CEU to open a satellite campus site in Vienna

Central European University (CEU) with ist home campus in Budapest plans to establish a new Campus in Vienna.

CEU plans to open a satellite campus site in Vienna, complementing its home campus in Budapest and its American site at Bard College in New York State. As the largest German-speaking university city, close to CEU’s home base in Budapest, Vienna offers ideal conditions for a new site. On the basis of a soon being signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Otto Wagner area will be examined as a possible location. Neben dem Hauptsitz

Vienna, 2018, April, 9
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"Kinder, Kinder!" The winners have been selected.

The best design ideas were chosen from among 92 submissions to the Vienna Business Agency’s ideas competition.

The “Children, children!” ideas competition was aimed at finding new ideas, concepts, strategies, products and services that draw on children’s experiences of the world. The Vienna Business Agency supports particularly impressive solution approaches and concepts in becoming reality. 1st place with prize money of €7,000 goes to Sylvia Kostenzer with her project “REMAKE Residential Streets”. 2nd place (€5,000) along with the Audience Award (€1,500) goes to Alec Hager and her “Bicycle Playground Vienna” and 3rd place (€2,500) is awarded to “#stadtsache” (#citythings) from journalist Anke M. Leitzgen. The jury, chaired by architect Marie-Therese Harnoncourt, also gave out two Recognition Awards, to “Papperlapapp” from Karin Hirschberger and “Fun by Decree” from Stanislaus Medan.

Vienna, 2018, March, 18
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1st place: REMAKE Wohnstraße: https://youtu.be/pxJm7uGhX6A
2st place: Radspielplatz Wien: https://youtu.be/MFzDVotbim8
3rd place: #stadtsache: https://youtu.be/k4E-B8YQTxw

Another record number of new businesses in Vienna!

2017 saw a total of 191 new international businesses

For the sixth time in a row, Vienna has attracted a record number of new international businesses: the numbers increased from 178 in the previous year to 191 in 2017. The new businesses established in 2017 triggered a total investment sum of 537.1 million euros and created 1,087 new jobs.

Vienna, 2018, February, 22
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