Austrian former property tycoon Rene Benko goes on trial for fraud

INNSBRUCK: Austrian former billionaire Rene Benko went on trial on Tuesday in the first case connected to the collapse of his property group Signa, which at its peak acquired stakes in New York's Chrysler Building and British department-store...

Strabag shareholders withdraw arbitration to avoid Russian court penalty

Raiffeisenbank premises in Moscow Shareholders in Austrian engineering company Strabag have withdrawn an arbitration against a sanctioned Cypriot entity linked to Oleg Deripaska, citing the threat of a billion-euro Russian court penalty if the...

The Austrian left-winger taking on Europe’s orthodoxies

Faika El-Nagashi has bravely challenged her own political tribe on sex and gender Seven years ago, when she was still a Green MP in Vienna, Faika El-Nagashi first sensed something was badly amiss in the movement she had helped build. At the...

Wood County Schools Board of Education approves contract for new Lincoln Elementary School construction

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Wood County Schools passed a major milestone today that puts them one step closer to beginning construction on the new Lincoln Elementary School. Thursday the Wood County Schools Board of Education held a special...

ORF Upgrades Sound Control Room at Vienna Musikverein With Lawo’s mc²56

VIENNA—With the 2025-26 concert season already underway, Austrian broadcaster ORF has inaugurated its newly upgraded sound-control room at the Vienna Musikverein concert hall, which is now fully equipped with IP-based audio technology from Lawo....

Romanian engineering company Simtel to open factory for industrial cleaning robots

The Romanian engineering and technology company Simtel (BVB: SMTL) announced on Tuesday, October 14, that one of its companies will open a factory in Băicoi, Prahova, to produce industrial cleaning robots. Simtel has a 51% stake in Agora Robotics,...

Web3 Startup ivault is Bringing Blockchain-Powered Shared Economy to the Streets of Vienna

ivault:- The Web3 ecosystem has no shortage of promises. But Swiss startup ivault is determined to separate itself from what the community calls vaporware – projects that exist only in whitepapers and Discord chats. The team emphasizes that it’s...

MCF Energy Update of Drilling Operations on the Kinsau-1A Well, Reudnitz Gas Field and Erlenwiese Licence in Germany

MCF Energy Ltd. (TSX.V: MCF; FRA: DC6; OTCQX: MCFNF) is pleased to announce an operational update for the Kinsau-1A (Kn-1A) well in Lech, Germany, and licence extension information for the Reudnitz gas field and Erlenwiese licence. Kinsau 1-A...

ORF Upgrades Sound Control Room At Vienna Musikverein With Lawo

With the 2025-26 concert season already underway, ORF has inaugurated its newly upgraded sound control room at the Vienna Musikverein — now fully equipped with IP-based audio technology from Lawo. This modernization, Lawo says, “marks a...

Slovakia, Austria Stall 19th EU Sanctions Round on Russia

EU member states failed to agree on the 19th package of sanctions against Russia after Slovakia and Austria blocked the proposal, according to Euronews. The new measures target Russian liquefied natural gas, oil infrastructure, shadow tanker...

Discover why Rheinmetall’s new HX3 CTT truck could change US Army's logistics for decades

At AUSA 2025, American Rheinmetall Defense and GM Defense presented the HX3 Common Tactical Truck, developed for the U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck program, which will replace 40,000 heavy trucks. At the AUSA 2025 exhibition in Washington,...

"A positive start to the chestnut season, with production in line with expectations"

"We are currently in the midst of our local chestnut delivery season. The quality is excellent, and the average size is large. The weather has also helped us maintain healthy products so far," says Giancarlo Elmi, the owner of Mitica Srl, an...

Slovakia and Austria Block EU’s 19th Sanctions on Russia

A new round of European Union sanctions against Russia has hit a dead end after Slovakia and Austria refused to give their approval, exposing once again the widening cracks within the bloc over its Russia and Ukraine policy. Slovak Prime Minister...

Eurostat – EU Recession: Industrial production down by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were recorded in Germany (-5.2%), Greece (-4.5%) and Austria (-3.1%). The highest increases were observed in Ireland (+9.8%), Luxembourg (+4.8%) and Sweden (+3.6%)....

Mipcom 2025: Sunny But Sobering, Galvanised by the Rise of YouTube and the Creator Economy as the TV Industry Shifts Focus Once More 

CANNES, FRANCE — Mipcom 2025 played out in glorious sunshine, proving, however, in many ways a sobering affair. Since 2022-23 when Netflix first announced a subs decline and then Hollywood’s double strikes, the only certainty has been fear: That a...

Erema Group buys into BlockTexx, seeking to scale textile-to-textile recycling “to industrial levels”

Austrian-headquartered Erema Group, the world leader in plastic recycling equipment, has made an unspecified strategic investment in Brisbane textile recycling technology startup BlockTexx. The two companies shared the news at industry fair the K...

Lhyfe inaugurates Germany’s largest commercial renewable hydrogen production site to distribute RFNBO-certified hydrogen

16-10-2025 Lhyfe, one of the world’s pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for the decarbonisation of mobility and industry, inaugurated its first commercial production site in Germany in the presence of Winfried Kretschmann,...

Production-ready KTM 990 RC R unveiled

KTM has finally unveiled the production-spec version of the 990 RC R. In 2015, the brand discontinued the RC8 sportbike and announced that it would focus its efforts on making only naked and adventure motorcycles. So now, with its introduction,...

Nigeria, Austria recommit to strengthening bilateral economic relations

Nigerian officials and their counterparts from Austria have committed to strengthening their bilateral economic relations. In a high-level meetings between a delegation led by Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, and...

Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories

The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, has launched a special interest group to help member states better understand the technical and safety requirements of the...