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Despite health experts agreeing inoculation is the best route to move beyond Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach, the proven safety of vaccines and with tighter restrictions on the way, a small minority refuses to be jabbed.
- Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fraulein Lieser had not been seen in public for a century when it was put up for auction, where a Hongkonger bid US$32 million for it
- Just before its sale a man, reportedly a potential heir to the original owner’s legal successor, came forward claiming to own the unfinished painting
The intensely coloured Portrait of Fraulein Lieser is one of the last works by the Austrian modernist artist.
Of the 22 arrested, eight were put in detention pending trial and the other 14 were under house arrest, with one, an accountant, banned from practising.
After years of negotiations to join Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, there is now free access for travellers arriving by air or sea from both countries, marking new step in countries’ integration with the EU.
From 1842 to 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic was an all-male ensemble. Now it has 24 female musicians and is catching up with some of the world’s other leading orchestras.
Herbert Fritz travelled to Afghanistan last year and published an article titled ‘Vacations with the Taliban’. He was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of espionage.
The popular Vollpension Cafe in Austria is staffed mostly with people above 60 and offers home-made cakes and traditional recipes while making a statement against elderly poverty and loneliness.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his lesser-known girlfriend of a decade Heather Milligan were just spotted at the Kitz Race Party in Kitzbühel, Austria – here’s what we know about her
With visitor numbers back to pre-pandemic levels, Vienna aims to draw well-heeled tourists away from the most popular sights by offering exclusive experiences and tours of less visited parts of the city.
EU foreign ministers hold separate talks Monday with their Israeli and Palestinian counterparts on the prospects for lasting peace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a future two-state solution.
Former actor and California governor allegedly entered Germany with undeclared watch, valued at about US$21,739, which was potentially to be auctioned for charity in Austria.
Gaston Glock was the reclusive engineer and tycoon who developed one of the world’s bestselling handguns.
Turkey’s president stepped up his attacks on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis.
German police are carrying out strict controls at the cathedral in Cologne following a ‘danger warning’ for New Year’s Eve.
Rolf, owned by a Cyprus-based firm and founded by Russian businessman Sergei Petrov, was one of the first car dealerships to emerge after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The package focuses on a Russian-origin diamond import ban as well as imposing additional import and export bans on Russia, the European Commission said on Monday.
Ukraine has hailed its “historic step” towards European Union membership amid its ongoing war against Russia.
The storm has trapped residents in their homes, inundated hospitals and disrupted travel, with vast inland areas affected by the flooding.
Vlad the Impaler, known as Dracula, inspired the vampire in Bram Stoker’s novel. Vlad was no ghoulish fiend, though, for all his cruelty, as curators at his family’s castle in Austria emphasise.
Claim of dead hostages, which could not be independently verified, comes amid a massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
Among those killed was a 6-year-old child, and the people on board were Syrian and Turkish citizens, police said.
Police are expected to occupy the premises where Hitler was born in 1889 in early 2026.
From bodybuilding champ to real action hero and cigar-smoking governor … chart the evolution of Arnie with our pick of images from Taschen’s new 2-volume photo book
Residents are getting tired of dealing with up to 10,000 visitors a day and in late August blocked the road leading to the village. A replica of the village was built in China about a decade ago.
Austrian rail operator OeBB has Europe’s biggest fleet of night trains, serving 1.5 million passengers in carriages that include bed compartments.
‘Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan)’ sold after a 10-minute bidding war between four art lovers at a Sotheby’s auction in London.
Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung asks 173,000 public sector staff to join organ donor register.
The Hungarian government is releasing thousands of foreign prisoners serving sentences for human trafficking on the condition they leave Hungary within 72 hours, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The two suspects also blasted the ‘Heil Hitler’ Nazi salute via the train’s intercom several times – a criminal offence in Austria.
