The number of people living in Austria is increasing, figures presented today (Fri) confirm.Statistic authority Statistik Austria said Austria had 8.402 million residents as of 1 January 2011, 0.3 per cent or 27,600 more than on the same day of last year.Vienna registered the most significant year on year increase among the countrys nine provinces […]
Amstettens Social Democratic (SPÖ) Mayor Herbert Katzengruber has branded reports that teens are regularly going gown into the cellar dungeon built by Josef Fritzl “idiotic lies”.Referring to articles in British newspapers, Katzengruber said today (Fri): “Can our society sink to any further depths? In which world are we living? Im deeply shocked.”The politician said the […]
A new theatre production focuses on the many ups and downs of the life of legendary boxing champ Hans Orsolics.Orsolics became European light welterweight Champion aged just 20 in 1967. The Vienna-born won 42 of his overall 53 fights before falling into financial debt and becoming addicted to alcohol.Orsolics got his life back on track […]
A Carinthian construction company has filed for bankruptcy.Twenty-one employees and almost 200 creditors will be affected by the insolvency of AZ Bau. The Villach-based firm said today (Fri) it had assets of 1.3 million Euros, adding that its liabilities were 3.17 million Euros.The Creditors Protection Association (KSV 1870) said the plan was to find a […]
A 37-year-old resident of Weidling near Klosterneuburg faces criminal charges after police found dozens of marijuana plants in his cellar today (Fri).The man, who was not put in custody, is suspected of selling the drugs harvested from the 60 stocks. Police said they searched his house after having received an anonymous tip-off.Consuming, growing and selling […]
Spar Austria chief Gerhard Drexel has called on political decision-makers to “prevent” speculation on agricultural products.Business experts have warned that increased speculation on the trade rates of cereal products and other foodstuffs may lead to significant price increases in supermarkets around the world.Asked by the Kurier newspaper whether shoppers will have to bear the brunt, […]
Officials at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) said today (Fri) that they were aiming to appoint a successor of current chief Bernhard Felderer this autumn.The think tank revealed that 14 economists and business experts have applied for the post. The deadline for applications was last Tuesday.”A company-internal committee will meet to discuss the applications […]
Würth Austria saw its highest ever turnover in 2010.The company said today (Fri) that it achieved a turnover of 142 million Euros in 2010, up by five per cent year on year the biggest increase since it started doing business in 1962.Würth Austria, which is based in the Lower Austrian town of Böheimkirchen, said […]
Baumit International managed a year on year turnover increase in 2010.The company, which is based in Waldegg, Lower Austria, said today (Fri) that its turnover soared by 10 million Euros to 790 million Euros in 2010. The construction material firm does business in 29 countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).Baumit International said it recently […]
Workers assigned to build Viennas new main train station have discovered a 250-kilo aerial bomb just days after a similar wartime missile was discovered at the building site.Police said tenants had to be evacuated from approximately 100 apartments located near the large construction site after staff came across the bomb this morning (Fri). It took […]