An amateurish burglar was arrested after downing a bottle of wine and falling asleep in a coffin.The man, whose identity was withheld by police in Vienna, broke into an undertakers in Penzing district on Tuesday night. Undertaker Heinrich Altbart discovered the man fast asleep in one of the coffins the next morning. The 25-year-old intruder […]
Marko Arnautovic has dismissed claims he considers teaming up with Steve McClaren again.The Austrian national team striker, who joined struggling German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen from 2010 Champions League winners Inter last summer, has been linked to VfL Wolfsburg.Wolfsburg boss McClaren coached the 21-year-old striker at Dutch side Twente Enschede some years ago, and German […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) bosses managed to avoid a possible collapse of the firms aviation operations by granting more than 2,000 employees a pay rise.The struggling airlines 2,500 technicians and clerks decided last month they would go on strike in early 2011 if AUA managers do not meet their demands.Income negotiations between the AUA board and […]
Carol singers in Vienna were accompanied by Viennese Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn as they visited the citys biggest mosque yesterday (Weds).The children, who collect money for impoverished countries in the traditional singing procession between New Years Day and Epiphany (6 January), and the highest representative of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria, were shown round […]
Austrian oil and gas giant OMV has taken over a competitors exploration activities in Tunisia.The Vienna-based company announced today (Thurs) it has transferred 610 million Euros to American firm Pioneer Natural Resources to take over its operations in the north African country. OMV said the executive board of its Tunisian subsidiary company signed contracts earlier […]
A Lower Austrian who called help for his injured father could have killed the man, according to police.Officials in Schwechat near Vienna said today (Thurs) the 48-year-old was put in custody after ringing up the local police department this morning. The man asked officers to send an ambulance as his 78-year-old dad was “seriously wounded”.Paramedics […]
Dozens of Bulgarian miners were trapped below ground after an Austrian energy provider turned of the mines electricity supply over unpaid bills, it has emerged.Bulgarian newspapers revealed yesterday (Weds) 80 workers were caught in shafts in the Balkan 2000 mine near the town Tvardiza for more than four hours on 28 December after Maria Enzersdorf-based […]
Austria’s unemployment rate has dropped, half a year before the country must fully open its labour market to workers from European Union (EU) states in Eastern Europe (EE).Statistik Austria announced today (Weds) 179,000 people were out of work in the fourth quarter of 2010, down by 21,000 or 10.6 per cent compared to the same […]
More than four out of 10 Russians spending their winter holidays in Austria choose four and five star hotels, it has been announced.The Tyrolean Tourism Marketing said today (Weds) 43 per cent of tourists from Russia book into the two most exclusive categories of hotels.Tyrol is the most popular destination in Austria for Russians with […]
A hapless robber fled empty-handed from a casino in Vienna after finding the owner had just paid all the gamblers their winnings, leaving the till empty.Police in Vienna-Donaustadt said today (Weds) the unidentified man, who is being sought, was armed with a knife in the incident which occurred at a small local casino yesterday. They […]