https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One of the world's biggest AIDS charity events, Vienna's Life Ball, will be held for the last time in June, the organiser has announced. https://www.thelocal.at/20190513/curtain-to-fall-on-vienna-aids-ball-after-26-years Mon, 13 May 2019 13:48:06 +0200 curtain-to-fall-on-vienna-aids-ball-after-26-years According to organizer Gery Keszler, the next Life Ball will not take place in 2016, but will instead be held at the earliest in 2017. https://www.thelocal.at/20151102/life-ball-to-take-creative-break-in-2016 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:21:00 +0100 life-ball-to-take-creative-break-in-2016 One of the highlights of the Vienna Ball season is the AIDS charity fundraiser, the Life Ball. https://www.thelocal.at/20150517/life-ball-2015-roundup-and-gallery Sun, 17 May 2015 14:09:25 +0200 life-ball-2015-roundup-and-gallery An Austrian magazine has used ink infused with the blood of three HIV+ people to print a special edition of their current issue. https://www.thelocal.at/20150504/magazine-printed-with-hiv-blood-ink Mon, 04 May 2015 12:02:07 +0200 magazine-printed-with-hiv-blood-ink Vienna’s annual Life Ball, which is dedicated to raising awareness about AIDS and HIV, will have a touch of Hollywood glamour this year with Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron attending as a special guest. https://www.thelocal.at/20150226/charlize-theron-adds-glamour-to-vienna-life-ball Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:06:00 +0100 charlize-theron-adds-glamour-to-vienna-life-ball The theme for next year’s Life Ball in Vienna - an annual event dedicated to spreading awareness of HIV and AIDS - will be Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring). https://www.thelocal.at/20141201/life-ball-2015-looks-golden Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:25:00 +0100 life-ball-2015-looks-golden Austria’s Aids charity AIDS-Hilfe has produced an explicit cartoon showing two gay cats having unprotected sex, which is meant to raise awareness about European HIV testing week (which takes place from 21st to 28th November). NSFW. https://www.thelocal.at/20141120/cat-porn-cartoon-aims-to-promote-safe-sex Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:01:00 +0100 cat-porn-cartoon-aims-to-promote-safe-sex The Vienna Life Ball - the biggest annual charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS - has made a net profit of €2.3 million. https://www.thelocal.at/20140605/life-ball-earns-23-million Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:16:00 +0200 life-ball-earns-23-million Visitors to the 22nd annual Vienna Life Ball on Saturday evening turned the town square into a sea of ​​flowers. https://www.thelocal.at/20140601/aids-fundraising-in-garden-of-lust Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:46:00 +0200 aids-fundraising-in-garden-of-lust The first of a host of celebrity Life Ball guests have landed in Vienna, direct from New York on a special Boeing plane - and were greeted with champagne, music and lots of cameras. https://www.thelocal.at/20140530/celebrities-arrive-in-vienna-for-life-ball Fri, 30 May 2014 17:03:00 +0200 celebrities-arrive-in-vienna-for-life-ball