A man found dead in a large recreation area in Vienna has been identified as a German. The 29-year-old’s body was discovered by hikers at the Donauinsel (Danube Island) yesterday morning (Sun). He was stabbed to death after a group of six men’s argument got out of hand, police said today. Officials said the offender […]
Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) are eyeing up a versatile striker currently playing for UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona, it has emerged. The Austrian Bundesliga vice champions are about to sign Jonathan Soriano who netted 32 times for Barca’s second team in Spain’s Segunda Division last year, according to sport newspapers. No other player scored […]
Viennese police have promised to take action against lawbreaking cyclists. Officials in the capital announced today (Mon) intense controls would be carried out especially in the city centre. They argued their decision had to do with the large number of tourists visiting Vienna at the moment. Police explained they wanted to avoid an increase of […]
Conservatives members of the federal parliament in Vienna (MPs) have been accused of acting “childish” after blocking a bid to change the lyrics of the national anthem. Maria Rauch-Kallat of the People’s Party (ÖVP) aimed to present a draft bill in her final speech as MP on Friday evening. She was scheduled to speak at […]
A 31-year-old Swede has won the 63rd Austria Tour. Fredrik Kessiakoff of pro team Astana finished the eight-stage event which ended in Vienna yesterday afternoon (Sun) ahead of Czech Leopold König. Spaniard Carlos Sastre, who won the Tour de France in 2008, came third ahead of Thomas Rohregger. The Tyrolean won the Austria Tour in […]
One of Austria’s best footballers of all time has launched a devastating attack on Red Bull Salzburg (RBS). Ex-AS Roma star Herbert Prohaska criticised the club yesterday (Thurs) for not letting midfielder Georg Teigl and defender Martin Hinteregger perform for Austria in the upcoming Under-20s World Cup. Prohaska – voted Austria’s Footballer of the 20th […]
Former Telekom Austria (TA) boss Boris Nemsic has been hired by a global investment and consulting firm, according to reports. Business newspapers claim today (Fri) that the Sarajevo-born businessman will head the emerging markets operations of Delta Partners, a firm based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Nemsic headed TA for four years […]
An elderly motorist is recovering in hospital after ploughing into a row of parked cars. The 80-year-old man crashed into the vehicles at a taxi rank in the city of Salzburg yesterday evening (Thurs) after an overtaking manoeuvre. He had to be hospitalised. Officials in the city said today that another person – a cab […]
A banker found guilty of one of the biggest investment belly flops in the history of the country will walk free due to his fragile health, it has emerged. Judges in Vienna announced yesterday afternoon (Thurs) that Helmut Elsner was too sick to serve the remainder of his 10-year term. The 76-year-old spent the past […]
A German politician has been accused of acting “bizarrely and hysterically” by calling on his fellow countrymen to shun Denmark this summer in favour of Austria. Jörg-Uwe Hahn, the minister for European affairs in the German state of Hessen, suggested Germans willing to go abroad this summer should pick Poland or Austria due to Denmark’s […]