Austrian Embassy

The Austrian Chamber of Commerce, serving as the overseas business representative, has greeted the partial Schengen agreement positively, hailing it as a promising development. Philip Kupfer, the trade advisor at the Austrian embassy, expressed enthusiasm for the move, highlighting the significance of meeting pertinent conditions for a robust domestic market within Europe.

Ljubljana – The Ljubljana City Library will host this week a series of lectures and other events presenting the rich cultural and natural heritage of Austria and its impact and integration into the common European space as part of the Austrian Culture Week.

Turkish authorities detained two people following a drive-by shooting near the Austrian Embassy in capital Ankara early on Nov. 25.

The Austrian Embassy and the City of Athens present an exhibition of works by Maria Lassnig (1919-2014), which is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and comprises the last show he was able to put together with the influential Austrian artist before she died.

The meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the refugee issue was completed on Thursday.

Mr. Tsipras underlined the importance of cooperation between Greece and Turkey on controlling and managing the refugees flows.

Turkey and eight EU countries as well as the EU Commission will come together to discuss the Syrian refugee issue at a meeting on Dec. 17 in Brussels, where Ankara hopes to learn the number of refugees these countries will receive in the coming year. 

German chancellor Angela Merkel will lead a meeting of eight European states and Turkey on the sidelines of an EU summit on Dec. 17 to discuss plans to resettle refugees from Turkey.

A suspicious piece of luggage found in the yard of the Austrian Embassy in downtown Sofia turned out to be full of clothes.

It is not clear who threw the bag over the embassy's fence, but police suggest it might have been stolen and hurled after the perpetrator looked for valuable items.

VRNJACKA BANJA - The 9th Vrnjci International Classical Music Festival will take place in the Culture castle in Vrnjacka Banja from July 20 to 30.

The festival will gather participants from Norway, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany and Serbia. The art director of the festival is Uros Dojcinovic.