Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. Sitting on the river Danube,the city is located in the far north of Austria,30 km (19 mi) south of the border with the Czech Republic. As of 1. January 2024,the city has a population of 212.538 and is the 7th largest of all cities on the Danube river.
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional,i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established rules,rights,and freedoms,among other things.
The Johannes Kepler University Linz is a public university in Austria. It is located in Linz,the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's,master's,diploma and doctoral degrees in business,engineering,law,science,social sciences and medicine.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Austria have advanced significantly in the 21st century,and are now among the most advanced in Europe. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Austria. Registered partnerships were introduced in 2010,giving same-sex couples some of the rights of marriage. Stepchild adoption was legalised in 2013,while full joint adoption was legalised by the Constitutional Court of Austria in 2016. On 5 December 2017,the Austrian Constitutional Court decided to legalise same-sex marriage,and the ruling went into effect on 1 January 2019.
The Virtual Global University (VGU) is a virtual university offering online distance education or virtual education on the Internet.
Verica Trstenjak is a Slovenian Doctor of Laws and Professor of European Law based in Vienna,Austria. From 2006 to 2012 she has been an Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg (CJEU),from 2004 to 2006 judge of the General Court.
Gerhart Holzinger is an Austrian jurist,educator,and career civil servant. He was appointed to the Austrian Constitutional Court in 1995,serving as its president from 2008 until his retirement in 2017.
Karl Aiginger is an Austrian economist. He was the head of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) between 2005 and 2016,he is a professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and an honorary professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He was succeeded by Christoph Badelt as the head of WIFO in September 2016. He established and manages the lateral thinking platform Policy Crossover Center,an interdisciplinary discussion forum on European policy. As an author,he is widely held in libraries worldwide.
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is an Austrian economist and professor of labor economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz,where he is also chair of the department of economics. He is also a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna,Austria. Since 2011,he has also been associate editor of the Institute's official journal,Empirical Economics. He has been heading a Christian-Doppler Laboratory of "Ageing,Health and the Labor Market" at the Johannes-Kepler-University of Linz 2014-2021. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and a former President of the European Society for Population Economics. 2021-22,he was President of the Austrian Economic Association (NOEG).
Brigitte Bierlein is an Austrian former jurist who served as president of the Constitutional Court before serving as chancellor of Austria from June 2019 until January 2020. An Independent,she was the first woman to hold either office.
Bernd-Christian Funk is an Austrian legal scholar and educator. Funk is a former professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Vienna,the dean and academic director of the Sigmund Freud University Vienna Faculty of Law,and one of the governors of the Medical University of Innsbruck.
Theodor Öhlinger was an Austrian constitutional scholar and educator. Öhlinger was a member the Austrian Constitutional Court from 1977 to 1989 and a professor of constitutional and administrative law at the University of Vienna from 1974 to 2007. From 1999 until his death,he served as the deputy chairman of the board of trustees of the Vienna Museum of Art History. Öhlinger published 23 books and more than 350 scholarly articles and appeared as a frequent commentator on legal issues in the Austrian news media. Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen called him Austria's "operating system" during the turbulent times of May 2019.
Karl Korinek was an Austrian constitutional scholar and educator. Korinek taught law at the University of Graz,the Vienna University of Economics and Business,the University of Vienna,and the University for Continuing Education Krems. In 1978,Korinek was appointed to the Austrian Constitutional Court;he served as the president of the court from 2003 until his retirement in 2008.
Ludwig Karl Adamovich,commonly known as Ludwig Adamovich Jr.,is an Austrian constitutional scholar,civil servant,and educator. From 1956 to 1984,Adamovich worked for the Constitutional Service of the Austrian Chancellery;he also taught law at the University of Graz. From 1984 to 2002,he served as the president of the Austrian Constitutional Court. Since 2004,Adamovich has been acting,on an honorary basis,as an advisor on matters of constitutional law to Presidents Heinz Fischer and Alexander Van der Bellen.
Karoline Edtstadler is an Austrian lawyer and politician who has served as minister for the EU and the Constitution at the Austrian Chancellery in the governments of Chancellors Sebastian Kurz,Alexander Schallenberg and Karl Nehammer since 2020. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),she previously served as a State Secretary at the Ministry of the Interior from 2017 to 2019 and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 until 2020.
Gabriel Felbermayr is an Austrian economist who has been serving as president of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) since 2021. He specializes in international economics,international trade agreements,economic policy,and environmental economics. Considered a leading economist in the field of international economics,he is cited in the top 5% of all economists and has been referred to as "Germany's Chief Economist of the North".
The 2020–21 Austrian Cup was the 90th edition of the national cup in Austrian football. The champions of the cup earn a place in the 2021–22 Europa League play-off round.
Tobias Thomas is a German economist and Director General of Statistics Austria.
Ulrike Lienbacher is an Austrian artist. She works in various media and lives in Salzburg and Vienna.
Elisabeth Götze is an Austrian politician of The Greens –The Green Alternative. From 2015 to 2020,she was deputy mayor of Eichgraben,and since October 23,2019,she is a member of the National Council.
