German President to visit Austria this week New German President Christian Wulff will come to Vienna this Wednesday, the office of Austrian President Heinz Fischer has announced.
British teacher dies on first day of school ski trip A British teacher has died on the first day of a week-long school ski trip after falling off a four meter high stone wall after a trip to a pub and landing on his head.
Kampusch: FBI Dossier to Reveal Police Cover Up A secret FBI report into police cover-ups over the kidnapping of cellar prison victim Natascha Kampusch is due to be made public this month (April).
Cellar Girl: Kampusch Dad Launches Book Naming Second Kidnapper The father of girl in the cellar Natascha Kampusch - locked in an underground dungeon and raped for for eight-and-a-half years - has written a book accusing her kidnapper’s best friend of being his accomplice.
Turks Declare Star Wars on Lego Turks living in Austria are calling for a boycott of Lego products after accusing it of encouraging racial hatred and prejudice.
Lake Lüner to get a facelift One of Austria's most beautiful lakes is set to lose most of its water – at least temporarily so that repair and renovation work can take place on the wall of a dam.
Child allowance extension rarely taken up admits minister Experts have criticised the offer of extending the Kinderbetreuungsgeld - the payment made to new parents – for two months in cases of hardship because the process is too complicated.
CCTV images of suspected serial rapist Austrian police have issued these CCTV images of a man they suspect might be responsible for a series of rapes on the Vienna U6 underground line.
Salzburg deputy resigns after 3bn rogue trader loss Salzburg's deputy governor and the man in charge of the province's finances has announced he plans to resign next month after an alleged rogue trader gambled away billions on risky financial market ventures.
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Jail for firework throwing football fan
The state court of Salzburg sentenced a fan to six months in jail yesterday (Mon) for having thrown a flare in a football game and having severely injured a policeman.
Teenager on souped up moped notches up 134 kph
The police stopped a 16-year-old boy from Bad Goisern, district of Gmunden (Upper Austria), as his moped had been modified and he could go at a speed of 134 kph. The teenager will be charged.
Teenager loses finger while mowing the grass
A 14-year-old teenager lost a finger when he was mowing the grass in Aurach am Hongar, district of Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria. He was taken to a hospital in Salzburg.
U6 partially closed for repair work
Due to surface work at the platforms, the U6 station Josefstädter Straße will be closed from today. Underground trains, which go to Floridsdorf, will not stop in the affected station for four weeks.
Turkish man jailed for trying to set up fake marriages
A Turkish man stood trial yesterday (Thurs) for having tried to convince women to take part in sham marriages with foreigners. The 25-year-old man was sentenced to seven months in prison.
My hell in an Egyptian jail
On 25 March, a 33-year-old man from Burgenland was sentenced to seven years in jail on the suspicion of gun smuggling in Cairo. Hannes F. announced that he would appeal. His wife Lisa F. told the Austria Press Agency that he has been transferred to a different prison with worse conditions.
Diesel smuggled into Austria marked as rust proofer
A trial regarding tax evasion started yesterday (Thurs). Seven defendants are accused of having sold rust proofer from Poland and declaring it to be diesel in Austria.
Human trafficking witness kidnapped
The special unit "Cobra" freed a 21-year-old mother and her child from a flat in Vienna-Penzing on Wednesday. According to the newspaper "Kronen Zeitung", the woman was the main witness in a legal procedure of human trafficking.
Church offers land to ease housing crisis
More and more parishes of Vorarlberg (Western Austria) have made their property available for charitable building projects. Several projects have already been completed and some are still being prepared.
German amok driver injures four police officers
A 25-year-old Bavarian man was the cause for a car chase with the police. He drove at a speed of 200 kilometres per hour thorugh villages, ran over road barriers and stole a service weapon.
Police solve mystery over 200 stolen cars
Six Polish car burglars broke into 200 cars in Vienna, exchanged the license plates and drove them to Warsaw. They have not been discovered for a year. The damage is estimated to be three million Euros.
Fake count kills himself before court case
A 61-year-old German committed suicide only a few hours before he would have been standing trial for serious fraud before a Vienna jury. The man hung himself in his cell in the prison of Josefstadt.
Wrongly accused Austrian doc donates book proceeds to fellow docs legal case
The medical doctor Eugen Adelsmayr from Bad Ischl (southern part of Upper Austria) will donate the proceeds of the sale of his e-book to the family of a South African doctor. The man has to face trial in Abu Dhabi, similar to the one Adelsmayr was facing.
Boston bomber was boxing at a contest in Tirol
One of the assassins of Boston is said to have come to Tyrol in 2007, representatives of the Ministry of Interior said yesterday (Tues). Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a shooting with the police, took part in a boxing event in Innsbruck.
Teenager hit by tram in Vienna
A 17-year-old girl was hit by a tram and severely injured this morning in the city centre of Vienna. The young woman is presumed to have not seen the approaching tram. She suffered from severe head injuries.
Taxi firm gives new phone to conned passenger
A bold theft in the district of Vienna-Döbling has now ended well for the victim: a 20-year-old man gave his iPhone to a taxi driver as a pawn. When he returned, the taxi had gone. The taxi company 40100 now gave a new iPhone to the victim.
Driving licence used to activate cash card withdrawal
An unknown offender managed to withdraw 2,000 Euros from a locked debit card, which belonged to a 45-year-old man from Villach, Carinthia (Southern Austria). The offender only had to show the stolen driving license of the man at the bank counter.
Vienna Charity Schnitzeljagd
Mark your calendars for Sunday May 26! This event will be raising money for the S.O.S. Kinderdorf. The event is a scavenger hunt/mobile pub quiz that will take place in the center of Vienna.
Taxi rolls over driver
A tragic accident happened last Friday in Graz, Styria (South-Eastern Austria). A taxi driver was run over by his own car and is now in a critical condition.
Fire alarms now compulsory in all rooms in Carinthian buildings
According to the building regulation in Carinthia (Southern Austria), smoke detectors need to be installed in all living rooms from the end of June. Around one million detectors, which can save lives in case of a fire, will be installed.
Romanian hired killers turn over their contacts
An Austrian is said to have ordered the killing of two people. The man is suspected of having offered two Romanians money so that they would kill a German businessman and the ex-girlfriend of the Austrian in Ried, Upper Austria.
Emergency lane row over presidential visit
The question whether the president of Austria is allowed to use the emergency lane in case of a traffic jam divides legal experts. Heinz Fischer’s convoy went through the emergency lane last week at the A7 in Linz.
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