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'Finally back home': Rebel octogenarian nuns reclaim Austrian convent

A piano used by Ludwig van Beethoven is displayed at the Beethoven House museum. It was here in Baden, Austria, that the composer spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony.
Lifestyle

Ode to joy: How Austria shaped Beethoven’s Ninth

Austrian artist Andreas Joska-Sutanto has been toiling away for years at cutting up Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" in a bid to "deconstruct" its negativity, while rearranging it into a cookbook.
Lifestyle

Austrian artist turns Hitler manifesto into cookbook

FILE PHOTO: The sign of Signa Holding is placed on one of their offices in Vienna, Austria, December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo
Property

Tycoon Haselsteiner pledges 25 million euros to Signa development

FILE PHOTO: The sign of Signa Holding is placed on a crane next to a construction site in Vienna, Austria, December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo
Property

Two key Signa divisions filing for insolvency

A man points at a screen showing the chosen plan for the architectural redesign of Adolf Hitler's birth house, during a press conference at the Austrian Interior ministry in Vienna in 2020.
Lifestyle

Hitler birth house redesign to start in October

OMV plans to transform itself from one of eastern Europe’s biggest fossil-fuel companies to an integrated green enterprise built around chemicals, recycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure.
Companies & Markets

Abu Dhabi, OMV in talks to form US$30 billion chemicals giant

Stricter mortgage rules are exacerbating the slump, dragging down offer prices in May to an average of 7,084 euros (S$10,306) per square metre.
Property

Vienna becomes epicentre of Europe’s housing woes

The Wiener Zeitung was in 2004 ranked as one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation, the World Association of News Publishers told AFP.
Lifestyle

One of world’s oldest newspapers to end daily print run

The puppets and their startlingly lifelike movements take years to master, which is why the Austrian theatre’s work has Unesco World Heritage status.
Lifestyle

'True artistry': Austria puppets charm with age-old craft

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