A Tyrolean has been sentenced to jail for molesting a young British holidaymaker.The man worked as a driver of a private shuttle service offered by hotel managers to their guests in the town of Alpbach.A 15-year-old teenager from Manchester accused the man of fondling her breasts while she played table tennis with a friend at […]
Stronach to board Jetalliance
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Austrian businessman Frank Stronach is set to become involved with a Lower Austrian airline, it has emerged.Jetalliance boss Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer told the WirtschaftsBlatt newspaper today (Thurs) he was “delighted” at having managed to win Stronach as an investor.The Kottingbrunn-based business charter aviation firm merged with Magna Air, a subsidiary of Magna International, 10 years ago.Stronach […]
Penny products range rises
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Discount supermarkt Penny has added 100 new products to its range.The no frills supermarket chain said today (Weds) around 1,500 different items were now on sale at its nearly 300 stores across Austria including branded articles like Wieselburger beer and Meinl coffee.Penny, previously named Penny Markt, is part of German Rewe Groups Austrian subsidiary Rewe […]
Laptop surfing share soars
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Two thirds of Austrians surfing the internet do so on laptops, a survey has shown.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Weds) that 67 per cent of households with internet access are logging on to the World Wide Web on laptops and notebooks. Fewer than one in three (27 per cent) said the same five years […]
An up-and-coming right-winger has been elected as executive chief of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) in the city parliament of Vienna.Johann Gudenus received unanimous support by the party board in a summit in Mauerbach near Vienna today (Weds). Gudenus will lead the FPÖs delegation in the city parliament after the partys 10 October election campaign front […]
Slovenian president backs Turkish EU bid
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Slovenian President Danilo Türk has appealed to European Union (EU) leaders to speed up accession talks with Turkey.The former United Nations (UN) assistant secretary-general said today (Weds): “Im totally in favour of Turkey becoming a member of the EU. The negotiations have been going on way too slowly.”Türk told Austrian daily Kurier that prejudices towards […]
A public discussion over gay people in Croatian football sparked by controversial quotes of a Rapid Vienna legend has worsened as the vice president of a top-flight club said homosexuals “are for ballet”.Zdravko Mamic, vice president of champion team Dinamo Zagreb, said today (Weds): “I wouldnt want gay people in my team either.”His statement, made […]
Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards has spoken out on the infamous Fiji Islands palm tree fall incident in which he reportedly sustained serious injuries four years ago.The guitarist told Austrian magazine News: “I know it has been claimed that that thing was a palm tree. But the truth is that I sat down on a […]
Austrian named best chef in Germany
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An Austrian has been found Germanys best chef by a prestigious restaurant guide.Salzburg-born Mario Lohninger was awarded the countrys Chef of the Year award by the German edition of Gault Millau today (Weds).Lohninger, who runs three eateries in the German city of Frankfurt, was praised for his “drive to discover and renew things” by the […]
Roche Graz staff face the axe
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Hundreds of jobs in Austria are at risk as Swiss healthcare company F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (Roche) plans to drastically reduce its costs.The internationally operating company said today (Weds) it planned to reduce its global staff figure by 4,800 or six per cent, adding that its target was to spend 1.8 billion Euros less a […]