July 7, 2008 - 11:26 pm - Posted by Galina
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 before [...]
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July 1, 2008 - 1:58 pm - Posted by Galina
Governor Franz Voves drinking Styrian wine
In politics one holds no promises
“The head of Styrian government Voves can not be surpassed in incredibility”, told OeVP family speaker Ridi Steibl commenting SPOe-forcingup of prices in Steiermark. On the 1st of July the electricity prices will be raised by 15 percent.
OeVP-family speaker reminded to audience the fact [...]
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June 29, 2008 - 7:11 pm - Posted by Galina
Young female beggar in one of Vienna streets listening to arguments of older woman who suddenly stopped to express her opinion on beggary.
For the first time in my life, I was brought at the place against my will and kept there shut. I felt shaken and thought it must be mistake and soon they would [...]
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June 27, 2008 - 8:12 pm - Posted by Galina
Chancellor Gusenbauer canceled summer party
” I am not in the mood to celebrate”,- said Austria’s chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer. He had canceled his traditonal summer party.
All of the invitations were forwarded, but Gusenbaeur changed his mind and blew off the celebrations.
Last year this event was a full success.
One year later the situation is totally different. Gusenbauer [...]
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June 23, 2008 - 10:00 pm - Posted by Galina
One of manifestations in Vienna. The man with the dog has inscription at his shirt: “Nothing moves forward without Haider”
According to my private statistics J�rg Haider is the most frequent Google search term after words sex and nudity that direct visitors to my website.
When you live in the western country and bring reminiscences about [...]
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June 16, 2008 - 8:18 pm - Posted by Galina
New Socialist party(SPOe) Chef Werner Faymann
CV
Werner was born on 4 May of 1960 in Vienna
1985 - 1988 consultant at the central savings bank,
1988 director of the Viennese Tenants’ counseling.
1981 - 1987 provincial chairman of Socialistic Youth Vienna
1985 - 1994 member of the Viennese state parliament and municipal council
1994 executive city councilor for urban renewal,
president of [...]
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June 11, 2008 - 8:45 pm - Posted by Galina
Group of people in Mariahilfer Strasse, Vienna
Zhanna
It was sunny spring of 1982. The university alley of apple and peach trees was all pink lace of blossoms. The air was fresh and clear. But I was ascending marble staircase of main building with monument of Great Chief at the top feeling chill in my heart.
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June 8, 2008 - 11:19 pm - Posted by Galina
In my sophisticated forties, I still feel amazed about gender differences. I would call phenomena masculine stupidity, if I did not know that many men consider women to be equally stupid. Problem arises when I submit to insistent invites for a cup of coffee from bold male explorers, who after spotting nude pictures in my [...]
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May 22, 2008 - 6:57 pm - Posted by Galina
The moral postulate of soviet society was simple: who does not work must not eat, and parasitism was considered to be hardest sin. One could even be in problems with police suspected in parasitic mode of existence.
Living in center of Europe nowadays, I see symbiotic relationships with society to be of no great fault at [...]
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May 21, 2008 - 9:24 pm - Posted by Galina
It was 5 o�clock in the morning. I lay in darkness of the room awaked by strange sensation. The night was sticky and still, and full moon accompanied by blinking pearl of lonely star beamed in the open window. A moment later neighbor�s dog gave low howl of misery and supplication, and distant wails of [...]
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May 2, 2008 - 9:42 am - Posted by Galina
May Demo
It was traditional the 1 May demo and Day of the Work in Vienna yesterday, and to express their solidarity with social-democratic, communist and national minorities movements in the country thousands of people marched along streets of the city toward Parliament and City council, where chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, mayor Michael Häupl, trades-union leader [...]
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March 19, 2008 - 11:06 pm - Posted by Galina
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