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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
Syria dismisses IAEA report, says probe should end (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria's nuclear energy chief said on Friday a U.N. watchdog report on an alleged secret Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel proved nothing and the investigation should be closed.
21 Nov 2008, 12:24 pm | click here for more
U.S. says IAEA hardens fear of covert Syria atom site (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would lift pressure on it to arrive clean.
21 Nov 2008, 11:56 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