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August 2008

Abschied von Hansi Lang

Hansi Lang (13. Jänner 1955 in Wien; † 24. August 2008) war ein österreichischer Sänger und Schauspieler.Mit 13 Jahren war Lang bereits Schlagzeuger einer Amateurband. Schon in den 1970er Jahren machte sich Hansi Lang einen Namen als Sänger in diversen Bands.2006 erhielt er für das Projekt The Slow Club den österreichischen Musikpreis „Amadeus“ in der [...]

Glance of Alfred Gusenbauer

It was election campaign event in Vienna Stadthalle, which attracted thousands of people who expressed their support for social democrats prime candidate Werner Faymann. I talked to a few ordinary persons who enjoyed themselves in buffet of concert hall during the speech of Werner Faymann looking at the screen of big monitor with his face, [...]

Zerstört Haider das Kärntner Gesundheitssystem?

Streit und gegenseitige Schuldzuweisungen gehören mittlerweile zum politischen Alltag in Kärnten. Seit einigen Tagen hat der SPÖ Klubobmann von Kärnten, Herwig Seiser, ein neues und ertragreiches Terrain an fruchtbaren Kritikmöglichkeiten entdeckt. Es handelt sich hierbei um das Gesundheitssystem in Kärnten. Dieses wäre in Österreich vorbildhaft, und würde nun von Haiders Leuten völlig ruiniert werden, so [...]

Russian girls dream about Werner Faymann

Austria’s xenophobia Alarm bells are sure to be ringing in Austria’s corridors of power following pressure from the United Nations for the country to improve its stand on the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. The committee criticises the “frequently xenophobic” handling of refugees and immigrants by parties. Speeches of some politicians are “hateful”, declared [...]

Werner Faymann and my plate of spagetti

Chef of styrian social-democrats is for coalition with ÖVP Styrian SPÖ Governor Franz Voves has spoken up in support of governing coalition with the ÖVP. Voves said: “I was and I am a supporter of this coalition. I think that it is the best solution for the next five-ten years.” Franz Voves – former ice-hockey [...]

Austrian singles

Photo of this busy couple was made by me at my balcony with 50-150mm Sigma lens. Poll organized by online partner agency “Parship” shows that most single Austrians do not want to get married. Some ninety-two per cent of respondents said that they preferred to remain single. Another 64 per cent said that they wanted [...]