Safety measures to protect Austrias political elite have been increased following the discovery of several mail bombs addressed to European leaders.Greek left-wing activists are suspected of having posted explosives addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.Terror experts have stressed that the attempted attacks were not in any way related to […]
Bosses at Klagenfurt Airport were relieved to hear the announcement that Air Berlin is launching a connection to one of Germanys biggest airports today (Thurs), while the public debate about a planned tax on flight tickets intensifies.The German low cost carrier, which cooperates with Vienna-based FlyNiki, started operating between the airport in the provincial capital […]
Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are deeply shocked after the death of one of their members during a hiking trip in Japan yesterday (Weds).The world-famous orchestra announced today that 41 year old contrabassist Georg Straka fell down a 400-metre ravine after slipping on an icy surface during an expedition on the 3,776-metre Fuji Mountain.The […]
A 70-year-old man has been accused of stabbing his brother, police in Tyrol have announced.The pensioner from Upper Austria was put in custody after the body of his brother was discovered in a flat in St. Johann this morning (Thurs).Police said the corpse showed several stabbing wounds. They added that the suspect, who has been […]
Surgeons removed a cancer sufferers healthy kidney, it has emerged.Klinikum Klagenfurt officials admitted today (Thurs) that doctors removed the wrong organ when they were meant to take out the affected kidney in surgery earlier this week.Authorities claimed the mix-up did not occur due to overburdened staff doing too much overtime. They added a pathologist informed […]
Firemen freed a Viennese teenager after he got stuck in a basketball hoop yesterday (Weds).The 12-year-old tried to climb through the steel chain hoop at a playground in Vienna-Leopoldstadt as part of a test of courage among pals.The teens friends called fire-fighters after he got entangled with his upper body. Firemen used bolt cutters to […]
An Upper Austrian couple stand accused of having cultivated marijuana for over 10 years.Police searched the Vöcklabruck flat of the 42-year-old man and his 51-year-old girlfriend after having received an anonymous tip-off.The suspects admitted having grown the banned substance in the basement. Reports have it that they have been selling the drug to addicts for […]
Tennis ace Jürgen Melzer has been awarded Austrian Sportsman of the Year.The 29-year-old, who reached the semi final at this years French Open, was honoured as best Austrian athlete of 2010 in a ceremony held in Vösendorf near Vienna last night (Weds). He succeeds ski jumper Wolfgang Loitzl.Skier Andrea Fischbacher was named Austrian Sportswoman of […]
A Lower Austrian teenager is suspected of being behind a series of burglaries.The 16-year-old was put in preventive detention this morning (Thurs) following months of police investigations.Officials in Amstetten district announced the teen who faces youth crime charges was accused of being responsible for 28 break-ins in the area causing overall damages of […]
A 57-year-old forestry worker had to be hospitalised after he was hit by a falling treetop in woodlands near Horn yesterday (Weds).The man from Geras, Lower Austria, was buried by hundreds of kilos of branches for some minutes before colleagues managed to free him. The frail treetop reportedly collapsed after the workers cut back trees […]