Full Coverage: Austria

25.07.2008 Austria has banned the import of the "highly dangerous" genetically engineered maize MON 863, produced by US agro-chemical giant Monsanto.

25.01.2007 from Treehugger:
There's an important ski race but no snow so what do you do? It's a no brainer: bring in snow from higher elevations. By helicopter!

12.05.2006 From May 10 to May 13, 2006, the representatives of civil organizations from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) hold the altenative gathering “Linking alternatives 2” in Vienna, to oppose and criticize the EU-LAC “back door neo-liberalism”.

11.04.2006 Vienna and Bad Isch, Austria, were the host cities of the Austria Youth Event 2006, held on March 28-31, with participation of youth representatives from all EU countries, candidate countries and other countries in Europe. The aim of the conference was to discuss the future of youth policies in Europe.

22.02.2006 After the jailing of revisionist historian David Irving for Holocaust denial, journalist D. D. Guttenplan - who has followed his case for years - argues that allowing mavericks the right to deny historical truth is a risk worth taking to preserve free speech rights.

16.02.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Global warming watch out: Ice hockey fans are out to get you.

22.12.2005 The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) is organising an International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications ~EuroIMSA 2006~ from February 13-15, 2006
at Innsbruck, Austria.

26.07.2005 Audiovisual archivists, conservators and IT specialists from Laos, Cuba, Uganda, Ethiopia, Israel, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Denmark and Austria met for the Vienna Summer School on Audio Preservation from 11 to 15 July 2005 in Austria’s capital.

08.07.2005 UNESCO sponsored international three-day symposium, opens today in Vienna, Austria. The conference focuses on the development of information design as a distinct profession and area of expertise.

06.06.2005 The Austrian government has hosted a WSIS contributory conference on “ICTs and Creativity” that ended today.

28.05.2003 Teachers in Viennese primary, secondary and special schools will conduct their classes outside the classrooms on June 17. This is the 6th consecutive year that the "Open School Day" is being held to showcase the school as a place of learning without boundaries.

07.10.2002 A new Austrian interior ministry directive that deprives many asylum-seekers of federal government care was described as inhuman and unfair by an international alliance of non-governmental organisations today.

21.12.2001 Nigeria is to sign a debt rescheduling agreement for over US $3 billion with Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This follows an agreement reached between Nigeria and the three countries at the 4th Debt Bilateral Rescheduling meeting.

05.12.2001 A long-standing dispute between Austria and the Czech Republic over a Czech nuclear power plant at Temelín has been resolved after the Czechs agreed to be legally bound to introduce safety improvements.

02.08.2001 Fears over the risks posed by a controversial nuclear plant in the Czech Republic are mounting in neighbouring Austria following positive conclusions in a draft report on safety leaked from the European Commission.

02.07.2001 Staunch efforts by organisers of the World Economic Forum in Austria managed to avert serious clashes with anti-globalisation demonstrators at the opening of an "all European" meeting yesterday.

09.02.2001 Austrian anti-nuclear campaigners are threatening to relaunch a string of blockades next week following a two-month delay in plans for a study of the potential environmental impact of a Czech nuclear power station 30 miles from the Austrian border.

24.12.2000 Women from 13 countries around the world will be among the first to benefit from an international guarantee that ensures them the right to seek justice at the United Nations.

01.11.2000 Austria has signed a historic agreement with the Czech Republic to give over US$35 million in compensation to people who toiled as forced labourers during World War II.

27.10.2000 Austria's threat to hinder the Czech Republic's European Union membership bid over nuclear safety concerns underscores the need for international atomic energy standards, says a green pressure group.