Vienna, Austria News

By Thomas Hochwarter A 54-year-old Viennese man has been handed a five year jail sentence after a court heard how he left his ex-wife fighting for her life after a knife attack.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog's governing board voted overwhelmingly yesterday to censure Iran for its defiant nuclear policies, and demanded an immediate halt to work on an uranium-enrichment plant built in secret in mountain tunnels south of the Iranian capital.

Six decades after "The Third Man" was premiered in London in September of 1949, tourists from around the world slip into the Austrian capital's sewers, to see where the much-acclaimed motion picture was set.

Audio Archive > Bleak > [bleak022] - Live In Vienna 2009 Konstruktivists [bleak022] - Live In Vienna 2009 embed this "Live In Vienna 2009" is the recording of a live show Konstruktivists played in Vienna on October 9th 2009, invited by Klanggalerie and Bleak, together with Nocturnal Emissions.

Following today's meeting at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, with the nine national football associations named last week by German authorities as having domestic league matches under investigation, and based on the information that a number of European fixtures were also being investigated, UEFA General Secretary, Gianni Infantino, issued ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of diseases and conditions than scientists originally thought.

Influential director Lino Brocka lead a string of Filipino filmmakers at this year's Vienna International Film Festival in Austria.

VIENNA, Austria - Tom Cruise has arrived in the Austrian city of Salzburg to shoot scenes for the new action comedy "Knight&Day." Cruise, wearing sunglasses and a casual shirt, waved as he got off a private jet at the local airport Thursday afternoon.

Anyone who has sat in Vienna 's expansive and elegant Caf Central with a kleiner Brauner or Einspnner and portions of delicious Sachertorte will know how important the coffee houses were -- and still are -- to the Viennese .

President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist.

" A 43-year-old Midland man has been charged with cocaine possession. Midland police made an arrest Nov.

The 14th Tea & Coffee World Cup Exhibition & Symposium, Europe's largest and most comprehensive event for the coffee and tea businesses, will be held April 25-27, 2010, at the Reed Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Vienna Christmas Market Photo: eguidetravel Vienna's annual Christmas markets are scheduled to take place in several locations throughout the city between November 14, 2009 and December 26, 2009.

A chef makes omelets during breakfast at the Hotel Sacher in Vienna, Austria. McClatchy Newspapers + Enlarge This image Roast venison at the Steirereck in Vienna, often named by critics as Austria's greatest restaurant.

Nearly sensible dining , the Viennese way VIENNA -- 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 flower, from one great cafe to another, eating almost nothing but classic Viennese pastries.

By Thomas Hochwarter Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is to sing in Vienna during an autograph session at a shopping centre, it has emerged.

By Thomas Hochwarter The chief executive of Austrian private broadcaster Puls 4 will join Red Bull's ServusTV next year, it emerged today .

Danielpour, who grew up in Palm Beach County in the 1960s and '70s, gamely took the podium in Entremont's absence to conduct his five-movement Souvenirs, an accessible, attractive and deftly scored piece that celebrates five cities in Europe, Asia and the United States.

By Thomas Hochwarter Veteran Viennese playboy Richard Lugner is to bring Victoria Beckham to Vienna for an autograph session as a sixteenth birthday present for his daughter, it emerged last night .

By David Rogers Gordon Brown is being urged to intervene in an investigation into the mysterious death of British scientist Timothy Hampton.