A bitterly cold night on the 27th of January saw thousands of people to gather to protest against the annual WKR Ball. Why demonstrate against a ball you ask? What’s wrong with a bunch of people not being able to waltz and wearing uncomfortable clothes?
Vienna
Blog action day: „My city my river“: Rediscovering the Danube
By Daniel Spichtinger
Austrians have always had a special relationship with the Danube. Some look nostalgically at it, remembering the time when many of the countries on the Danube were under Austrian rule – providing the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the alias “the Danube Monarchy” and its unofficial anthem, the Blue Danuebe Waltz.
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May 9, 2010: Towards More Solidarity in Europe?
Europe Day was held on May 9 in Vienna under the banner of human rights.
By Audrey Plaza and Perrine Recours.
Translation by Perrine Recours. Editing by Alexandra Skwara.
It was almost impossible to miss: the giant
blue and yellow balloons representing fundamental rights caught the eye of any
tourist lost on Schwarzenbergplatz. For the first time in Vienna, the Europe
Day was organized jointly by three organizations: the European Union Agency for
Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Office of the European Parliament in Austria and
the Delegation of the European Commission in Vienna. Thus, the Europe Day was
set in the context of the struggle for human rights and was a good opportunity to raise people's awareness and inform the public about these rights.
By Audrey Plaza and Perrine Recours.
Translation by Perrine Recours. Editing by Alexandra Skwara.
It was almost impossible to miss: the giant
blue and yellow balloons representing fundamental rights caught the eye of any
tourist lost on Schwarzenbergplatz. For the first time in Vienna, the Europe
Day was organized jointly by three organizations: the European Union Agency for
Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Office of the European Parliament in Austria and
the Delegation of the European Commission in Vienna. Thus, the Europe Day was
set in the context of the struggle for human rights and was a good opportunity to raise people's awareness and inform the public about these rights.
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Challenges and opportunities for the European youth : a review of the first Babel Wien debate
Babel Wien called, and about 100 people came! - The first event, jointly organized by the Information Office of the European Parliament in Austria, the representation of the European Commission and the local team of Café Babel in Vienna, was a great success. On March 17th the event hall of the "Haus der Europäischen Union" in Vienna's first district was the venue for a panel discussion on the topic "Kein Job, keine Perpektive? - Europäische Jugend in der Krise" (“No Job, No Perspectives? – European Youth in the Crisis”) and it couldn't have been more suitable.
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Mucha in Vienna
A comprehensive exhibition at the Belvedere reveals the many facets of
this Czech artist
By Daniel Spichtinger.
Born in Moravia (today part of the Czech Republic) the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is best known for his posters immortalizing the performances of the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt, which were created during his Paris period. These works, including the ads for Gismonda and Medea are on prominent display in the exhibition of Mucha’s work in Vienna’s Belvedere. However, the exhibition goes far beyond these iconographic posters and displays exhibits that are less known but equally beautiful. They range from the very small – like jewellery designed according to his specifications – to the monumental, like the pavilion for Bosnia-Herzegovina which he decorated for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
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Babel Wien, the new cityblog of the local team of Cafebabel.com in Vienna
Babel Wien is a participatory and multilingual cityblog animated by a
dozen young European writers and translators from the Community of Cafebabel.com.Discover more about what we do and who we are...
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