Retail trade representatives are delighted about “sensational” revenue as hundreds of thousands of Austrians took the opportunity to go shopping on yesterdays (Weds) national holiday.The 8th of December which marks the Immaculate Conception of Mary is traditionally one of the busiest days in the year for the retail trade sector as shops have […]
A clip of a randy couple having sex in a Vienna underground has become an internet sensation.The camera phone video footage shows a young man having intercourse with a woman in a train of the Wiener Liniens U1 U-Bahn service. While he is standing with his pants down, his partner is on one of the […]
Austrian embassy in Paris ‘a pigsty’
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Peoples Party (ÖVP) Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich has labelled the Austrian embassy in Paris a “pigsty”, according to reports.The federal minister was due to catch a connection flight in the French capital yesterday (Tues) to attend the United Nations (UN) 2010 Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.The departure of the Air France jet the minister […]
Smokers brace for price hikes
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Prices for some of the most popular cigarette brands in Austria will increase from next year, it has emerged.Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which manages Austrian tobacco maker Austria Tabak, announced today (Weds) that its product range will get more expensive from next month. JTI said the unit price for a packet of Memphis, Smart, Camel […]
‘UFO crash’ concerns rock Tyrol
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A spaceship of aliens may have crashed in the Austrian Alps, extraterrestrial life enthusiasts have claimed.The German Central Research Centre for Celestial Phenomena (CENAP) announced today (Weds) that a man spotted a “glowing fireball” cruising across the sky in the Tyrolean Alps around 8.30pm yesterday evening.CENAP said the Austrian could have been witness of an […]
A teenage learner driver caused a head-on collision when he got distracted by the sizzling sound of a can of fizzy lemonade in the back of the car.The driver of the oncoming car the 17-year-old ploughed into during his driving lesson in Sierning, Upper Austria, suffered serious injuries in the accident. Fire-fighters had to use […]
Tons of cargo could be taken off the rails and transported on Austrian roads as cash-strapped Federal Railways (ÖBB) have raised their fees.ÖBBs cargo transport subsidiary company Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) decided recently to increase rates by around 30 per cent in a bid to get back in the black. ÖBB head Christian Kern said […]
Avalanche hospitalises skier
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An off-piste skier has been hospitalised after coming under an avalanche near Tux in Tyrols Ziller Valley.Mountain rescue authorities in the provinces Schwaz district said today (Weds) the Austrian suffered serious injuries to his pelvis when he was buried by the avalanche which raced down off groomed slopes at the Hintertuxer glacier this morning.They said […]
A Viennese woman has been given a 7,000-Euro fine for feeding pigeons with bacon and sweet corn.Neighbours launched legal action against the woman as her activities after thousands of city pigeons to the housing estate in Vienna-Floridsdorf.Judges heard yesterday (Mon) how the 63-year-old provided the pigeons which are considered as a nuisance by many […]
An Austrian businessman has been sentenced for selling luxury goods to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il for more than 20 years.Judges at the Criminal Court of Vienna yesterday (Mon) found the entrepreneur guilty of having breached the international trade embargo issued on the dictatorial regime.The defendant sold eight Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousines and two yachts worth […]