Olympic champion Andrea Fischbacher has been awarded Salzburgs Sportswoman of 2010 award.The skier who claimed the gold medal in the Super-G competition of last years Vancouver Olympic Games was honoured in a ceremony attended by hundreds of fans, businesspeople, politicians and artists at Salzburg Airport yesterday evening (Thurs). She was also awarded the […]
A confectioner has received murder threats for offering cakes showing banned Nazi propaganda symbols and slogans.The Austrian Mauthausen Committee (MKÖ) a Holocaust awareness group informed police and prosecutors about Manfred Klaschkas controversial business activities earlier this week. The MKÖ was tipped off by horrified customers of the confectioner. A catalogue of previously created […]
Meteorologists have announced a gale warning for many parts of Austria.Experts at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said today (Fri) winds raging at around 100 kilometres per hour (kph) registered in mountainous areas of the province of Styria last night. They added storms of a similar scale are likely to hit Lower […]
A teenager has been sentenced to pay a fine for perpetually threatening another girl on the school bus.The 15-year-old defendant was reported to the police by her victim of the same age for constantly threatening to beat her up. State prosecutors informed judges in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, yesterday (Thurs) that the offender mobbed her victim for […]
Two people were hospitalised with stabbing wounds in Vienna-Leopoldstadt yesterday evening (Thurs).Police announced today that two Algerian men aged 21 and 33 were transferred to a hospital after an argument on the street got out of control. Enquiries should reveal the reason for the fight, they said, adding that neither of the counterparts were found […]
Consumer rights watchdogs have called on political decision-makers to take action as food is getting more expensive.Labour Chamber (AK) research focusing on the 41 most common products of daily life shows that Austrians are currently forced to fork out four per cent more for the same goods at supermarkets than in January. Flour price rates […]
Public transport passengers in Vienna will not be provided with free wireless local area network (WLAN) internet access.The city government coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Green Party ruled out such implementations in the near future. The government was pressed to comment on the issue after federal Peoples Party (ÖVP) youth leader Sebastian Kurz […]
Austrian football bosses have won Franz Beckenbauer to front a new initiative aiming to boost talented players.Federal Football Federation (ÖFB) chief Leo Windtner proudly presented the German football icon as ambassador of the new “Projekt12” campaign yesterday (Thurs). ÖFB officials hope that the project will give young talent a kick start in Austrian football before […]
Tens of thousands of runners and fans are at the ready for this Sundays Linz Marathon (start: 9am).More than 15,000 professional and hobby athletes will compete in the event (www.linz-marathon.at) which has developed into one of Austrias biggest sports competitions. Around 250 paramedics will be on the ground to look after injured and exhausted runners.Organisers […]
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) prepares to fork out more than 100 million Euros of extra taxes to the Austrian government this year.The bank which handles the international operations of Raiffeisenzentralbank (RZB) said today (Fri) it expected additional taxes of 130 million Euros in 2011 due to the new Austrian bank solidarity levy. The […]