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Lenin or bust

Germany is to open a new museum dedicated to the torn down statues from Nazi and Communist regimes.

Pride of place will go to the monstrous 62 ft high, 3.5 ton granite bust of Lenin pulled down in Berlin and buried in 1991 after the fall of Communism.

Other sculptures on show will be idealised Aryan figures approved by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during World War II and other monuments from Germany's Prussian past.

Meanwhile, a reproduction of a statue of Lenin made from sweets and chocolate has been put up where the real thing used to stand in Bucharest, Romania.

The statue will be auctioned off to raise money for a museum of Communist statues restored after they were toppled after the rise of democracy, said artist Ioan Ciocan.

Austrian Times

FPÖ under fire after trip to Grozny
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has been harshly criticised for meeting with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Celebrity ski race in Zau[:ber:]g
The annual charity celebrity ski race is to take place once again this weekend on the Semmering, Austria. The event in the resort of Zau[:ber:]g involves various famous faces or "Promis" who will all come together for a night race for a truly good cause.

Price check confirms AUA staff’s friendly fire complaints
Austrian Airlines (AUA) employees’ representatives feel confirmed in their criticism of Lufthansa as a price check reveals that the Viennese airline’s German mother company offers cheaper connections.

Austrian food to feature in organic trade fair
Austria is expected to be well represented at next week’s BioFach 2012 international organic trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Some 90 companies and organisations from the Austrian organic good sector will feature at the fair from 15 to 18 February.

Fruit trees springing up in Vienna
The city of Vienna will see the arrival of fruit trees around the capital in 2012. With the support of wine growers, farmers and landholders the new plants will be sponsored and cultivated in specific districts of the city in autumn.

Pühringer rejects U-turn on rightist ball
Young Social Democrats (SPÖ) have appealed to Upper Austrian Governor Josef Pühringer not to attend the Burschenbundball in Linz this Saturday.

Clem Chambers - All the pointers say there is light at the end of the tunnel
PERMA-BEARS BEWARE: 2012 LOOKS BULLISH, says Clem Chambers, CEO of leading stocks and shares information website ADVFN.com and author of "101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners".

Foglar infuriated by 'tactical games'
Austrian Trade Union (ÖGB) President Erich Foglar has accused the vice chancellor of "playing games".

Le Carré novel hits the big screen
A new espionage film is now on at the Burgkino Vienna where all movies are screened in their original versions.

Kadyrov welcomes Austrian right-wingers
A delegation of representatives of a rightist Austrian party met with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, it has emerged.