Austrian IT companies are in an upbeat mood, a poll has shown.Market research group IDC Austria said today (Fri) that around two thirds of the countrys IT and telecommunications firms expected to be “significantly more successful” this year than they were in 2010. IDC Austria interviewed managers of 182 companies in the field.The Viennese agency […]
A Viennese teenager has been missing for one month, police have said.Officials in the federal capital announced today (Fri) that Karin P. never returned after leaving the family home in the city centre of Vienna on 10 January.The black-haired 15-year-old, who is 155 centimetres tall, occasionally phoned her family after that day. One investigator said […]
Hollywood star Sean Penn has claimed Haiti is a good place for investments.The actors J/P Haitian Relief Organization (jphro.org) has set up around 200,000 all-weather tents in the country which was hit by a massive earthquake one year ago.Penn told Austrian magazine News: “Every company of the Western World can make a profit in six […]
A Volkswagen (VW) limousine worth 100,000 Euros which was nicked in Austria has reappeared in Romania.Specialised car theft investigators of the domestic police force said today (Fri) that they had discovered the Phaeton in a garage in the city of Petrosani. The expensive limousine was reported as stolen by its owner in Austria two weeks […]
A young man suffered several broken bones when he fell out of a second-floor window last night (Thurs/Fri).Roland P. opened the balcony door in the family home in Zwettl, Lower Austria, before falling over the handrail, police said today.The 21-year-old, who had never sleepwalked before, was found by his girlfriend who started looking for him […]
A leading conservative politician has suffered serious injuries in a hit and run skiing crash.Othmar Karas, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP), suffered several fractures and cuts in the collision with a man from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, it emerged today (Fri).Reports have it that Karas handed […]
Award-winning actress Tilda Swinton has revealed she still feels like a tourist in the United States of America.Swinton told Austrian magazine Live: “Im a European at heart and feel honoured about invitations to make movies in the USA. But I go there with a tourist visa and I feel as such.”The London-born Scottish actress […]
Police are investigating after a priceless grapevine was chopped to pieces.The plant was discovered at an unused estate in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, one and a half years ago. Examinations revealed it was several hundred years old and worth around 100,000 Euros since it was found to be a unique precursor of the Grüner Veltliner.The white wine […]
The number of unemployed people declined strongly in Salzburg last month, according to latest figures.The Federal Labour Market Service (AMS) said today (Fri) that 5.3 per cent of the province’s residents were out of work last month, down from 8.5 per cent in January 2010.The provinces of Tyrol (5.9 per cent), Vorarlberg (6.1 per cent) […]
A doctor is suspected of having taken pictures of female patients private parts, according to a Viennese newspaper.Free daily paper Heute reported today (Fri) that the physician is accused in a letter to health authorities of having photographed womens genitals. It is also claimed that the man molested female staff at the Wilhelminen Hospital in […]