Trieste
Attack on Europe’s and Austria’s Energy Lifeline: Suspicions of Sabotage Against the TAL Pipeline Grow Stronger
These images are reminiscent of a political thriller, but for Europe’s energy supply, they are a matter of grave concern: A massive high-voltage pylon, strategically placed in the rugged mountainous regions of the Carnic Alps, is slowly buckling after unknown perpetrators cut through its foundations with professional cutting torches. What initially appeared to be a quirk of nature is now turning out to be a suspected targeted attack on the heart of Central Europe’s oil supply.
April 12, 2026
Hub to the Far East - ÖBB Rail Cargo and Port of Trieste Strengthen Cooperation
At a critical time when the question of Italian economic independence from China is being discussed throughout Europe, ÖBB's Rail Cargo Group is intensifying its cooperation with the port of Trieste in order, among other things, to be able to use the transport connection of the Adriatic port to the Far East.
March 22, 2019
Federal President Widow Margot Klestil-Löffler Designated to Become Special Envoy to Russia and China
Due to tensions in the CEI Central European Initiative in Trieste between the Italian diplomat Giovanni Caracciolo di Vietri as CEI Secretary General and his deputy Margot Klestil-Löffler, it is rumored that the Foreign Office must find a new job for Klestil-Löffler. This is what the daily "Der Standard" writes in its Thursday issue.
February 23, 2018
Vienna and Triest - Through History Connected
A recent visit by Triest's Mayor Roberto Cosolini highlights that Vienna and Trieste were connected in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for more than 500 years. Especially in the 18th and 19th century the port of Trieste flourished and because of its location became one of the most developed economic areas of the Habsburg Empire. It was the most important port of one of the Great Powers of Europe. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (after Vienna, Budapest, and Prague).
June 25, 2015
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