Longford County Council Sport Bursary 2025 recipients announced

Longford County Council Sports Bursary 2025 recipients have been announced at a special celebratory event in Áras an Chontae buildings which took place on Tuesday, 23 September. This bursary recognises the achievements of sportspeople who have the...

Squad finalised for Hockey Junior World Cup

Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) has finalised a 20-member squad for next month's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in India, leaving out six players from the squad that led them to the final round. Goalkeeper Nayon, Shumonto Chakma, Shahidul Islam,...

Laois musician to perform on Late Late Show tomorrow night

RÓISÍN Barrett from Portlaoise along with her fellow band members of The Mary Wallopers are to perform on tomorrow night’s Late Late Show. The five-piece trad/punk band, who have just returned from an Austrian tour, sparked a global debate on...

Austrian Film Festival to bring cultural exchange to China

Jessica Hausner and Markus Binder, director and music producer of Club Zero, attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 Austrian Film Festival in Beijing on Monday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A visual feast for Chinese movie fans, the 2025...

At OSCE headquarters in Vienna, special screening of documentary People of Steel held

A special screening of the documentary film People of Steel took place recently at the OSCE headquarters in Vienna as part of the Culture vs War project. After the screening, there was a question-and-answer discussion with director Serhiy Fomenko...

Mustafa Ayash: Killed in Gaza, resurrected in Austria, then arrested in the Netherlands

Among the Palestinian journalists who were killed was Mustafa Ayash. According to the IDF, he was supposed to have been killed along with 70 members of his family in an apparent airstrike on his house in Al Nuseirat Camp on Nov. 22, 2023. Later he...

Alternative Right in Austria: Technology, Theology, and Political Strategy

Parallel to global developments, Austria's Freedom Party (FPÖ) shows how a party has transformed itself from a post-war party into a modern right-wing populist movement. As political scientist Anton Pelinka describes in an article for the Federal...

Rebel octogenarian nuns pull a ‘Rocky’, reclaiming their Austrian sanctuary

ELSBETHEN, Sept 25 — Three rebel nuns in their 80s have taken back their Austrian convent after fleeing from their care home, with supporters flocking to the nunnery in a show of solidarity. Sisters Rita, 81, Regina, 86, and Bernadette, 88, made...

Azerbaijani students present 'Pearls of Musical Art' project [PHOTOS]

The Culture Ministry's Scientific, Methodological and Qualification Center of Culture (MEMİM) has organized a series of lectures and concerts titled "Pearls of Art" as part of the 17th Uzeyir Hajibayli International Music Festival, Azernews...

It’s all hands on deck for Lake City Playhouse’s ‘The Sound of Music’

If You Go If You Go ‘The Sound of Music’ When: Friday through Oct. 12. 7 p.m. Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Oct. 3 and 10, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Where: Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene Cost: $25.75/seniors,...

Morgan Freeman brings musical 'Blues Experience' to Nashville Symphony

Morgan Freeman and Eric Meier created the "Symphonic Blues Experience" to celebrate blues music with an orchestra. The show will take place on September 26 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center with the Nashville Symphony. Freeman will narrate the...

Bhutan and Austria strengthen relations

The Director General of the Austrian Development Corporation, Dr. Erle Hochleitner, was received in audience by His Majesty the King on Tuesday. and Prayer flags the Austrian-assisted locked content beginning Druk Deputy Minister locked contentthe...

2025 Austrian Film Festival inaugurated in Beijing, opening a new chapter in Sino-Austrian cultural exchange

Ambassador of Austria to China Wolf Dietrich Heim (3rd from left) poses for a group picture with delegates from the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in China and China Film Group Corporation in Beijing, on September 15, 2025. Photo: Dong...

Austria Hit With Fresh Spy Claims

Austria has long seen itself as a bridge between Moscow and the West — remaining constitutionally neutral since 1955 and hosting numerous UN and other international institutions. But in recent years it has had to deal with a slew of allegations...

Meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the Federal President of Austria

25 September 2025 52 Meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the Federal President of Austria During his working visit to the United States, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Alexander...

Austria hit with new Russian spy claims despite govt vow to toughen laws

VIENNA, Sept 16 — Austria has long seen itself as a bridge between Moscow and the West—remaining constitutionally neutral since 1955 and hosting numerous UN and other international institutions. But in recent years it has had to deal with a slew...

Austria hit with fresh spy claims after govt promises law change

Austria has long seen itself as a bridge between Moscow and the West -- remaining constitutionally neutral since 1955 and hosting numerous UN and other international institutions. But in recent years it has had to deal with a slew of allegations...

Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – Libertarian Fantasy, Police State Reality

2 October 2025 NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi everybody. Today is Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, and our friends, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, join us today. Welcome, Richard and Michael. ⁣MICHAEL HUDSON: It’s good to be back. ⁣NIMA ALKHORSHID: Michael,...

Investornewsbreaks SEGG Media Corporation (NASDAQ: SEGG, LTRYW) Signs LOI To Acquire Racing Women Assets, Expand Into Women's Motorsport

(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) SEGG Media (NASDAQ: SEGG, LTRYW) announced that its subsidiary Sports Media Group Ltd has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire all assets of Racing Women Limited, the pioneering initiative supporting female drivers...

‘Sound of Music’ stars reflect on its legacy

The film’s Von Trapp family was led by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (center). (photo courtesy of IMDb) It has been six decades – officially – since “The Sound of Music” was released in movie theaters. Based on the hit Broadway show, the...