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I Lived Like Royalty at This New Medieval Castle Hotel in Austria—With Prime Lakefront Views and Access to 7 Miles of Hiking Trails
Jonathan Maloney/Rosewood Schloss Fuschl Exterior view of Rosewood Schloss Fuschl on the banks of Lake Fuschl in Austria. Rosewood Schloss Fuschl The Schloss Restaurant serves elevated Austrian fare in an elegant lakefront dining room, while the...

How to watch Singapore Grand Prix 2025 F1: free streams, schedule, qualifying, weather watch
Singapore GP (October 3-5) Sunday's race: 1pm BST / 8am ET Free Stream: ServusTV On (AUT) Unlock your free stream with NordVPN Watch Singapore Grand Prix live streams as Australian driver Oscar Piastri fights to cling on to his lead at the top of...

Austria: Enhancing Military IT Security and Sovereignty with LibreOffice
Officials stressed this wasn’t a financial move. It was about resilience. By dropping Microsoft Office, long targeted through macro malware and phishing campaigns, Austria eliminated a key attack vector, reduced dependency on foreign vendors, and...

Borealis upgrades Integra site in Bulgaria for mechanical recycling
October 3, 2025 | By Mary Bailey Integra Plastics AD, Bulgaria, a member of the Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria), is converting its production facility to produce polypropylene starting in October 2025. The upgrade includes the installation of...

Austria’s DAC system: Three little letters making a big statement
Standing in front of a shop’s wall of wine can be intimidating: so many bottles, so many countries – where to begin? Wine lovers in the know often scan labels for three little letters: in France, they’re AOC, or Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée; in...
Austrian parliament restaurant in hot water over ‘organic’ food
A restaurant in Austria’s parliament that touted its use of high-quality organic and local produce has come under fire after media this week revealed that in fact frozen fish from Kazakhstan and Bangladeshi shrimps were served. The culinary...

Vienna Design Week 2025 is a pit stop for the future
'Pit stop at Wiedner Hauptstraße 52!' Vienna Design Week proudly proclaims, announcing that its 2025 headquarters will occupy a former Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Austrian capital’s fourth district. The building’s past life as the home of a...

DeBriefed 3 October 2025: UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. Shattered climate consensus FRACKING BAN: UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced that the government will bring forward its...

Bruker Alicona announces legal merger of Alicona Imaging GmbH with Bruker Austria
Bruker Alicona has announced the legal merger of Alicona Imaging GmbH with Bruker Austria. As of the 1st of October 2025, Bruker Austria GmbH will become the unified legal entity with its headquarters in Raaba/Graz, Austria. This change is purely...

Austria’s Army Embraces LibreOffice to Reclaim Digital Control
Austria’s armed forces have shifted from Microsoft Office to the open-source LibreOffice platform on approximately 16,000 desktops, a move framed by defence authorities as a step toward digital sovereignty rather than cost cutting. Michael...

Austria Focuses on “Continent of Opportunity” with National Africa Strategy
Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) emphasized that Africa is a “continent of opportunity” with enormous potential for economic growth, which she estimates at around three trillion euros. Eleven African countries are already among the 20...

ICCI chief, Austrian envoy discuss trade ties
ISLAMABAD - President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Sardar Tahir Mehmood, called on Wolfgang Oliver Kutschera, the newly appointed Ambassador of Austria to Pakistan to discuss prospects for enhancing bilateral trade and...

Vienna High School expands breakfast program with $10K grant
VIENNA, Ill. (WSIL) -- Vienna High School has received a School Breakfast Expansion Grant of $10,000 for the second consecutive year. The grant supports Project Better Start, an initiative aimed at providing students with healthy breakfast...

Vision for Sustainable and Smart Digital Growth
The telecommunications sector is in a new era, shaped by advanced infrastructure, growing user expectations, and an urgent focus on sustainability. In this context, A1 Serbia stands out not just for its market performance, but for its...



Austria’s Armed Forces Switch 16,000 Workstations to LibreOffice for Sovereignty
In a move that underscores growing concerns over digital independence in government operations, Austria’s armed forces have completed a sweeping transition from Microsoft Office to the open-source alternative LibreOffice. This shift, affecting...

Austrian Airlines Presents Winter Flight Schedule 2025/2026: New Long-Haul Route to Dubai and More Comfort in Italy
As a seasonal highlight, AUA is adding the route from Vienna (VIE) to Dubai (DXB) to its winter flight schedule for the first time. The connection will be offered five times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday) from December 2025...
General : Malaysia Receives USD10.19 Mln KIP Grant, Reaffirms Commitment To Montreal Protocol
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- The government has agreed to allow the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) to sign the Kigali Implementation Plan (KIP) Malaysia Stage 1 Grant Agreement with the World Bank. This will...

Vienna-based Optimuse raises €4 million seed round to scale AI-driven building engineering
Vienna-based deep tech startup Optimuse has raised €4 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform for the engineering, renovation, and operation of buildings. The round was led by seed + speed Ventures and Blum Ventures, with participation...