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VIENNA'S NEW YEARS CONCERT

The New Year Concert ( Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria. It is broadcast around the world to an estimated audience of one billion in 44 countries.

THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE - FARSI

By Neil Payne

Persian called "Farsi" (Far-see) by the speakers, is a language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan including adjoining areas. Persian is a widely spoken language in Middle-East, parts of Central Asia and the Indo-Pak Subcontinent. Persian originated from the language of Ancient Persia around 500 years BC during the times of the Aryan rulers and the word "Iran" (like the country Iran) has been derived from the word Aryan.

TOP 10 HEALTHY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

By Mike D. Ross

As the end of the year approaches, many people start to think about making a New Years Resolution. Here are ten resolutions you might want to consider to help make next year a healthier one.

THE WINE REGIONS OF AUSTRIA: FOCUS ON LOWER AUSTRIA

By Emily Schindler

The wine regions of Austria are divided into 4 areas, called Lower Austria, Styria, Burgenland, and Vienna. Each of these regions is then further divided, for a total of 19 designated wine growing areas. To roughly get your bearings, Lower Austria encompasses the wine growing areas north and west of Vienna, with Burgenland south and east of Vienna and Styria south and west of Burgenland.

TEN TIPS TIPS FOR INTERCULTURAL LEADERS

By Neil Payne

Few successful businesses are now mono-cultural in their make-up. Even if a business or organization is not dealing internationally the chances are that they employ people from foreign countries.

AN EXCURSION TO SLOVENIA AND ITALY - MONTE LUSSARI

By Susanne Pacher

After yesterday's exciting outing to Graz we were planning an even bigger outing today: an excursion to the so-called "Drei-Länderecke", an area where Austria, Italy and Slovenia come together. So we left early in the morning to drive from my home province of Styria along the A2 Highway to the Austrian province of Carinthia. The drive across the mountains of Western Styria is extremely scenic and the pleasant panoramas continued into the picturesque province of Carinthia ("Kärnten" in German)

RUSTER AUSBRUCH: THE SPECIALITY DESSERT WINE

By Emily Schindler

Ruster Ausbruch is a specialty sweet dessert wine from Austria. In understanding what Ruster Ausbruch is, it is helpful to first look at the name itself: Ruster is pronounced �rooster�, like the bird, and it simply means that the wine comes from the town of Rust (pronounced roost) in the Burgenland region of Austria. Ausbruch is pronounced ahs-brook, and comes from the German word Ausbrechen, which means to �break out.�

CROSS CULTURAL INTERVIEWS

By Neil Payne

At this moment in time, the increase in cross border human traffic has meant that companies are no longer dealing with a homogenous native community from which they recruit their staff. Companies are now facing cross cultural challenges in how they recruit, manage and develop a multi-cultural staff. One area of note where HR and management are finding difficulties is in the interview room.

A COUNTRY DRIVE AND HOW DETERMINATION AND WILLPOWER CAN MOVE MOUNtAINS

By Susanne Pacher

Finally, after the rather rainy day yesterday I opened my curtains to an absolutely gorgeous day today. The lush green Alpine foothills and mountains surrounding Weiz were competing with the brilliant blue sky to catch my attention and naturally I had to get out on the road and explore. new building. Construction on the new baroque style church began in 1757 and was finally completed in 1776.

THE WINE REGIONS OF AUSTRIA - FOCUS ON VIENNA

By Emily Schindler