Austria

GE in Austria

GE National Ambassador in Austria

Position vacant.

If you are interested in representing the Generation Europe Community in Austria, please send your CV and motivation letter to Marie-Hélène at marie-helene@generation-europe.eu.com

Selected links:

TV & newspapers:

Austrian Academy of Sciences - http://www.oeaw.ac.at

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Other:

Austria in brief:

Austria

Area 83,870 sq km
Capital Vienna
Language German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)
Population 8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)
Population growth rate 0.11% (2005 est.)
Life expectancy 76.03 (men), 81.96 (women)
Literacy rate 98%
Religion Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4%
Net migration rate 1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001)
Independence 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)
GDP real growth rate 1.9% (2004 est.)