Vienna. The Austrian EU Presidency is all but over. Over the last six months, the Web Team has endeavoured to keep you informed and let you experience the Presidency through this website.
Vienna. The address of the official EU Presidency website from 1 July is www.eu2006.fi
Vienna. The President in office of the European Council, Wolfgang Schüssel, Vice-Chancellor Hubert Gorbach, and EU Council President and Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik reviewed Austria’s Presidency of the EU at a joint press conference.
Vienna. "Above all, we experienced the Presidency as a team effort," declared Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik at the joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and Vice-Chancellor Hubert Gorbach to take stock of the Austrian Council Presidency.
Vienna. The Concert for Europe scheduled for 2 June, which had to be cancelled because of bad weather, took place on 30 June 2006, the last day of the Austrian Presidency, in the park of Schönnbrunn Palace.