Picture Credit: CEN/ NHM Wien, Christina Rittmannsperger An Austrian museum is giving visitors the chance to "smell the moon" at its latest exhibition. The new exhibition is open at the Vienna Natural History Museum in the Austrian capital and as well as smelling the authentic scent of the moon visitors…
Story By: Victoria Lyndon, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Three bronze sculptures by famous Austrian artist Gottfried Kumpf based on the king penguins at the world’s oldest zoo will be exhibited in Vienna next month. From 7th November until the end of the year, art lovers and keen collectors can see Kumpf’s latest series of sculptures…
Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News The zoo worker who allegedly smuggled two tiger cubs across the border and kept them in her bathtub faces court today accused of breaching EU border rules. The 34-year-old Slovakian woman allegedly smuggled the one-week old tiger babies from Slovakia to a…
Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A middle-aged man has been arrested for pointing a loaded gun at a 15-year-old girl and threatening to shoot her because she was making too much noise outside his flat in the Austrian capital Vienna. The 56-year-old man, who has not been named in reports, is said…
Story By: Koen Berghuis, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/Waldrappteam LIFE This heartwarming footage shows zookeepers convincing 29 endangered chicks they are their parents as they feed, pet, talk to and play with the birds before they migrate. Anne-Gabriela Schmalstieg and Helena Wehner both work…