Yesterday, Ambassador Traina visited Bundesheer’s ‘Schwarzenberg’ barracks in Salzburg in style, catching a ride on a Black Hawk! 100 Austrian & U.S. military police are participating in the bilateral military exercise “All In” to further cooperation during peacekeeping missions. “We are hoping to do an even larger military exercise next year together,” the Ambassador said ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 10 May, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, U.S. & Austria
On May 5, 1945, the U.S. 11th Armored Division liberated the Mauthausen Concentration camp. The U.S. Embassy, in cooperation with the Mauthausen Committee Austria, rededicated 3 plaques honoring the U.S. military for liberating the camp, and laid a wreath in memory of those who perished at the site. Among the Americans murdered at Mauthausen, were ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 10 April, 2019 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Education, History, Human Rights, Public Affairs, U.S. & Austria
Ambassador Trevor Traina greatly enjoyed his first visit to Vorarlberg. In his meeting with Markus Linhart, Mayor of the province’s capital Bregenz, they discussed strengthening trade between Vorarlberg and the U.S. At Kunsthaus Bregenz, the Ambassador met with Director Thomas Trummer and visited Miriam Cahn’s upcoming exhibition. In Stadt Hohenems, Director Hanno Loewy welcomed the Ambassador ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 April, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, U.S. & Austria
The Embassy invited Richard Fontaine, CEO of the think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to Austria for discussions of the transatlantic partnership in an era of great power competition. Mr. Fontaine gave interviews to Die Presse and Tiroler Tageszeitung and talked at the Management Center Innsbruck and the Amerika Haus in Vienna. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 March, 2019 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Events, Political Affairs, U.S. & Austria
Ambassador Traina visited the oldest university in the German-speaking world, the University of Vienna, to talk with American Studies students about American culture, politics, and foreign policy. In his introductory remarks the Ambassador emphasized the good relations between Austria and the United States. Afterwards he fielded questions from the students, covering a very wide range ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 26 March, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, U.S. & Austria
Trevor D. Traina is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in San Francisco. He has founded or co-founded five companies and sold four of them (including to Microsoft and Intuit). He is presently Founder and CEO of IfOnly, a company that allows buyers to purchase unique life experiences with a portion of the proceeds ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 22 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Austria
| Tags: Traina
The U.S. Embassy invites Austrian high school students (ages 14-19) to participate in our video contest. Each video entry should document the legacy of the Marshall Plan and its ongoing success in Austria, i.e. legacy funds are still supporting Austrian companies. As part of this project, students will have the chance to interview representatives of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 9 January, 2018 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Austria
| Tags: Marshall plan, video contest
