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O Canada! Eurovision Song Contest welcomes first new country since 2015

Canada will sing at next Eurovision Song Contest after the country's public broadcaster confirmed full membership of the European Broadcasting Union - allowing them to compete in the world's biggest competition of its kind.

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The world's top cities to live in, according to Monocle magazine

Lifestyle magazine Monocle has just released its "Quality of Life survey". The ranking isn't based on hard data, but on how cities actually feel to live in. Securing the top spot is the Japanese capital Tokyo, followed by Copenhagen, Lisbon, Vienna and Sydney. Paris comes in at number eight. Monocle…

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What are the most liveable European cities in the world?

Urban populations continue to surge worldwide, bringing new opportunities and challenges. So which European cities stand out for quality of life in 2026?

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Hopkins won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs, but never heard his own 1964 waltz played, until Andre Rieu premiered it in Vienna in 2011, 47 years on

Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, famed for Hannibal Lecter, harboured a secret passion for music. In 1964, he composed a waltz, 'And the Waltz Goes On,' which lay unheard for nearly five decades. A chance encounter with violinist André Rieu led to its grand orchestral premiere in Vienna in 2011,…

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Bybit EU Strengthens European Positioning Ahead of MiCAR Transition

VIENNA, June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the various national MiCAR transition periods approach their final 1 July 2026 deadline, Bybit EU is launching its "Move Your Funds, Get Rewarded" campaign — a limited-time incentive programme designed to welcome new users to a MiCAR-licensed platform in Austria, offering 3% annualised…

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Before banks, nuns lent money: how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy

Retirement planning might seem like a thoroughly modern concern, with pensions, investments and annuities forming part of today’s financial toolkit. But these financial tools are much older than they appear. In the later Middle Ages, people were already exchanging lump sums for steady income streams – and, in cities like…

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The Flaming Lips axe show as frontman Wayne Coyne battles pneumonia

Wayne Coyne was admitted to hospital with pneumonia, forcing The Flaming Lips to cancel their Vienna concert.

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South Africa is short of 2.6 million homes: Vienna’s approach to social housing offers useful lessons

South Africa faces a housing backlog of at least 2.6 million units, for more than 12 million people. The state supply of new, subsidised housing has declined over the past decade and the government’s housing policy is shifting.

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vivo Robotics Team Wins ICRA 2026 AGIBOT World Challenge Reasoning to Action Track

SHENZHEN, China, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- vivo is proud to announce that the company's PrismBot robotics team won the Reasoning to Action Track at the ICRA 2026 AGIBOT World Challenge, held recently in Vienna as part of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, a leading international robotics…

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10 of the most exciting hi-fi products we saw at High End Vienna 2026

Giant speakers, tiny DACs, all-in-one wonders, and anniversary editions

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7 of the quirkiest, coolest and most expensive things we saw at High End Vienna 2026

Vienna gets weird and wonderful

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Forget vinyl, Ruark's new CD system proves Compact Discs are in vogue

"Looking back to move forward": How Ruark's R710 system redefines relevance

Milo Rau turned tribunals into theatre. Now his own moral judgment is on trial

The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to tech billionaire Peter Thiel caused a scandal in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself?

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4 elite headphones I tried at High End Vienna — including a pair with Wi-Fi and Meze's most expensive set ever

Of all the amazing headphones I tried at High End Vienna, these 4 really stood out.

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The 11 best headphones, speakers, soundbars, and streamers we saw at the High End Vienna 2026 hi-fi show

From one of the best speakers in the world becoming even better, to a TV sound system that has genuine audiophile skills, to wireless speakers that look like alien invaders

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UN nuclear watchdog raises 'proliferation' fears over Iran sites

VIENNA - The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran's nuclear material posed a "proliferation concern" and called on Teheran to act "constructively".

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Ruark’s gorgeous streaming amplifier blends “analogue charm with digital convenience” and features an integrated CD player

The powerful R710 makes its debut at High End Vienna 2026

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Revealed: The most beautiful restaurants in Europe for 2026

The Prix Versailles architecture and design awards have revealed the World’s Most Beautiful Restaurants for 2026. Five European venues made the prestigious list, celebrating restaurants where striking interiors are every bit as memorable as the food.

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Chord Electronics teases two new power amplifiers at High End Vienna 2026, set to launch in September

The Ultima 7 power amp is designed to match the excellent Pre 6 preamp

The Guardian - UK

Valie Export obituary

Austrian artist who used performance, photography and sculpture to challenge the representation of women

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Clearaudio just unveiled a stunning Rammstein turntable and truly, ich will!

Clearaudio has unveiled a whopping seven new products at High End Vienna, but top of the pile has got to be this limited edition Rammstein turntable

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Battleground Vienna: Austrian intelligence officer convicted of spying for Russia belongs to a long tradition

Egisto Ott is no James Bond. But the stories the 63-year-old Austrian told a Viennese jury recently would make good plotlines. Ott worked as an intelligence officer in Austria’s now-defunct Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism. He was also moonlighting for the Russians.

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Astell & Kern’s valve-toting portable player blends classic analogue tech with “cutting-edge digital audio”

The SP4000T portable player and Clarus in-ears debut at High End Vienna

Euronews

Two former Syrian officials accused of torture during al-Assad era go on trial in Austria

Austrian law provides for the jurisdiction of local courts over certain offences committed abroad and the Vienna court has jurisdiction in this case because the defendants reside there.

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High End Vienna 2026: all the news and highlights from Europe's biggest hi-fi show

We're into day two of the festival of high-end hi-fi.

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