Talks to form a government that would put the far right in power in Austria are struggling, Austrian media reported Tuesday, though the parties involved say negotiations have not collapsed. The ...

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A music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow is helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument". Anna Smart, 24, who is originally from Fife ...

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VIENNA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP) denied on Tuesday their talks on forming a coalition government had collapsed after ...

But Brussels will nevertheless be “keeping an eye” on Vienna’s budget situation over the coming months. The European Commission has decided not to formally reprimand Austria for breaching ...

VIENNA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and conservative People's Party (OVP) plan to improve the state's finances by scrapping climate-change-related measures and ...

1. The Scotsman newspaper warns that bagpipes face an ‘existential threat’. Their poor sales last year found them in the bottom three worst-selling instruments in the UK, along with the kazoo ...

Celebrated all over Scotland and the world on Burns’ birthday, Burns Night involves the playing of bagpipes, the eating of traditional Scottish food and the recitation of Burns poems ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland, are a loud and imposing musical instrument. Known for being difficult to practice quietly, they’re not the ideal ...

Plus Katie the Wheeled Piper plays for us on her adapted bagpipes. The 18-year-old had the honour of piping in the haggis for the BBC’s Burns Night Extravaganza which is broadcast on 25 January ...