Red Poppies of Chu Valley by Galina Toktalieva This is the story of Kyrgyz girl who in turbulent time left her impoverished country for West Europe and came through disastrous experiences of emigration escaping grip of sex trade emissaries – to become eventually professional photographer and American world agency reporter. (The view of red poppies [...]
Werner Braun für die Wiener Nachrichten Ich kann mich noch gut erinnern, als der erste Block des Wohnparks Alt-Erlaa fertiggestellt war und die Wohnungen in allen Medien beschrieben wurden. So gerne hätte ich selbst auch eine kleine eigene Wohnung dort gehabt. Allerdings war ich zu der Zeit noch in Ausbildung und hatte keine Chance, auch [...]
Werner Braun für die Wiener Nachrichten Wenn man jetzt in den ersten Frühlingstagen in Wien-Landstraße unterwegs ist, kann es passieren, dass man in der Jaurèsgasse plötzlich vor einem Gebäude steht, das einem glauben macht, man sei in Moskau. Tatsächlich steht die russisch-orthodoxe Kathedrale schon sehr lange, aber erst nach einer fünfjährigen gründlichen Renovierung entfaltet sie [...]
Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria’s primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan area), it is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It [...]
About 120,000 people in colorful clothes took part in Vienna’s annual Rainbow Parade on Saturday to call for equal rights for gays, lesbians and transvestites. I must add that to be transvestite does not necessarily mean to be homosexual. Some transvestites are fascinated with women’s clothes only, and want to feel themselves, at least temporarily, [...]
Alfred Gusenbauer, the tenth chancellor in the history of the Second Austrian Republic, will be remembered for his short time in that position. Gusenbauer has been Chancellor for 545 days. With an early general election likely to be held by the end of September, he will have been Chancellor for slightly more than 700 days [...]