By Rob Hyde Male students in Austria are getting more financial support from their parents, a recent survey shows. In a report from the non-profit research body, the Institute for Advanced Studies (HIS), women students receive on average 40-80 Euros less funding per month from their mothers and fathers. The figures show that male students […]
A boy in Burgenland has been rushed to hospital after having been bitten in the head by a Baroness’ two rottweilers. The nine year-old boy, Adrian-Arne W, had emergency surgery to the ear, after the two dogs being set upon by the two dogs at a Schloss in Bruckneudorf in Neusiedel am See. The boy […]
By Rob Hyde Schools in Vienna are to benefit from a 30 million Euro project to upgrade their existing computers. The scheme, titled “Vienna education network”, aims to ensure that by 2015 around 16,000 PCs will be using the latest operating systems. Whilst the capital city’s schools are generally using Windows XP as their operating […]
by Rob Hyde Unemployed people not prepared to accept work offered to them should face harsher penalties says the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour (WKÖO). The WKÖO contacted 11 jobless people for a 2,900 Euro per month position on an Upper Austrian construction site. As none took up the position, the authority said this was […]
By Rob Hyde Thieves managed to remove the contents of a hundred cellars within the same municipal housing complex on a street in Vienna. Shoes, tools, clothes, bikes and even skis were stolen from a hundred cellars of flats belonging to the Schüttausstraße housing estate, which lies just a brief stroll away from the United […]
A man who had had a severe allergic reaction to a wasp after being stung whilst out for a walk around a lake was rescued by rowing boat. The 51-year-old was walking around the Hierzmannstausee reservoir in Voitsberg, Styria with his wife and dog when he was stung by a wasp after he bent over […]
Robbie Williams concert – a review
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by Petronilla Hohenwarter & Nigel Stonham Do you want to grow old with me? Let me start by saying YES. Robbie Williams was at Krieau in Vienna last night and we were there. It was a show full of contrasts. Featuring Robbie as both prince charming and as a rude boy. Featuring both shouted lyrics […]
No Buwog compensation hearing till Autumn
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By Rob Hyde in Vienna Former Immofinanz director Kark Petrikovics and ex-lobbyist Peter Hochegger are set to appear in court in a row over illegal commissions from the sale of state owned properties. The hearing, centred around the alleged commissions received of 9.9 million Euro paid during the privatisation of construction giant, Buwog, are now […]
By Rob Hyde in Vienna. Customers shopping at petrol stations Austria are having to pay almost twice as much as in supermarkets, a recent report shows. Statistics published by the Chamber of Labour (AK) reveal that the price of purchasing food, drinks and general items from the petrol pump stores works as 48 per cent […]
Strache’s Facebook profile blocked
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Leader of the right-wing Austria Freedom Party (FPÖ), has had his popular Facebook page mysteriously blocked – then unblocked. Despite having around 135,000 users ‘likes’ on his page, Heinz-Christian Strache suddenly found that the Zuckerberg-founded social network giant had decided to cancel his page, leaving him unable to read or post updates. Early Monday morning, […]