A bull will be slaughtered after he put an elderly farmer into a clinic, officials in Vorderstoder said today (Weds).The animal knocked the 60-year-old man to the ground at his farm in the town in Upper Austrias Kirchdorf district yesterday evening (Tues). The farmers son, 28, managed to get clear by leaping over a fence.The […]
Strabag SE has said it hopes to win more Romanian roadwork assignments after being engaged to build a motorway for more than 160 million Euros.The Viennese company announced today (Weds) it saw good chances to get further orders in the Eastern European (EE) country after agreeing about the construction of a 24-kilometre (km) stretch in […]
Opposition leaders fear that the Austrian police force could become a “squadron of midgets” as the interior ministry plans to scrap a minimum body height rule for applicants.A spokesman for the federal interior ministry which is headed by Johanna Mikl-Leitner of the conservative Peoples Party (ÖVP) announced today (Tues) that the plan was […]
A woman has been arrested for trying to pinch an Austrian holidaymakers wallet.The 19-year-old man met the Nigerian in a bar on the Spanish tourism hotspot of Mallorca and called the police when she attempted to steal his money.The would-be thief was arrested. Some newspapers report today (Tues) that she is a prostitute.
A works council chief has caused a stir by calling for more vacation days for Austrians.Wolfgang Katzian, head of the labour union of private employees GPA-djp, said today (Tues) Austrians deserved an additional week off each year. The Social Democratic (SPÖ) member of the federal parliament argued such a move would mean a win-win situation […]
A paraplegic woman is recovering after plunging down a steep embankment.The 60-year-old holidaymaker from Germany sustained multiple injuries when she fell down an eight-metre decent after one of her electric wheelchairs wheels got stuck between tree roots on Sunday morning.Police in Unken, Salzburg, said today (Tues) the woman was rescued by a mountain rescue team […]
A woman suffered serious injuries when her car was hit by a wheel in a freak traffic incident on the A1 western motorway on Sunday evening.Police in Amstetten, Lower Austria, announced today (Tues) that the driver was airlifted to a hospital after fire fighters freed her from the wrecked car. They added that the car […]
Social Democratic (SPÖ) Infrastructure Minister Doris Bures has labelled a debate over whether Federal Railways (ÖBB) should be privatised as “superfluous.”New Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Maria Fekter hit the headlines at the weekend by announcing she could imagine selling ÖBB to reduce the soaring state debt.Fekter said she “would have no problem” with privatising […]
FlyNiki partner Air Berlin had around six per cent more customers in the first five months of this year than in the same period of 2010.The carrier which has been cooperating with Vienna-based FlyNiki since 2004 said yesterday (Mon) it recorded 12.95 passengers between January and May 2011. Air Berlin said this was […]
More than a dozen passengers had a narrow escape when a coach was at risk of plunging down a descent and into a river yesterday (Mon).The 52-year-old driver of the vehicle came off the bendy mountain pass road in the Carinthian district of Spittal an der Drau for unclear reasons. He told the 13 passengers […]