Austria

Police deploy to sensitive sites in Vienna, warning of Islamist attack

"Our intelligence services have reason to believe that an assault with an Islamist motive is planned to be carried out in Vienna," Vienna police said in English on Twitter.

By REUTERS
15/03/2023

How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder

We may have lost sight of why we created the State of Israel. This memoir should serve as a timely reminder.

Russian OSCE delegates walk out after 'Russian warship' quote

A Latvian delegate repeated the now famous quote the Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island made to an attacking Russian warship.

Austria looks to attract Israeli tourists

Austria hopes to attract more Israeli tourists, but it also hopes to see more Austrians visiting Israel.

By DAVID ZEV HARRIS , MARK GORDON
13/02/2023
nazi looted art

Holocaust victim's heirs to pay Austria after mix-up over returned Klimt

The original owner was forced to sell the piece to survive in 1938

By REUTERS
10/02/2023

Encounter in Vienna: A shared context and discussions of murder

Strangers who in normal circumstances would never have met, talking not about Vienna but about murder.

By SUSAN KENNEDY
26/01/2023

Iran regime terrorist spy operations spread in Austria - intel report

Austria is a “spy paradise” for Iran, Russia, China and Turkey because of weak criminal penalties for espionage.

The music of Gustav Mahler gets saluted in Jerusalem

The Masterclass Project on Gustav Mahler and fellow composers Hugo Wolf, Alban Berg and Anton Webern will take place at the JAMD on January 22-24.

21/01/2023

Vienna's many faces, from cultural hub to antisemitism promoter - review

The author obviously loves Vienna, but he has not allowed his passion for the city to blind him to so many of its residents’ history of hatred and persecution of the Jewish people.

By AARON LEIBEL
07/01/2023
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