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Category Archives: Austria
Shipping hampered after River Danube water levels at record low
DPA for Monsters & Critics Vienna - The River Danube’s water levels have sunk to a 100- year low for the month of May in Austria, forcing shippers to reduce cargo loadings, sources in the river transport industry said Wednesday. … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, drought, ecoregion, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged river shipping, shipping, The Rhine River
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”
WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, Conservation, Croatia, culture, ecoregion, fish, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, Hungary, Serbia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, tributary of the danube river, Water, wetland, world water
Tagged Asamer Holding Company, beavers, black stork, EuroNatur, Jim Leape, little tern, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, MAVA Foundation, Mr Günter Liebel, Mr Jasen Mesić, Mr Oliver Dulić, Mr Roko Žarnić, Mr Sándor Fazekas, Mura-Drava-Danube Bioreserve, otters, sturgeons, The Coca Cola Company, The Drava River, The Mura River, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Wild Heart of Europe Award, WWF International Director General
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Explore the Danube
Find right here inspiring, informative and exciting teaching material about a very special European river: the Danube. The world’s great rivers are unique: they tie together peoples and civilisations, and they encourage communication and discussion. They have inspired mankind from … Continue reading
Danube Cultural Cluster
In collaboration with many partners from the Danube region the Collegium Hungaricum (the Hungarian Cultural Institute) encourages the foundation of a cultural cluster in the Danube area (Danube Cultural Cluster) within the framework of the Danube Strategy. This cluster is … Continue reading
Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bosnia, bulgaria, Conservation, Croatia, culture, czech republic, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, montenegro, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, world water
Tagged Commissioner for Regional Policy, education, information technologies, Johannes Hahn, organised crime, research capacity, The Danube Strategy
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EU Danube strategy key to overcoming disparities: Barroso
AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bosnia, bulgaria, Croatia, czech republic, danube delta, ecoregion, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, moldova, montenegro, poverty, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, social structures, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, ukraine
Tagged commercial shipping, disparities, EU Strategy, european union, Jose Manuel Barroso, shipping, The Danube basin, The Strategy for the Danube, Viktor Orban
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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development
WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bulgaria, Croatia, Danube, ecoregion, Germany, Green, Hungary, moldova, romania, Serbia, social structures, The Danube River, ukraine, Water
Tagged danube basin, danube region, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU danube strategy, EU Water Framework Directive, european commission, Hungarian EU Presidency, loss of biodiversity, sustainable development, wetland restoration, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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More panoramas from Bernard Vogl in Austria
Check out the fabulous 360Cities here: Bernard continues his sterling work in Austria and treats us to a shady spot on The Danube. 360Cities on The Danube Share this article
Posted in Austria, photography, The Danube River, tourism, Travel
Tagged Danube, panoramas, vogl
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Panoramas from the new Ars Electronica Center in Linz
Bernhard Vogl at thepanoramablog brings us panoramas from the new Ars Electronica Center in Linz. My favourite of the bunch posted on the excellent 360cities.net is the “Deep Space” display system here. Share this article
Posted in Austria, photography, The Danube River, tourism, Travel
Tagged 360cities.net, ars electronica center, bernhard vogl, linz, panoramas
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Austria and Bulgaria: Economy versus ecology
The Sofia Echo | 24 Oct 2008 - Magdalena Rahn DB Schenker aims to make environmental protection in the workplace as important as quality and price. Present economic conditions around the globe present new challenges for business enterprises – the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bulgaria, Danube, transportation
Tagged danube river, environmental protection, transporting goods
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