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Last month, Julius Meinl, a prominent businessman, was elected as the new president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, a regional constituent group of the World Jewish Congress.

The hometown crowd belted out "Sweet Caroline" and the beer flowed. It was a hot August night like any in New England, but for one thing: We were in Fssen, Germany, not Fenway Park.

U.S. Army Air Corps veteran George Ditzhazy -- a B-24 bomber pilot who flew 50 combat missions over Europe during World War II -- originally planned to fight on the ground, not in the clouds.

The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has arrived in Iran, her first visit to the Islamic Republic as nuclear talks with world powers continue.

Global landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Tower of London and Sydney Opera House will be lost to rising seas caused by climate change, scientists have warned.

MoMA PS1 presents the most comprehensive survey of painter Maria Lassnig organized in the United States.

An Italian and an Austrian feared to have died on a Malaysia Airlines passenger aircraft that's gone missing had their passports stolen and are safe.

According to the brokerage firm Re/Max, the number of the real estate sales in Austria has declined around 8.3% in the last year.

McDonald's in Austria generated 560 million Euros in sales in 2013 after introducing more branches and expanding it's product range.

DDi is presenting ClinMetanoia, mEDC and integrated biometric services at the DIA 26th Annual EuroMeeting that's being held from 25th to 27th March 2014 at ACV, Vienna, Austria.

Austrian farmers working in Hungary could be forced off their land under new laws initiated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban , a prospect that angers Vienna and could revive conflict between Orban and Brussels.

Inside the dynamite new issue of CounterPunch magazine: John LaForge takes an unflinching survey of the state of the nuclear power industry in the wake of Fukushima: its ailing plants, leaking pipes, security threats, accumulating radioactive waste and escalating costs.

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March 12: More than 200 surviving Viennese Jews were burned to death after a year of persecution, forced conversion, expulsion, imprisonment in their synagogue and mass suicide.

Despite evidence that environmental features are related to physical activity, the association between the built environment and bicycling for transportation remains a poorly investigated subject.

The season begins with Actionism, examining this sensational movement borne out of expressive action painting in Vienna in the late 1950s.

I am standing in the great treasure-house of Austria's decadent Habsburg dynasty, joining a crowd of 21st century bling addicts to gawp over the last hedonistic hurrah of another dying empire.

With higher demand for natural and intense flavours for the best breakfast experience, spreads is expected to see a 1% increase in volume sales and a stable but stronger value growth of 3% in 2012.

The study warns that nearly one-fifth of the 720 world heritage sites will be affected as the climate becomes warmer resulting in melting ice sheets and increasing warmer oceans.

Former England fast bowler Darren Gough has reportedly left his family home near Milton Keynes in Buckhinghamshire, which he's been sharing with his wife, over an alleged affair with hottie Amy Childs - 20 years his junior, reported British tabloid The Sun.