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Österreichischer Rundfunk

Posting is the new way of expression among members of the Streetart scene. The item features an interview with the two sticker artists Made and Busk.

The European Union financially supports the Czech Republic and Slovakia after a flooding catastrophe. These countries are seen as most likely to be among the next states to join the EU.

Various religions confessions criticized the Pope's visit to Austria. Especially members of the Protestant church critically note that Benedict XVI should have participated in the most important ecumenical meeting in Sibiu (Romania) rather than coming…

Twenty years after the nuclear catastrophy in Tchernobyl Austria is still free of nuclear energy but only as far as energy production is concerned. Via energy imports Austrians also use nuclear energy. A water energy company from Tyrol, the "Tiroler …

An item showing the project of a car-free model housing in the district Floridsdorf, Vienna. Since the tenants of the 244 apartments committed not to use or own a car, only 20 parking facilities were constructed to be used as car-sharing and bicycle place…

The items presents the results of the lastest poll on the membership in the EU. Only one out of three Austrians approve of EU membership and only 5% support the idea of Turkey being granted membership in the EU.

There's a new discussion in Austria on tourists from Russia. The whole issue was raised when a tourism manager from Kitzbühel spoke in public about introducing a sort of quota systems for tourists coming from Russia. However, Russians tend to chose Au…

The 27 Member States of the European Union agreed on the Treaty of Lisbon (reform treaty). After the ratification by all member states the treaty will become effective with January 1st, 2009. In Austria the Parliament will ratify the treaty, however, anti…

Wearing the wrong shoes can have a negative effect on back and ankles. MBT shoes cushion your feet, challenge your muscles and so create natural conditions for standing and walking.

In the light of fashion, the women's museum in Merano traces back the changes women in Merano underwent between 1880 and 1980.

For the whole of 2003 Graz was the "culture capital of Europe", already on the first weekend a lot of people attended the various events and visited new sights like the artificial island in the Mur river.

The Gouvernor of the Bank of Austria (OeNB), Klaus Liebscher, describes the common currency Euro as an important step for the European integration.

There are only few hip hoppers in Austria. Only a small number of Afro-Austrians and Africans living here belong to the hiphop scene and producing the music that expresses their feelings best. In Vienna's district Simmering, the hip-hopper JMC and his…

Austria tries to attract visitors from Eastern Europe and from overseas in order to come up with an annual loss of about 0,2 per cent. Werfenwang in the region Tennengau now forces sustainable tourism.

On September 28th, 1973 two Palestinian terrorists took four hostages in a train near the Austrian-Czech border near Marchegg. The terrorists demanded the shut down of a transit camp for jewish refugees from Eastern Europe in the Austrian village of Schön…

Graduates from the Austrian Sankt-Georgs-College in Istanbul organized the exhibition "Zeitreise in die österreich-türkische Vergangenheit (a travel through the Austrian-Turkish past)" to improve the relationship between Austria and Turkey.

As more and more people from its eastern neighbouring countries decide to spend their holidays in the South, Austrian politicians see themselves forced to consider new ways of traffic planning. But according to the new general traffic plan, an expansion o…

The upcoming holidays mark the starting point for numerous street works on Austrian motorways. Apart from thousands of minor construction works, there are ten large construction sites that obstruct traffic: first of all, one area of the motorway A10 just …

Designer outlets are more popular than ever before. While a the huge designer outlet center of Parndorf in Austria's province Burgenland is a big success retailers in the region complain about declining sales.

In a train set of the Kitzstein-Horn mountain a fire broke out today, killing 150 people.

The construction of a new General Hospital in Vienna in the late 1970ies was accompanied by bribe-taking and corruption in which politicians were involved. What followed was one of the biggest political scandals in post-war Austria and for years several d…

Are Austrians afraid of Europe? This and other questions regarding European integration are discussed during a symposium in Linz.

An item showing the transport of radioactive material from the Slovenian atomic plant Krsko over the Karawanken tunnel.

The Viennese police keeps searching for Ernst Dostal, who is suspected of having committed several murders.