Enchanted by Mitteleuropa – In memory of Erhard Busek

Erhard Busek, former Austrian Vice-Chancellor, head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research, former chairman of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and head of the Institut für den Danube Region und Mitteleuropa in Vienna, died on 13 March.

In search of the last emperor in Vienna

In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the death of Otto von Habsburg’s father, Charles I, the last Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary (as Charles IV), three of our Foundation’s colleagues, Szilveszter Dékány, Bence Kocsev and Gergely István Szűts, conducted a short research in the public collections of Vienna.

Debut in Vienna

Director Gergely Prohle and Georg von Habsburg Member of the Board of the Foundation introduced the work of the Foundation on 15 September in Vienna. The event – with the contribution of the Collegium Hungaricum Wien – was held in the building of the Embassy of Hungary in Vienna.