Arthur John Evans, Archeologist Nov 20, 2009
Unfortunately his travels had to be curtailed when he was accused of spying whist in Herzegovina and as a result he was subsequently banned from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leaving his career in journalism, Evans became curator of the , Oxford, Britain s oldest public museum, between 1881 and 1908. (Suite101.com)
Stalin's gift Nov 18, 2009
The public holiday marked Poland's assumption of independent statehood on 11 November 1918, following more than a century of partition by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany and, most recently, the former Soviet Union. Soviet gift. (BBC News -- Europe)
Serb Patriarch Pavle dies, spoke for Balkan peace Nov 16, 2009
Tadic said Pavle was "one of those people who by their very existence bring together the entire nation."His departure is my personal loss too," Tadic said, explaining he had often consulted with the patriarch about crucial national decisions.Tadic added that Patriarch Pavle was respected worldwide by both the Orthodox Christian churches and the pope.After Milosevic's departure the patriarch then launched a damage-control campaign for Kosovo, struggling to rally international support for... (MSNBC -- International)
France, Germany mark armistice together Nov 12, 2009
The war that was supposed to end all wars pitted empires against one another and destroyed several of them, with forces from Imperial Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire ranged against the Allied powers, including Britain, France, Russia, and the United States, which joined the war in 1917. The United States lost 116,500 soldiers in the conflict. (Boston Globe)
Harold Prince, the king of Broadway musicals Oct 30, 2009
The Shah finds what he s looking for in the person of the empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ... The mention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire seems like a good moment to ask Prince about a challenge many local theaters have tackled lately: the difficulty of luring a younger audience. (Boston Globe)
Josef Burg, 97; author wrote about Jewish life during WWII Oct 9, 2009
In an interview with The New York Times in 1992, Mr. Burg called himself the last of the Mohicans of the great Yiddish tradition in Czernowitz, referring to his city as it was known when it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Although Yiddish was his beloved mother tongue, Mr. Burg was fluent in the spectrum of languages that reflected the war-torn history of his homeland. (Boston Globe)
Treading gently Sep 30, 2009
This was Benedict's second visit to the dominions of the former Austro-Hungarian empire. His first was to Austria two years ago, where he found a strongly critical and somewhat apathetic Catholic flock. (BBC News -- Europe)
Pope Visits Nonbelieving Czech Republic Sep 25, 2009
The Rev. Tomas Halik, who was secretly ordained under communism and now teaches at Prague's Charles University, said the roots of nonbelief date to Czech nationalism in the 19th century, when Czech lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the church was seen as the empire's ally. The Communists took anti-church policies to a new level of repression. (Newsmax)
Schumpeter: Taking flight Sep 21, 2009
Schumpeter was born in 1883, a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian empire. During the 18 years he spent at Harvard he never learned to drive and took the subway that links Cambridge to Boston only once. (The Economist)
After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges sort of Sep 18, 2009
The newly paved track, reopened just months ago, was the main route between Sopron and the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, back when Hungary, Austria, and Slovakia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ... When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after World War I, the new frontier severed Sopron from its hinterland ... Under Soviet rule, there was considerable nostalgia for the old Central Europe of the Habsburgs, whose multicultural Austro-Hungarian Empire once included not only what... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Slovakia language law stirs tensions Sep 17, 2009
The extraordinary step has roots in animosities that go back to the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and has Slovakia's large Hungarian minority afraid of being pursued by the language police ... Friction dates back to the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when Slovakia was absorbed into the sprawling state ruled by Hapsburgs from Vienna and Budapest. (MSNBC -- International)
Protests over Slovak language law Sep 2, 2009
Hungary once ruled Slovakia, within the then Austro-Hungarian empire, until the end of the First World War and the eventual break-up of those territories. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Nation And State Aug 27, 2009
This falsehood was used to good effect as a justification for dismantling the Austro-Hungarian empire, which arguably had the most elaborate system then in existence for respecting traditional legal rights and languages of its various subject peoples, and the bloodshed among these various peoples in the decades that followed was the result of destroying the so-called prison of nations. Great powers have promoted or opposed specific cases of self-determination based largely on whether it would... (The American Conservative)
Major Jackson tribute planned for Vienna Aug 11, 2009
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Schoenbrunn dates to the 14th century, but its best known for more recent occupants: members of the royal Habsburg dynasty, which ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Jermaine Jackson said, in a statement on World Awards Medias Web site, that the concert was conceived as an annual event to keep alive not only Michael Jacksons music, but his spirit as well. (MSNBC -- Music)
Trying to right a wrong from WWII Jul 31, 2009
Yugoslavia was cobbled together from parts of the Austro-Hungarian empire after its collapse at the end of World War I. Its largest population was Serbs, but it also had Croats, Slovenians, Bosnians and Montenegrins, many of whom disliked being in a kingdom ruled by Serbs. When Germany invaded Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941, the Serbs opposed the invaders. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nabucco is still alive Jul 3, 2009
Nabucco's gas is designed to reach Germany following transit through the Balkans and other lands of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Despite disclaimers on all sides, it is a direct competitor with the Russian-Italian Black Sea-routed South Stream project and an indirect competitor with the Russian-German sub-Baltic Sea North Stream project (in which project former Germany chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plays a key political role in the international energy diplomacy). (Asia Times Online)
Obama's Iran Policy is a Bomb Jun 25, 2009
The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a tourist guide to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the forces of reform and democracy win, Obama's plan to negotiate with the regime is moot, for the regime will be gone. (Townhall.com)
Nik Wallenda Walks Across Knott's Jun 16, 2009
In the cafes of Old Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the ancestral Wallenda familytraveled as a circus troupe of acrobats, jugglers, clowns, aerialists and animal trainers with the next two generations adding the flying trapeze. Today, the Wallenda legacy lives on to the sixth and seventh generations through Nik and his siblings. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A Necessary Book Jun 5, 2009
The book is also a history and geography lesson: Bohemia, the Sudetenland, Alsace, Lorraine, Danzig, Transylvania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Abyssinia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Moravia, Sarajevo, Trianon, Trieste, the Polish Corridor, Galicia, Tyrol, Ruthenia, Silesia, and the Treaties of Versailles, Trianon, Brest-Litovsk, and St. Germain. And aside from the usual relevant pictures in the center of the book like we see in most books on the world wars, Buchanans book includes very... (The American Conservative)
Viereck Revisited May 25, 2009
Through the Concert of Europe, Metternich secured the continent nearly a century of peace no lengthy wars nor widespread general wars between 1815 and 1914 though Viereck had mixed feelings about Metternich s accomplishments within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The repressive measures taken at his behest against nationalist German liberals inflicted grievous collateral damage on bourgeois liberals, too. (The American Conservative)
Art house stars shine at this year's Cannes fest Apr 28, 2009
Austria's Haneke offers The White Ribbon, set at the end of the Austro-Hungarian empire. France's Gaspar No. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (2) Apr 28, 2009
Last year, the Democrat from Massachusetts learned that his paternal grandfather, Frederick Kerry, who immigrated to the United States from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was born Fritz Kohn and later converted to Catholicism. An Austrian genealogist found the connection. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Before the empire and after, grandmother made paprikas Apr 19, 2009
The historic homes, which date to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, are very grand; many are offices now and some are being renovated into luxury condominiums. The restaurant is so crowded that as soon as one table of diners leaves, another sits down. (Boston Globe)
Dual personality Mar 29, 2009
Locals will tell you about the typical 20th Century Lvivite, who was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, grew up in Poland, got married under the Nazis, had children in the Soviet Union, and retired in independent Ukraine. all having never left the city. (BBC News -- Europe)
Obituary: Ivan Simon Mar 25, 2009
He was born in Prague, Czech Republic on June 5, 1914, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He earned a doctorate in physics at Charles University. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
* COMMUNITY COMPASS: Remembering Father Yeh Mar 24, 2009
Born to a religious family of nine children in 1911 in a small town called Kosice in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Jaschko joined the Catholic Society of Jesus at the age of 26 and began his lifelong mission to spread the love of God. In 1936, the young Jaschko was sent to China with the largest group of Hungarian missionaries X six Jesuits and five sisters from Kalocsa. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
A border dispute in Balkans imperils Europe's expansion Mar 21, 2009
While they have distinct languages, both were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and share a Roman Catholic religious identity. Yet a rivalry persists. (International Herald Tribune)
Orchestra salutes composers influenced by folk music Mar 14, 2009
While the constantly changing politics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire kept altering the map of Europe in the last decades of the 19th century, writers and composers tried hard to retain the ethnic traditions of their individual regions. Smetana (1824-1884), trying to express the unique flavor of Czechoslovakia in music, composed the symphonic cycle M; Vlast (My Country), of which three movements are on Sunday s program. (NJ.com -- Times)
Bukovina Germans: Trapped by Shifti... Mar 3, 2009
Next, the Compromise of 1867 resulted in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a dual monarchy under the Hapsburgs, with the Austrian and Hungarian governments operating separately. The Worst is Still Ahead. (Suite101.com)
‘Lost' Beethoven gets live airing Feb 28, 2009
Mr. LePauw said the audience at Chicago's Murphy Auditorium is expected to include Princess Maria Anna of Austria, a granddaughter of the Emperor Karl, the last Hapsburg ruler of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Beethoven was far too proud and independent to be a court composer, but the Hapsburgs commissioned a number of important works from him, Mr. LePauw said. (Globe and Mail)
His foundation plundered, Elie Wiesel again rebuilds on ruins Feb 17, 2009
Asked about his hometown in Transylvania, Wiesel offers a lesson in European history: "When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When I was born, it was Romania. And when I was deported, it was Hungary.". Behind his desk is a photo of the farmhouse in Sighet where he was raised. (USA Today -- Life)
A great symphonic journey Feb 12, 2009
Haydn, born in Rodrau, Austria, worked for some time for the noble Esterhazy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the city of Eisenstadt in Austria's east. Now, in the building when he once worked, the Haydn Conservatory holds regular concerts celebrating his works. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Caleb Crain: The Ludlow massacre revisited. Feb 8, 2009
Unskilled workers from Italy, Greece, Japan, the doddering Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Spanish-speaking New Mexico were hired for their muscles and their willingness to risk their lives. As an individual, a miner was expendable, and, to prevent unionizing, mine operators kept their workforce polyglot. (New Yorker)
