
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Bid is one of four from Central Europe; decision due within two months. The Slovakian and Austrian governments have teamed up to present a joint bid to host the new European... | |
| 7. The discreet charm of Viennese rubbish | January 24, 2008 |
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The Austrian capital's waste system is the envy of other European cities, writes Edward Steen. It is not often that an incinerator plant, even one as colourful as the... | |
| 8. Moscow missionary | October 31, 2007 |
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The stereotypical Russian diplomat is an older fellow with a brooding mind and a booming voice which he often uses to say “nyet”, and is perhaps not the most socially... | |
| 9. Auto king | March 15, 2007 |
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Industrial royalty has all but died out in Europe. The bloodlines of many a company founder have flowed into the world of hedonism, with descendants selling off business... | |
| 10. Telling the pornographer's tale | February 15, 2007 |
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A famous New Yorker cartoon depicts two people talking at a Manhattan party. “I'm writing a book,” says one. “Neither,” replies the other, “am I.” This mordant... | |
| 11. Kubis: don't rush talks on Kosovo | February 15, 2007 |
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Slovak Foreign Minister Ján Kubis has said that time must be given to reach a negotiated solution on Kosovo's future, after the United Nations' chief negotiator said he... | |
| 12. Wanted: a new deal for dissidents | January 18, 2007 |
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The fifth anniversary of Guantánamo and the plight of European residents still there spotlights a long-running injustice under international law. Four years ago I was legal... | |
| 13. The Week Ahead | June 22, 2006 |
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22 June: Debate on integration or fragmentation of European justice and home affairs, with members of the European Parliament and national parliamentarians, Brussels; 26... | |
| 14. The disunited state of relations with America | June 15, 2006 |
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Two MEPs offer different points of view on Europe's relationship with the US In the past few years, there has been a preoccupation with projecting consensus between the EU... | |
| 15. Waltzing to a Latin beat in Vienna | May 11, 2006 |
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Two MEPs discuss EU-Latin American relations Today and tomorrow (12-13 May) the City of Vienna will hold the fourth European Union-Latin American and the Caribbean Summit... | |
| 16. EU-wide diabetes network | May 4, 2006 |
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Health ministers will in June present proposals for a Europe-wide network of healthcare facilities specialising in diabetes treatment and research. They will also call for... | |
| 17. The Week Ahead | May 4, 2006 |
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4 May: Governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt; 4-5 May: European Aviation Summit, organised by the Austrian presidency, Salzburg; 4 May:... | |
| 18. The Week Ahead | April 27, 2006 |
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27-28 April: Delegation of the Parliament's temporary committee on the alleged use of EU countries by the CIA for transport of prisoners visits Macedonia. On the agenda:... | |
| 19. The Week Ahead | April 20, 2006 |
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20 April: Conference on social services, organised by the Austrian presidency of the EU and the European Commission, Vienna. On the agenda: social services of general... | |
| 20. European Voice ten years ago | April 20, 2006 |
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With the European Commission attacking practices ranging from centuries-old banking laws to new ecologically-motivated road levies, Austrian love for the Union is currently... | |
