Vienna News
Vienna: science capital of Europe.
Vienna city mayor Michael Hupl has announced his intention to make the Austrian capital a centre of knowledge, research and science, as it was prior to 1938 when the Nazi takeover forced many academic...
Barcelona News
New dubbing studios for Barcelona.
Catalana dIniciatives, a Barcelona-based venture capital management company, is to establish a new dubbing facility in the Catalan capital, bringing together leading film and television companies from...
Amsterdam News
Queen Beatrix has re-opened the mediaeval Muiderslot castle after extensive renovation work to make the castle accessible to the public. Located in Muiden, a small village 14 km north of Amsterdam, th...
Dublin News
Library books in foreign languages.
Books in more than 20 languauges can now be borrowed from Dublins libraries, including popular Irish works in translation. In response to the needs of the changing immigrant worker population, Dublin...
Vienna News
Danube Island open-air festival.
More than 300 bands, cabaret and theatre groups will present over 600 hours of free entertainment on 22 stages along the length of the Danube Island and the banks of the river for the 23rd annual Danu...
Berlin News
The long-awaited Deutsches Historisches Museum, housed in a former Prussian armoury building, the Zeughaus, on Berlins famous Unter den Linden boulevard, has been inaugurated by the German chancellor,...
London News
Londons historic Roundhouse Theatre has reopened following a 29.7million revamp financed by English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Torquil Norman, the inventor of Polly Pocket dolls, who boug...
Madrid News
The Madrid municipal tourist board has increased the number of guided walking tours of city sights on offer, at the same time more than doubling the number of tours available in foreign languages. Ele...
Amsterdam News
For the first time in its 33-year history, the popular Vondelpark open-air theatre one of the highlights of Amsterdams summer season has been obliged to charge a nominal entrance fee of 1 due to in...
Dublin News
Revival for citys oldest theatre.
The Gaiety School of Acting has started a fundraising drive to reopen the historic Smock Alley Theatre in the west end of Temple Bar. Dating back to 1662, the theatre was closed 200 years ago and the...
Berlin News
The historic Admiralspalast theatre on the Friedrichstrasse in former East Berlin is to reopen this August after nine years with Berthold Brechts classic Threepenny Opera directed by Austrian actor Kl...
Barcelona News
The new Radio Free Barcelona now broadcasts in English on Saturday mornings from 09.00 to 11.00 on 107.7FM. The programme includes local, national and English business news compiled by the British Cha...
Paris News
The Paris Cit de la Musique in La Villette is finally to get a new symphonic concert hall with a seating capacity of 2,200-2,500. The cost of the new auditorium is expected to reach 170 million, which...
Dublin News
The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin is to reopen in May 2006 after a 13 million expansion and refurbishment project lasting five years. The gallery in Charlemont House on Parnell Square has been given 13...
Copenhagen News
After a successful trial period, which saw an increase in the number of visitors, the Danish government has decided to make free admission to state museums a permanent fixture. For visitors to Copenha...
Dublin News
Abbey Theatre to get 25.7 million.
Dublins Abbey Theatre will be receiving 25.7 million from the Arts Council over the next three years to allow it to provide "the highest quality theatre as an expression of national artistic vibrancy"...
Paris News
The Muse dArt moderne of the Ville de Paris has reopened after two years of restoration. The permanent collection has been given a new layout and new security measures have been introduced, to a total...
Berlin News
Short films on the underground.
Berlins underground network is playing host to a series of international short films until 7 February as part of the Going Underground film festival, now in its fifth year. The short films, shown on s...
Vienna News
Mozart booths hit the streets.
Visitors and residents can now enjoy the delights of Mozarts genius as they are walking down the street thanks to 50 bright red "Calling Mozart" booths placed strategically around Vienna. The booths,...
Vienna News
An enormous party to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart is planned in Salzburg on 27 January. In Vienna on this same day the capital will officially reopen the restored downtown house w...
