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Vienna’s Model Shows the Government Really Can Guarantee Housing for All
Truthout
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September 2, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. In the United States, calls for better social services, public programs, and other state-led interventions are reliably met with cries...
Austria hits milestone with 25% of vineyards now organic
The Drinks Business
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September 2, 2025
One in four of Austria’s vineyards – or 10,524 hectares – are now certified organic according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The world-leading proportion reflects significant growth in the 21st century. An Austrian vineyard with cover...
Austria Ends a Century of Official Secrecy as New Freedom of Information Law Takes Effect
Freedom Magazine
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September 2, 2025
Austria now requires proactive disclosure of administrative documents, contracts and data after five generations of constitutionally enshrined secrecy. After a century of official secrecy, Austria is set to make history: On September 1, 2025, the...
Portland city councilor defends taxpayer-funded trip to Vienna: 'I'm not going on a vacation; I'm going on a study trip'
KGW 8 - Oregon
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September 3, 2025
Councilor Candace Avalos defended the trip, saying that social housing, which is prevalent in Vienna, may be the solution to housing affordability in Portland. PORTLAND, Oregon — This week, about 20 people, including three city councilors and...
Christie’s appoints Rahul Kadakia as APAC president
The Drinks Business
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September 2, 2025
Bonnie Brennan, the auction house’s global CEO, has appointed Rahul Kadakia as Christie’s new president in Asia Pacific. He will take up the role from January 2026. Kadakia will also assume responsibility of the global luxury and Asian and world...
Vienna Stock Exchange: STRABAG And PORR Enter The ATX
Mondovisione
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The semi-annual review of Austrian indices by the Index Committee has resulted in a change of the composition of the ATX. STRABAG SE and PORR AG have been added to Austria's benchmark index, replacing Telekom Austria AG and Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG....
Austria embraces hydrogen mobility with new fleet of buses for Vienna
Petrol Plaza
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September 2, 2025
Ten hydrogen-powered buses to debut on one of the capital’s busiest routes via CaetanoBus.Austria is taking a decisive step toward zero-emission transport with the introduction of hydrogen-powered buses in Vienna. Public transport operator Wiener...
Plane that crashed at Bangor International Airport bounced off runway before striking fence
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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September 2, 2025
The plane that crashed at Bangor International Airport last month bounced on the runway before hitting a light, rising back into the air, crashing into a fence and tumbling across the ground, federal officials said Tuesday. The crash killed Luigi...
Major expansion begins on Budapest–Vienna motorway – more affordable vignettes for those affected
Daily News Hungary
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September 2, 2025
As of 1 September, construction has begun on the main lane expansion of the M1 motorway, according to a joint statement released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Construction and Transport (ÉKM) and MKIF Hungarian Concessions Infrastructure...
Prices in Vienna for Public Transport, Parking, and Local Taxes Are Going Up
Vindobona
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Vienna raises prices for public transport tickets and parking. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Manfred Werner / Tsui [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Finance Councilor Barbara Novak and Transport and Planning...
CHOP and change: Mayor Jeff Martin on the state of Hamilton
Community News - New Jersey
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All in all, Hamilton Township has had a pretty good 2025. Yes, there are major concerns about the state of affairs at Trenton Water Works. Hamilton and the other suburban towns served by the capital city facility continue to seek answers for...
Elderly hiker dies after being trampled by cows in Austrian Alps
The Independent
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September 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
ICDO Secretary-General meets with President of UN Human Rights Council
Azertag
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September 2, 2025
Vienna, September 2, AZERTAC Arguj Kalantarli, Secretary-General of the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO) headquartered in Geneva, met with Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and to the other...
Kenya’s Ryan Ogam seals dream move to Austria’s Wolfsberger AC
Citizen TV Kenya
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September 2, 2025
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s fast-rising striker Ryan Ogam has completed a move from Tusker FC to Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC, marking a major milestone in his blossoming career. The 20-year-old, born in Nairobi in December 2004, will...
What's the law on magic mushrooms in Germany?
The Local - Germany
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September 2, 2025
While cannabis has been legalised for recreational use in Germany, the country's laws around psychedelic mushrooms have not yet been relaxed. Compared to many other European countries, German law is quite strict on the use of hallucinogenic...
Heart of Glass: Kansas City International Airport’s Newest Parking Facility is Redefining Airport Parking Design
Aviation Pros
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August 31, 2025
“Traditionally, parking designers and owners haven’t thought about architectural glass as a façade material for parking facilities,” said Steven Jayson of Bendheim Glass. “But it’s actually a perfect material for parking. It’s more attractive than...
Opinion: U.S. science and universities are becoming political hostages in the Orbánization of knowledge
STAT - Massachusetts
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September 2, 2025
When an authoritarian sets out to dismantle a democracy, they rarely begin with tanks in the streets. They start with the institutions that shape how a nation understands itself — its universities, its research labs, its spaces for free inquiry....
Highest BREEAM rating in DACH region for Vienna office
European Patent Office
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September 2, 2025
The EPO’s newly renovated Vienna office has received the highest BREEAM rating in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) – an outstanding 98.47%. For over 30 years, the BREEAM certification system has been a global benchmark for setting...
Austria reaffirms neutrality, rules out NATO membership
Al Mayadeen
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September 1, 2025
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker confirms NATO membership is not on the agenda, reaffirming Austria’s neutrality amid Russian warnings and a renewed debate over the country’s security policy. Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker stressed...
Cyberpunk 2077 devs CD Projekt might have invented presidential time travel just to tease something
Rock Paper Shotgun
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September 2, 2025
It's been a little while since we got another Cyberpunk 2077 tease that makes folks wonder whether CD Projekt are about to u-turn on adding more stuff to it yet again. Here one is, though, and it invites us 2025 dwellers to help out a president...