Tickets for flights from Leeds to Salzburg are now on sale, Jet2.com has announced.The British budget carrier said seats for its service between Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) in West Yorkshire, Great Britain, to Salzburg Airport (SZG) in the heart of the Salzburg Alps can be booked on its homepage as of now. The airline, […]
Hagen named new VIG boss
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Peter Hagen is to become new head of Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), one of the leading insurers in Europe.The businessman, who joined the company in 1989, will succeed Günter Geyer as CEO on 1 June 2012. He is currently also a member of the supervisory boards of steel industry giant Voestalpine and the Vienna Stock […]
When the world’s most famous Austrian abroad made his last film he could not resist a plug for his favourite snack. As a result in Terminator 3 the cyborg played by Austrian-born Schwarzenegger grabs a bunch of Manner wafers when shopping for food at the gas station in the desert – and the merciless killing […]
HGAA trio acquitted
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Three former Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA) employees have been found not guilty of embezzlement.Ex-HGAA head Wolfgang Kulturer, former HGAA Austria chief Gert Xander and Albin Ruhdorfer, a former attorney of the bank, were acquitted at the Provincial Court in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, yesterday (Tues).The businessmen were accused of embezzlement concerning two controversial lending deals.HGAA […]
WWII bomb found in river
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An aerial bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was defused and removed in less than 30 minutes in a town in Upper Austria yesterday (Tues).Explosives experts decided to evacuate the surrounding area within 400 metres after the World War Two (WWII) era bomb was discovered in the Enns River in Steyr.A road and a railway line […]
Another ÖVP MEP quits
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The Peoples Party (ÖVP) is in turmoil after two members of the European Parliament (MEP) quit within days.MEP Helga Ranner announced yesterday (Tues) she decided to resign. Austrian newspapers claimed Ranner tried to cover personal debts of around seven million Euros with MEPs reimbursement of expenses.Ranner vehemently denied the accusations, but argued the reports have […]
Austrias second-strongest political party may get a new leader, according to press.Several newspapers are speculating that the board of the Peoples Party (ÖVP) has started to negotiate who could follow Josef Pröll as chairman, finance minister and vice chancellor.The former environment minister was airlifted to a clinic in Innsbruck after experiencing breathing difficulties during a […]
Raiffeisen’s Romanian engagement prospers
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Raiffeisen Bank Internationals (RBI) Romanian affiliate has managed to increase its profit by more than 10 per cent.RBI said today (Weds) its department in the Eastern European (EE) country achieved profits of 83 million Euros in 2010, up by 12 per cent in a year.The Viennese institute which handles the international operations of Raiffeisenzentralbank […]
A former TV star from Romania is in intensive care after undergoing surgery at a clinic in Vienna.Ex-TV presenter Teo Trandafir who is a member of the Democratic Liberal Party in the federal parliament in Bucharest needed an operation for an acute pancreatic disease. She is under surveillance at the AKH Hospitals intensive […]
Miss Austria competition organisers have pledged to do all they can to get winner Carmen Stamboli into this years Miss World competition regardless of an apparent breach of regulations.Stamboli, a brunette FlyNiki stewardess, was crowned Miss Austria 2011 at the Casino Baden in Lower Austria at the weekend.The events jury has been criticised for picking […]