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Austria's electricity market remains dominated by a handful of state- and local-owned providers, making it superficially diverse but concentrated in…
Jul 16
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Liam Hoare
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Tourism Season
2024 was a record year for tourism in Vienna. Is the city government encouraging overtourism via a relentless pursuit of ever-higher visitor numbers?
Jul 9
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Liam Hoare
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Pension Plan
Austria's government has agreed a sustainability mechanism for the country's pension system that could see the statutory retirement age go up
Jul 2
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Liam Hoare
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June 2025
Let's Talk
Austria still sees itself as a neutral arbiter in world affairs even though its foreign policy no longer accords with that vision
Jun 25
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Liam Hoare
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The Unlivable Livable City
From planting more trees to building out the city’s district cooling network, Vienna's climate change policies need to make the city inhabitable for…
Jun 18
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Liam Hoare
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It's Human Nature
The far-right Freedom Party sees the advance of LGBTQ rights in Austria as an existential threat to children and the nuclear family
Jun 11
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Liam Hoare
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Boomtown
The Social Democratic Party and NEOS will govern Vienna together for a second term, branding themselves the Aufschwungskoalition
Jun 4
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Liam Hoare
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May 2025
Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Car Owners?
Austria's new government has targeted environmental subsidies in cutting €6.4 billion from the budget in 2025
May 28
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Liam Hoare
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Leitln, Wir Ham Den Schas Gewonnen
Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026: a boon for whichever city it is held in, if not the government and public broadcaster that has to…
May 21
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Liam Hoare
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Controlled Freedom: Allied Forces in Vienna
A new exhibition at the Wien Museum examines the Allies' postwar occupation of Vienna and its impact on the cultural realm in the context of the Cold…
May 7
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Liam Hoare
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April 2025
Accounting For The Past
Austria's new government plans to carry out a feasibility study into establishing the country's first Holocaust museum
Apr 30
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Liam Hoare
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City Life
Vienna will hold state and local elections this weekend which are expected to reaffirm the Social Democratic Party's dominant position in Viennese…
Apr 23
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Liam Hoare
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