¤ Salzburg Festival Features Wolfgang Rihm
 The Salzburg Festival is honoring a major living composer, Wolfgang Rihm, with a premiere of his work “Dionysus” and a program called Kontinent Rihm, which opened on Tuesday. |
¤ Vienna Still a Spot for Cloak-and-Dagger Work
For more than a century, the Austrian capital has been an espionage center, because of its laws and because it is an East-West bridge. |
¤ Secrets of a Disappointed Life
A small box of possessions sheds light on a child prodigy who never had the opportunity to reach his full potential. |
¤ The Best Place to Live?
Istanbul or Alberta, Auckland or Vienna? Livability is a subjective thing, but everyone has their ideal. |
¤ Chechen President Denies Involvement in Critic’s Shooting Death
President Ramzan A. Kadyrov rejected accusations by the Austrian government that he was implicated in the killing of a Chechen whistleblower in Vienna last year. |
¤ Top Chechen Ordered Abduction, Austria Says
 Austrian investigators said that Chechnya’s president ordered a critic’s kidnapping, and that the Chechens who tried to carry out the order botched the job and killed him. |
¤ Investigation Links Critic’s Death to Top Chechens
New evidence is raising questions about whether Chechnya’s president played a role in the killing of a whistleblower who was gunned down in 2009. |
¤ Austrian President on Way to Landslide Victory
President Heinz Fischer won nearly 80 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results that were not expected to change. |
¤ Europe Offers $273 Million in Aid for a Gas Pipeline From Turkey to Austria
The supply line would come from the Caspian Sea region and bypass Russia and Ukraine, whose bickering in the past has interrupted supplies to Europe. |
¤ Two Worlds of Sliding Sports, for the Haves and the Have-Nots
 A great divide exists between countries like Germany and Argentina in sliding sports in the standings as well as in financing, coaching and gaining access to the world’s 16 courses. |
