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Negotiations with CEU successfully completed

It is now ensured that the Otto Wagner Site will serve as a university location in the future. With the approval of both the CEU Board and the Vienna City Council, planning and implementation now begins. The university starts operations in 2025.

The building lease agreement with the CEU is concluded and will run for a period of 100 years. It provides for the university to take over the renovation of the buildings in the "core zone” itself. This zone used by the university amounts to one third of the area available. The property is owned by Vienna Business Agency, a fund of the City of Vienna. It was responsible for negotiating with the university on the part of the city. It has already been agreed upon a possible extension of the use of the Otto Wagner Site by the CEU for another 100 years.

Press release "Successful conclusion of negotiations between CEU and City of Vienna" (PDF)

Vienna, 24 June 2020

In 2019, Vienna once again achieved top marks for attracting international companies

Interest in Vienna as a business location continues despite the coronavirus crisis. Top international results bring jobs and investment.

In 2019, the city of Vienna, in collaboration with the Austrian Business Agency (ABA), set a new record for the eighth time in succession with 266 newly relocated international companies. These new companies triggered 731 million euros of investments in Vienna in 2019 and created 1,972 new jobs. In 2018, the figure was 231 million euros; the investment volume has thus more than tripled.

Press release "Vienna once again achieved top marks for attracting interational companies" (PDF)

Vienna 2 Juni 2020

Innovative quality journalism on the rise

First projects presented for the ‘Vienna Media Initiative’, second round submissions are underway.

The first round of the Vienna Media Initiative funding programme for high-quality journalism projects has been completed: A total of 47 projects have been submitted since November last year, 23 of which are now being funded. 14 of these are included in the major ‘Media Project’ funding programme, which supports the implementation of new, high-quality media with up to 100,000 euros. The second programme ‘Media Start’ supports the development of ideas to the extent that they can be implemented in the next step.

Press release "Innovative quality journalism on the rise" (PDF)

Vienna, 12 May 2020