A crocodile couple have had babies for the first time in their 18-year residence at an Austrian zoo.Officials at Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo said yesterday (Sun) that the Morelets crocodile pair have become parents to three babies.The adult reptiles called Durango and Puebla moved into the zoos “crocodile pavilion” in 1993 but never had any newborns […]
A leading Austrian building firms German branch has won a 82-million-Euro assignment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Alpine Bau GmbH (Alpine) said today (Mon) that its German representation Alpine Bau Deutschland AG will build office buildings, storage sites and production facilities in Abu Dhabi for Borouge, which is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi […]
Jürgen Melzer has praised Andy Murray’s “extraordinary performance” after being beaten by the Scotsman at the Australian Open last night (Sun).The 29-year-old Lower Austrian stood no chance against Murray who won the third round clash in an hour and 44 minutes (6-3, 6-1, 6-1).”I cant play any faster than that. Andy delivered an extraordinary performance. […]
Niki Lauda has found a new “head sponsor”.The three-time Formula One (F1) champion almost died when his Ferrari caught fire at the Nürburgring racing course in Germany in 1976. “I didnt want people looking at the black, burnt skin,” he explained when being asked why he decided to don a baseball cap. The businessman, who […]
An Ukrainian man has been caught smuggling more than 700 cartons of cigarettes.The 27-year-old was stopped in a routine road check near Villach in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia yesterday (Thurs). Traffic police officers discovered 735 cartons containing hundreds of thousands of cigarettes in the boot of his car and on the vehicles back […]
A struggling Austrian Bundesliga team have the tallest squad in Europe, new figures show.The Professional Football Players Observatory (PFPO) said today (Fri) that SV Mattersburg and Ukrainian Premier League club FC Volyn Lutsk have the tallest players on the continent with an average height of 186 centimetres.The PFPO added that its third Demographic Study of […]
Vienna public transport agency Wiener Linien faces fresh pressure after an underground train got stuck in a tunnel for several minutes yesterday afternoon (Thurs).Newspapers reported today that the U2 line train stopped in the middle of a tunnel between the Volkstheater and Museumsquartier stations. It stood still following a power supply outage on the service, […]
A German woman had a lucky escape when she survived a dramatic car accident yesterday (Weds).The 41-year-old sustained injuries to her vertebra after she came off a pass road and fell down a 40-metre ravine near Brandberg in Tyrol.The car, which landed on its roof, had to be salvaged with a rope after the driver […]
Leading household detergents producer Claros business activities in Iran are prospering, it has been revealed.Firm chairman and owner Josef Dygruber said today (Thurs) Claro managed to achieve an annual turnover from operations in the Western Asian country of 650,000 Euros in 2010 after having started doing business there only in the previous year.Dygruber, who stressed […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has vehemently denied that an “EastEnders” character has caged “Austrian-style kids in an Austrian-style cellar” since he joined the series more than 20 years ago.Viennese newspaper Heute labelled the allegedly upcoming storyline as “a disgusting bid to allure viewers” yesterday (Thurs), while British newsdesks consider the apparently leaked BBC-internal e-mails […]