Vienna International Airport (VIA) has raised its passenger figures prediction for this year as numbers continue to climb.VIA said today (Thurs) it registered 1.83 million passengers last month, up by 11.4 per cent compared to October 2009. The airport, which recorded a 13.8 per cent year on year increase in customers back in September, explained […]
Pankl turnover edges down
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Engine producer Pankl Racing Systems AG has announced a slight drop in turnover.The company, which is based in the Styrian town of Bruck an der Mur, said today (Thurs) its turnover shrank by 1.35 million Euros year on year to 87.55 million Euros in the 2009/2010 business year which ended in September.The firms earnings before […]
Businesses in Vienna expect significantly more than 300 million Euros of turnover this Christmas, according to research.Brigitte Jank, head of the Viennese Economy Chamber (WKW), said today (Thurs): “We are convinced to do well this Christmas.”Jank explained the citys economy expected to make a turnover of 350 million Euros selling gifts ahead the upcoming festive […]
‘Scary’ Saint Nicolas banned
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A kindergarten in Vienna has decided to shut the door on Nikolaus.Michaela Müller-Wenzel of the the Kinderfreunde kindergarten in Favoriten district said today (Thurs) that they had agreed that Saint Nicolas will only wander through its garden while the children wave to him from inside.Speaking to Viennese daily Heute, Müller-Wenzel said she and her colleagues […]
No gay footballers, says Markovic
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A Rapid Vienna fan favourite has caused outrage among homosexuals by claiming that there were only “normal people” on his team.Croatian Football Federation President Vlatko Markovic, who played for Wiener Sportklub in the 1960s before managing Rapid in the 1985/1986 season, said in a newspaper interview: “As long as I head the football federation, there […]
Technology firm High Tech Industries AG (HTI) is back in the black.The company headed by Peter Glatzmeier said today (Thurs) its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) were 3.3 million Euros in the first three quarters of this year. HTI suffered losses of 21.4 million Euros in the same period of 2009.Its earnings before interest, […]
The Turkish ambassador in Vienna has risked a serious thrift between Austria and Turkey with statements made in an exceptional interview.Speaking to Austrian newspaper Die Presse, Kadri Ecvet Tezcan claimed Turks in Vienna knew they were not welcome in Austria. He also revealed having been told that the Austrian foreign minister does not welcome ambassadors […]
Lady Gaga in Vienna recording studio
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Lady Gaga is recording new songs in Austria, it has been revealed.Bosses of Viennese recording studio MG Sound confirmed reports from today (Weds) that the pop star has booked into their venues for two days.The award-winning singer, who will perform at the citys Stadthalle tomorrow night, is understood to be trying to save time and […]
Prom treasurer squanders 3,500
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A young Styrian faces embezzlement charges for spending thousands of Euros of his schoolmates savings for their upcoming graduation ball.Colleagues reported the 18-year-old to police after finding out that he spent around 3,500 Euros of money collected by them to finance their upcoming prom (Maturaball).Police in Liezen said today (Weds) 87 students in their final […]
Doctor warns of high sepsis death rate
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Up to one out of three deaths in Upper Austrian are down to a sepsis, a leading doctor has claimed.Walter Hasibeder of the Barmherzige Schwestern Clinic in Ried im Innkreis said today (Weds) the cause of between every fifth to every third fatality was the inflammatory syndrome.Hasibeder stressed that the medical condition was often diagnosed […]