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Army officer sentenced over getting recruits to lay flooring

The state court of Vienna sentenced a second lieutenant of the Austrian Army to nine months in jail due to misuse of authority. He had three recruits [...]

Drunk man drives 40 km on wrong side of road

An intoxicated Slovenian man drove 40 km on the wrong side of the Tauernautobahn motorway (A10) on Tuesday night. A courageous lorry driver stopped th [...]

Child injured on zebra crossing

A ten-year-old girl was severely injured in a car accident in Vienna-Margareten yesterday (Wed). A car hit her on a zebra crossing. It remained unclea [...]

Wrong labelling led to contamination

The newspaper "Kurier" reported that there might be a connection between the last radioactive incident in the old chemistry department of the Universi [...]

20 years prison for murdering ex girlfriend

The state court of Linz sentenced a 29-year-old man from Upper Austria to 20 years in jail on Tuesday. The man was accused of having killed his ex-gir [...]

Fireman Finds Dead Son In Mangled Car Wreck

A fireman made a tragic discovery when he was called out to a car accident to find the dead victim pulled from the mangled wreck was his own son. [...]

Cheapskate Tourist Almost Died In Sewer Visit

A German tourist had a lucky escape after he decided to go underground to get a view of the Vienna sewers, and fell badly breaking several bones inclu [...]

Cable Car Ride Not For The Faint Hearted

Passengers need a good head for heights to enjoy this viewing platform - located on top of the new cable car that is now running in the Dachstein moun [...]

Rock Climbers Time Out Idea To Help Rescuers

A novel idea of a parking clock for outdoor adventures that could save lives has been introduced in Alpine Austria. [...]

Lightning storm causes damage in Lower Austria

810 lightning strikes have been counted in Lower Austria last night (Tues). Meteorologists state that this is not an extraordinary number but some lig [...]

Woman killed by Vienna tram

A female pedestrian tried to cross a street in Vienna Hietzing yesterday afternoon (Tues) without paying attention to the traffic. She was hit by the [...]

Kid falls off pony and ends up under car

A seven-year-old child fell from a pony in Kössen, district of Kitzbühel (Tyrol) yesterday (Tues) afternoon. The child fell directly in front of a car [...]

Arabian horse dies after accident

A 150,000 Euro Arab stallion had to be put down after a car accident in the Innviertel region, Upper Austria. The horse broke out of an enclosure and [...]

Mouth To Nose Resuscitation Trick Saves Dog

This dog's owner nose a thing or two about first aid, at least when it came to saving the life of her beloved pet after he was taken out of her burnin [...]

Plenty To Smile About For Axolotl

This rare Axolotl salamander has a reason to smile as he welcomes visitors as the star attraction at an Aquaria Fun Park in Austria. [...]

New baby wolves born in the Schönbrunn zoo

Five wolf cubs are the latest addition to the Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna this spring. [...]

Third man accident leaves man in hospital

A 55-year-old man fell during the "Third Man Tour", which leads visitors through the Viennese canal system. He is said to have suffered a femoral neck [...]

Jail for conmen

Two men, who stole thousands of Euros by money laundering were sentenced last Thursday. The defendants promised their victims that they would increase [...]

Raiffeisen boss has to pay crash costs himself

Erwin Hameseder, head of the Raiffeisen-Holding Lower Austria-Vienna will have to pay himself for the damage of the car accident he caused with his Po [...]

Baumgartner achieves the unachievable yet again

The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner has lived in Arbon, Switzerland, for a year. Despite a long waiting list, he has already received a p [...]

Jail for internet conman

A 44-year-old man received a prison sentence for severe fraud, money laundering and being a member of a criminal group. The state court of Feldkirch, [...]

Austrian on trial over Aldi blackmail

The trial of a 61-year-old man from Salzburg, who blackmailed the company Aldi South, started yesterday (Wed) in Duisburg, Germany. The defendant has [...]

Two bodies found of skier and diver

Two corpses of people who have been missing for a long time were found in Upper Austria yesterday (Wed). The corpse of a Polish diver was found in Att [...]

Two students fall out of third floor window

Two German students fell out of a third-floor window of a shared flat in an apartment block in Innsbruck, Tyrol (Western Austria) yesterday (Tues). On [...]