“Donnie Darko” star Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he was desperate for the leading role in acclaimed musical film “Moulin Rouge.”The Hollywood actor told Austrian showbiz magazine Live today (Fri) he had been auditioning for the part for which Ewan McGregor (“Trainspotting”) was eventually cast for months. Gyllenhaal said McGregor, Heath Ledger and himself […]
An elderly woman is recovering in hospital after she was hit by a driver trying to park a car, officials announced today (Fri).The 51-year-old failed to explain to police why she did not see the pedestrian, 79, in the incident which occurred in Vienna-Favoriten Wednesday morning.Medical authorities had no comment on the pensioners condition.Police in […]
Nearly five per cent of people travelling to Romania are Austrians, new figures show.The National Statistics Institute (INS) announced today (Fri) that 4.8 per cent of all holidaymakers who chose Romania in April came from Austria. The agency added that, with 61.7 per cent, a majority of tourists were European Union (EU) citizens.Hungarians take the […]
A waste management company employee has discovered three baby cats in a rubbish container in Fohnsdorf, Styria.One of the animals was already dead when the woman searched the container after hearing the young cats whining on Wednesday. A local animal shelter is taking care of the other two cats believed to be just a few […]
An Austrian pensioner has been sentenced to more than four years in jail for molesting kids and possessing underage pornographic material by a court in Spain.Judges heard how Rudolf C. lured the boys a neighbour, 14, and his nine-year-old nephew into his villa in San Juan de Alicante at the Costa Blanca for […]
A policewoman underwent examinations after a rioting drinker claimed he had AIDS after attacking her.The 48-year-old German scratched the officers arm as she tried to calm him down. The woman and colleagues were called by bus passengers frightened by the rampaging man wielding a shattered beer bottle in Salzburg on Wednesday evening.Doctors took blood samples […]
Two young men were arrested for causing damage to more than a dozen cars.The residents of Vienna, aged 21 and 23, were caught by police in the capitals Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district on Wednesday night thanks to information from witnesses. The duo scratched the paint of 19 cars and ripped off the wing mirrors from some of […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) works council chiefs are up in arms over revelations that the debt-stricken carrier forked out bonuses of three million Euros last year.Pilot council representatives said today (Fri) decision-makers were threatening their future and the fate of the whole company when they were informed that 150 managers received bonuses of three million Euros […]
The thesis of Austrias European Commissioner for Regional Policy is to be examined once more after an expert claimed that substantial parts were plagiarised.Stefan Weber who made a name for himself by exposing plagiarism in dissertations said last week that Johannes Hahn cheated creating “at least 17.2 per cent” 254-page philosophy thesis from […]
More than 40,000 people are using Viennas 24-hour U-Bahn service, it was announced today (Fri).Public transport agency Wiener Linien said it registered around 45,000 underground passengers a night at weekends and nights before public holidays. The company introduced a 15-minute interval service last September after 54 per cent of the 277,000 residents of the city […]