While the formal dress and classic dances of the Vienna balls have prevailed since the early 1800s, some events are taking ...

However, according to Gugumuck, snails had a moment of haute cuisine during the Congress of Vienna of 1814–15, when European leaders met in Vienna to organize territories across the continent ...

“Tilting the statue is a halfhearted approach to dealing with this issue,” said Ariel Muzicant, president of the European Jewish Congress and a former president of Vienna’s Jewish community.

Originally organised to entertain distinguished nobles and politicians gathered in the capital after the Congress of Vienna, the annual ball tradition has continued into the present day with ...