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Vienna To Host BIO-Europe 2009 - First Time Event Is Held Outside Of Germany (Medical News Today)

At the closing of BIO-Europe 2008 in Mannheim/Heidelberg which saw 2400 life science executives engage in an astounding 10,250 one-to-one meetings, EBD Group today announced that next year's BIO-Europe partnering conference will pay a visit to Vienna, Austria.

21 Nov 2008, 7:17 am | click here for more

Vienna Boys Choir not just singers (The Wichita Eagle)

Boys will be boys -- even if they are members of the most famous kids' choir in the world. The Vienna Boys Choir is in the middle of a nine-week tour of the United States. Blog entries suggest that, after singing songs by Schubert and peppy polkas by Johann Strauss, the most popular tour activities are playing soccer and eating pizza and french fries. "These are just normal kids," said choir ...

21 Nov 2008, 2:18 am | click here for more

US Envoy Says IAEA Report Hardens Suspicions Against Syria (Nasdaq)

VIENNA (AFP)--The U.N. atomic watchdog's first report on Syria's alleged nuclear activities has hardened suspicions that it had been building a nuclear reactor at a remote desert site, a top U.S. envoy said Friday.

21 Nov 2008, 10:32 am | click here for more

1st int'l book fair opens in Vienna (People's Daily)

An international book fair Buch Wien 08, the first of its nice hosted by Austria, opened at Vienna Exhibition middle here on Thursday. The international book fair is a semi-professional book exhibition that allows trade of books and copyrights at the same time, which has attracted 271 publishers with 107 from abroad, although the world biggest Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany has only ended for ...

20 Nov 2008, 9:30 pm | click here for more

Vienna airport's profit grows, but traffic growth slows down (EARTHtimes.org)

Vienna - Flughafen Wien AG, Vienna's international airport, reported Thursday that its net profit rose by 5.1 per cent to 34.3 million euros (43.3 million dollars) in the third quarter, while passenger traffic growth slowed down. Earnings before inte...

20 Nov 2008, 6:25 am | click here for more

Minister Ranawaka elected Vienna Convention President (Daily News)

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has been elected President of the Conference of Parties to Vienna Convention at its eighth Convention held in Doha, Qatar.

20 Nov 2008, 2:39 pm | click here for more

Farinelli and Co.: Vienna stages first countertenor festival (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Austrian ORF radio will next week host Vienna's first-ever countertenor festival, two days of concerts dedicated to music for "castrati", adult male singers castrated to preserve their high, angelic soprano voices.

20 Nov 2008, 2:34 pm | click here for more

Vienna to Host BIO-Europe 2009 (Centre Daily Times)

ZURICH, Switzerland & CARLSBAD, Calif. & VIENNA, Austria —

20 Nov 2008, 11:53 am | click here for more

Vienna Secession Presents Sharon Lockhart - Lunch Break (Art Daily)

VIENNA.- Vienna Secession presents Sharon Lockhart - Lunch Break, on view through January 18, 2009. Over the last 15 years US-American artist Sharon Lockhart has made films and photographs that frame moments of everyday life while exploring the subtle relationships between the two mediums.

20 Nov 2008, 10:39 pm | click here for more

Home in Vienna Township damaged in early morning fire (The Flint Journal)

VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- No one was injured in a flame that started at 5:14 a.m. today in a home located at 10416 Clio Road, just south of Wilson Road. The flame was believed to have been triggered by a...

19 Nov 2008, 10:34 am | click here for more



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