"Let Others Wage War, You, Happy Austria, Marry !" ("Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube"); Mr Cogito Rests From Digging His Fallout Shelter

"Austrian Airlines plans to inaugurate new service from Vienna to six cities in Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine. New flights will serve Yekaterinburg, Russia; Donetsk, Ukraine; Iasi and Sibiu in Romania, Pecs in Hungary, and Ostrava in the Czech Republic, bringing the airline's Eastern Europe route network to 44 cities in 23 countries. In addition to the new cities coming on line, frequencies are also being increased to Kiev, Kharkov, Lviv, and Odessa in Ukraine; Riga, Latvia; Varna, Bulgaria; Chisinau, Moldava; Cluj, Romania; Krasnodar, Russia; Dubronvnik and Split, Croatia, and Podgorica in Montenegro." ...

Travel Agent "Austrian Airlines Adds New Routes" March 29/April 3, 2006

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I guess no new Austrian Airlines routes to Belarus, for the time being...

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Lviv International Airport, Lviv, Ukraine.

A Soviet replica of Habsburg, Austrian architectural splendor?

Photo credit: Stephan Curkowskyj With thanks

http://www2.world66.com/europe/ukraine/lvov

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Lviv -- the unofficial Cultural Capital Of Europe 2006 -- celebrates 750 Years!

Lviv History Museum:

http://lhm.lviv.ua/eng/