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...“They have an important role to play in the development of a new neighbourhood and, as far as the city of Vienna is concerned, they are the yeast of urban development.”...
...In the late 18th century the depth of its natural harbour allowed the city to grow faster than Annapolis, the provincial capital. In the 19th century it exported Maryland and Pennsylvania wheat....
...In 1990, after his plans to sell Luna Luna to the city of Vienna or tour it through Europe fell through, Heller sold it to the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation....
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...I ask this because I found myself in smart rooms at the Grand Hotel Wien in Vienna, feeling rather ungrateful....
...Consider this as a counter metric, from the coalface of geopolitical power games: with perhaps the exception of Brussels, more spies are at work in “backwater” Vienna than in any other European city....
...The 1961 Vienna Convention guarantees the inviolability of diplomatic premises, stating that “the agents of the receiving state may not enter them except with the consent of the head of mission”....
...In 2023, Vienna’s celebrations will be championing sustainability with a programme of largely organic vendors, music from local brass ensembles and plenty of the finest Austrian schnitzel....
...The team uncovered a single page from the sketchbook of Beethoven upon which the composer had notated the slow movement of his String Quartet No 9 in 1806, at the behest of the Russian ambassador in Vienna...
...Vienna, a city synonymous with shady cold war intrigue, has once again become the espionage capital of Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and Austria’s government seems in no rush to change that...
...The foreign ministry in Madrid called it a “violation” of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, while its Brazilian counterpart said the move “must be subject to strong repudiation, whatever...
...In this recording Diana Damrau visits the music of three cities, Vienna, Berlin and Paris....
...Guests can choose either courtyard or city views, though it’s the rooms with terraces that will be most tempting in a city that sees an average of 350 sunny days per year....
...To avoid this, Paris is taking a lead from Vienna, where over 60 per cent of inhabitants live in subsidised housing....
...Austria’s intelligence agency has thwarted an Islamist terror attack on Vienna’s annual gay pride parade, as EU officials warn of a growing likelihood of Islamist violence in Europe....
...BIG said it had no role or insight into Signa’s valuations and that its interest in the Postsparkasse was driven by the need to secure central city space for the University of Applied Arts....
...Her commitment to the Vienna Philharmonic is rivalled only by her enthusiasm for music and arts. Marifé is ensuring a future for the unique sound of the Vienna Philharmonic.”...
...Desri says it now manages about 3,000 acres of grazing land and generates enough solar energy to power the city of Denver....
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...When I came to Vienna in the late ’70s it was dark and depressing; there was not much going on and the restaurants were bad and expensive – it still had the feeling of a postwar city....
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