Holidays In Austria
US Department Of State Post Report UNVIE provides permanent U.S. representation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN Office on Drugs & Crime, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and a number of other UN organs with headquarters in Vienna. UNVIE also represents the U.S. before the Preparatory Commission and Provisional Secretariat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The United States only supports activities related to building the International Monitoring System of the CTBTO, not the Treaty itself. UNVIE promotes U.S. global interests on a number of fronts including: prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation; combating international terrorism; fighting the production and abuse of illicit narcotics, curbing international organized crime, corruption, and human trafficking; and controlling transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use technologies. In support of these policies, UNVIE supports over 1000 official visitors each year — from Cabinet officers and large ... [Read More]
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Local Holidays (International) - Complete List Local Holidays (International)APIANew Year's Day Monday, 3 JanGood Friday Friday, 25 MarEaster Monday, 28 MarAnzac Day Monday, 25 AprMother's of Samoa Day Monday, 9 MaySamoan Independence Day Wednesday, 1 JunSamoan ... [Read More]
Austria Privatization: In the ongoing privatization of public enterprises, foreign and domestic investors receive equal treatment, in principle. In line with its privatization initiative, the previous government sold 100% of its shares in the Postal Savings Bank, the Dorotheum Auction House and Bank, and the Print Media printing concern. It also divested its remaining 41.1% share of the Austrian Tobacco Company, a 17.4% stake in the Vienna airport company, and a majority of shares in Telekom Austria (TA). In 2003, the second Schuessel government sold its 34.7% stake in Voest-Alpine (VA) steel, a leading European steel producer, and its 25% shareholding in Boehler Uddeholm, an important tool and specialty steel manufacturer. In December 2004, the government sold another 17% in TA to national and international institutional investors. In January 2005, the government sold a 14.7% share in VA Tech, a metallurgy, power generation and infrastructure conglomerate, to Siemens. Siemens already held a 1 ... [Read More]
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