Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Vienna (Austria) published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 101
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
•
Next >
-
Police: Cannabis on busy Vienna thoroughfare
VIENNA (AP) — Vienna police have shut down an unusual cannabis "ring" — hemp growing along the Austrian capital's busy Ring Street encircling the city's center. Alerted by a news article about the illegal crop, police officers on Friday... -
Austria corruption crackdown spreading its net wide
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Suspicions of bribery at Austria's central bank have dragged it into a nationwide crackdown on corruption that has shaken confidence in the country's highest ranks of power and prestige. Vienna prosecutors this week charged nine...Tags: Prosecution, Central Bank, European Union, Justice System, Political Corruption
-
Austrian central banker charged in bribe case
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna prosecutors charged nine people on Thursday, including the deputy governor of the Austrian National Bank, over suspected bribes in banknote contracts with Azerbaijan and Syria. Wolfgang Duchatczek, 63, and the other suspects...Tags: Prosecution, Breach of Contract, Central Bank, Government, Justice System
-
Salzburg Festival lets Pereira go early to La Scala
ReutersVIENNA, June 12 (Reuters) - The Salzburg Festival has agreed to let director Alexander Pereira go early after falling out over his new post as manager of Milan opera house La Scala. Pereira, who upset Austria's cultural establishment by taking on the...Tags: Siemens, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Music, Austria
-
Floods could cost Germany 12 billion euros in economic damage, warns Fitch
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Floods that have devastated parts of southern and eastern Germany could briefly impede growth in Europe's biggest economy, an industry body said, while ratings agency Fitch said the economic cost could be as high as 12 billion euros....Tags: Weather, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Insurance, Allianz AG Holding
-
|Story
-
READER SUBMITTED: Burlington Resident Honored For Academic Achievement At Providence College
BurlingtonEliza Mandzik, a resident of Burlington, who was awarded a bachelor's degree during Providence College commencement ceremonies held on May 19, was recently honored for her academic achievements. Mandzik graduated summa cum laude and received the...Tags: Financial Aid, Providence College, Education, Awards and Prizes, Culture
-
FACTBOX-Potential Raiffeisen Bank International CEO candidates
ReutersVIENNA, June 6 (Reuters) - The supervisory board of Raiffeisen Bank International meets on Friday to select a successor for Chief Executive Herbert Stepic, who resigned last month. Stepic, 66, has denied wrongdoing in using front companies in the...Tags: Finance, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance, Austria
-
INTERVIEW-ECB's Nowotny says better to revive bank lending than cut rates
Reuters* Euro zone economy on track for H2 recovery * Should not overestimate effect of rate cuts at low level * Focus should be on measures to provide more liquidity * ECB thinking about lowering haircuts on ABS * Monetary policy to remain accommodative for...Tags: Finance, Market and Exchange, Money and Monetary Policy, European Union, European Central Bank
-
Austria says peacekeepers to stay on Golan for now
ReutersVIENNA, May 28 (Reuters) - Austria retracted a threat to pull 380 peacekeepers from the U.N. buffer zone between Syria and Israel, saying on Tuesday that only Britain and France - not the whole European Union - were ready to arm Syrian rebels. Vienna had...Tags: Israel, United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, European Union
-
ECB's Nowotny says better to revive bank lending than cut rates
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking at ways to boost banks' liquidity rather than cutting interest rates, ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny said in an interview with Reuters. Sitting in his wood-panelled office at the Austrian central...Tags: Finance, Deutsche Bank AG, Central Bank, European Union, Economy, Business and Finance
-
Soccer-Austrian championship results and standings
ReutersMay 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Austrian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, May 26 Rapid Vienna 3 Ried 0 Salzburg 3 Austria Vienna 0 Sturm Graz 0 SC Wiener Neustadt 3 Mattersburg 0 FC Admira Wacker Modling 1 WAC/ST....Tags: Austria
Jul 29, 2011
|Story| WSBT-TV
Jun 14, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 12, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 11, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 11, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 1, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 28, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 28, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 28, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 26, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Original site for Vienna (Austria) topic gallery.
