Data protection watchdogs have given the go-ahead to take pictures of roads and house fronts across Austria for a controversial internet information service.The Austrian Data Protection Commission (DSK) announced yesterday (Thurs) that American IT firm Google was not banned any longer from taking panoramic views of Austrian towns and cities for its Street View portal. […]
Struggling engine manufacturer ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB) has warned shareholders it could have suffered immense losses last year.The Vienna-based company which runs factories in the Austrian province of Styria, Germany, Great Britain and Serbia said yesterday (Thurs) its annual loss could be higher than half of its nominal capital. ATB added that […]
Sweet-toothed Austrians have been dealt little mouth-watering news.Economy Chamber (WKO) Silvio Molin-Pradel announced today (Fri) ice cream parlours in Austria will charge around 20 Eurocents more for a small cone this summer. Molin-Pradel explained businesspeople of the trade decided to react to rising foodstuff prices as the trade rates for cocoa, hazelnuts and other products […]
Three men suspected of being behind a break-in spree in Austria have been arrested in Poland.Investigators in Austria assume that the Poles stole six caravans, two cars, a motorcycle, a truck and a minivan from two company estates in the Lower Austrian districts of Neunkirchen and Gänserndorf in 2009 and 2010. The loot is worth […]
Hotels in Salzburg have jacked up their prices, new figures show.Research by holiday information and price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) shows today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart currently costs 122 Euros, up sharply by 20 Euros to the previous month.Tens of thousands of holidaymakers are coming […]
Austrians are putting the most trust in the Greens when it comes to how badly political parties are infiltrated by corrupting networks.Public opinion company Karmasin found that 31 per cent of Austrians think that the Green Party was the least corrupt political force in the country. The agency said the Social Democrats (SPÖ) came second […]
New Peoples Party (ÖVP) General Secretary Hannes Rauch has said his party must stop trying to meet a majoritys demands.The Tyrolean told the Kurier newspaper today (Thurs): “We have to leave the idea behind us that we have to satisfy 60 or 70 per cent. The ÖVP is a party with many members. We have […]
A civil servant has been suspended over accusations that he has been embezzling large amounts of town hall assets for years.The man, whose name and age were withheld, faces criminal charges. He is accused of having pocketed around 100,000 Euros throughout the past three years. The losses were discovered in an internal inspection.Police in the […]
A man arrested when police searched houses in Vienna and Styria for banned neo-Nazi memorabilia earlier this week will remain in detention, it was announced today (Fri).The Criminal Court in Vienna announced the man whose identity has been withheld will be kept in detention for longer as investigations continue. He was arrested alongside […]
People of Vienna will splash out more on presents this Easter, according to a poll.The Viennese Economy Chamber (WKW) said today (Thurs) residents of the capital will spend an average 54 Euros on gifts ahead of this years upcoming festival, three per cent more than last year. More than 50 million Euros will be invested […]