Vienna

48.20875
16.372583

STEPHEN THE GREAT AND HOLY COMMEMORATION/ The Bell Tower of Piatra Neamt

Also known as the Tower of Stephen, the bell tower, along with St. John the Baptist Church, in its close proximity, make up the Royal Court architectural compound of Piatra Neamt. More elegant than any other similar structures erected by Stephen the Great, the tower of Piatra Neamt was built of unpolished stones, one year after the consecration of the church on October 28, 1499.

Serbia is doing excellently in EU integration

VIENNA - Austria's Defence Minister Gerald Klug said after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Bratislav Gasic on Friday that Serbia was making excellent progress towards EU membership, adding that Austria would continue to support Belgrade.

The talks between Belgrade and Pristina are an important step towards the EU, he told a joint news conference in Vienna.

Gazprom Rejects 'OMV Deal' Reports

Russian Gazprom does not plan to buy a 1/4 share in Austrian oil and gas company OMV, Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said Friday.

Medvedev thus refuted earlier claims that the state-owned energy concern was eyeing 24.9% of OMV and was in talks with the International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) in Abu Dhabi to purchase them.

MAE: Minister Corlatean participates in EUSDR Annual Forum, in Vienna

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean on Thursday, June 26, participated in the third edition of the Annual Forum of the EU's Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and in a meeting of chief diplomats, organised on the sidelines of this forum, Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports in a press release.

Pages