Germany, Austria and dissolution of Yugoslavia

A History of Women’s Writing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918

At the end of Miklos Banffy’s entertaining panoramic novel of pre-WWI Hungary, the protagonist Count Balint takes a final tour of Transylvania before joining his regiment. It is a personal and private farewell to his childhood home and to a whole generation of Hungarian nobles, of which Balint/Banffy was highly critical. The novel ends with the telling words ‘Bonczhida, May 20th, 1940’.(1) This...

Psychosocial background in incarcerated adolescents from Austria, Turkey and former Yugoslavia.

Adolescents with a migration background account for a substantial proportion of juveniles in custody. Psychosocial adversities pose a significant risk for criminal behaviour. So far, the nature of psychosocial adversities experienced by migrant youth is understudied. The aim of this study was to explore differences in psychosocial background in three ethnic groups (Turkish, former-Yugoslavian a...

Comparison of hip fracture incidence and trends between Germany and Austria 1995-2004: An epidemiological study

BACKGROUND Several studies evaluated variations in hip fracture incidences, as well as trends of the hip fracture incidences. Comparisons of trends are lacking so far. We compared the incidence rates and, in particular, its trends between Austria and Germany 1995 to 2004 analysing national hospital discharge diagnosis register data. METHODS Annual frequencies of hip fractures and correspondin...

Dalia Marin : ’ A Nation of Poets and Thinkers ’ - Less So with Eastern Enlargement ? Austria and Germany

Many people in the European Union fear that Eastern Enlargement will lead to major job losses. More recently, these fears about job losses have extended to high skill labor and IT jobs. The paper examines with new firm level data whether these fears are justified for the two neighboring countries of Eastern Enlargement Austria and Germany. We find that Eastern Enlargement leads to surprising sm...