Stories from Austria

The Iranian band 'The Black and Gold', based in Vienna, is renewing its repertoire and planning appearances in the West. Their album, 'Tier Drop', features a piece for the mythical bird Simurgh.

The music group The Black and Gold, based in Vienna, has released an album titled 'Tier Drop'. Their music incorporates Iranian musical tradition.

Cellebrite, a digital forensics company, reportedly counts over 7,000 law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and corporate organizations worldwide as clients. This includes police forces in 25 of the 27 European Union member states.

A Buddhist university is planned for Kremsmünster in Upper Austria. Buddhists have purchased Krems Eck Castle, which has been vacant for years, for this purpose. The project envisions an education and cultural center, including a private Buddhist university.

Angela Weichmann, mother of 10-year-old Clemens, criticizes that children with special educational needs in Austria do not have the same schooling rights as non-disabled children. She states her son cannot attend school for the same duration as his non-disabled sister.

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger delivered a keynote speech today, May 9, which her party described as a "declaration of love" for the European Union.

The Upper Austrian municipality of Reichersberg has rejected a proposal or offer from the shipping giant Amazon.

The program for a large open-air staging, scheduled for September 4th, was announced this morning.

An entity, likely within Austria, expects to generate 90 million Euros in additional revenue over the next two years.

A 20-year-old individual has been arrested in Tirol, Austria, in connection with the life-threatening injury of a man in Munich, Germany, a week prior. According to police, the Austrian suspect was apprehended without resistance.