“It’s all about China.” Our President, Prof Dr Kurt Tiroch, started his introduction to Prof Dr Horvat’s lecture at the Café Ministerium with this statement of fact. China is huge. Over the last twenty years, its national economy grew by 9% year after year. We cannot ignore China. It is of enormous importance to ... Weiterlesen >
… and why he was forced to delay it Ambassadorial Experiences | Part 2 By Alexander Christiani Nelson Mandela, after 27 years of incarceration by the Apartheid regime, was finally set free in Capetown on a sunny and hot Sunday on February 11, 1990. I, at that time, had the good fortune to ... Weiterlesen >
It’s obvious that the Austro-British Society is obliged to meet when the schedule of the UEFA European Football Cup tells us that England vs. Scotland is the game of the evening. And so it was. A football dedicated group of members gathered in the Café Ministerium on Friday, June 18 to watch this “Battle ... Weiterlesen >
The Labour Leader’s Tear Jerker by Melanie Sully The British are known for the stiff upper lip. You just get on with it, make a cup of tea and carry on. The Queen is the epitome of dutiful aloofness which has won admiration because it suits the tasks she has carried out. Maybe ... Weiterlesen >
"Polo ist eine Mannschaftssportart, bei der die auf Pferden reitenden vier Spieler pro Mannschaft einen Ball mit einem langen Holzschläger in das gegnerische Tor schlagen. Die Spieler tragen Helme und wechseln während des Spiels mehrfach die Pferde." ...weiß die Wikipedia und dank der Expertise von Jochen Ressel wissen es jetzt auch die rund 100 ... Weiterlesen >
I used to drive between 20.000 and 30.000 miles a year up and down Scotland across narrow and winding country roads in my professional days. Now living once again in Central Vienna, a car is no longer a necessity but a burden. As a consequence, we are a car-free (care-free: get it?) household. Anybody ... Weiterlesen >
One of several remarkable personal experiences of the former Austrian Ambassador in the Netherlands Ambassadorial Experiences | Part 1 Dr Alexander Christiani When on 4 February 2000 the Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel decided to form a government with the Haider-FPÖ, hell broke loose in Europe. A number of European member states imposed “sanctions” ... Weiterlesen >
In meinem Bericht über den Ausflug nach Illmitz zum Weingut Kracher am vorigen Samstag beschrieb ich, dass man es uns ansehen konnte, wie sehr wir alle einander vermisst haben. Ähnliches konnte man heute in einer E-Mail lesen. In ihr bedankte sich ein Mitglied für die gestrige Veranstaltung im Café Ministerium beim Präsidenten Prof. Dr. ... Weiterlesen >
Is Cash King? by Ian Murdoch When Cash Was King..... I received my first pocket money on a Monday morning in September 1957. From then on I was the proud recipient of the princely sum of sixpence a week. That first Monday was a red-letter day for me - I was excited to be ... Weiterlesen >
Sissi und Susi waren die zwei achtjährigen Pferde, die unsere Kutsche zogen. Sissi mit brauner Mähne und Schweif, Susi war blond. Seit Generationen ist diese Pferderasse aus Ungarn eine verlässliche Arbeitskraft für die Bauern des Burgenlands. Francesca und Nadine waren zwei attraktive Assistentinnen des Gerhard Krachers, die uns gestern im Weinlauben Hof zu Illmitz ... Weiterlesen >
