Radovan Karadzic has claimed he considered giving himself up to war crimes judges more than 10 years ago.The former Bosnian Serb leader who faces war crime charges at the Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the Hague in the Netherlands told Austrian magazine profil: “I was ready to appear in front of the […]
Lufthansa upset by Austrian ticket tax
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Lufthansa boss Wolfgang Mayrhuber has appealed to the Austrian government to remain a reliable partner and pull out from setting up a tax on flight tickets.The Austrian businessman, who will retire as head of the German airline by the end of this year after having been in charge since 2003, said today (Fri) that […]
Austrian unemployment rate edges up
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Austria has failed to retain its position as the Eurozones jobless rate model pupil, it emerged today (Fri).Figures presented by Eurostat, the European Commissions (EC) statistics agency, show that 4.5 per cent of people living in Austria had no job last month (August 2010: 4.3 per cent). The Netherlands, which took second place in August, […]
Carinthian machine and packaging manufacturer Hirsch Servo AG managed to reduce its losses in the past business year.The company said today (Fri) it suffered net losses of 6.2 million Euros in the 2009/2010 business year, down by 4.5 million Euros year on year.Hirsch Servo, which managed to keep its turnover stable at around 86 million […]
A 20-year-old woman has been sentenced to jail for failing to pay for train tickets worth more than 10,000 Euros.Judges at a court in Innsbruck, Tyrol, heard yesterday (Thurs) how the young woman ordered more than 400 train tickets but failed to pay for any. She managed to trick Federal Railways (ÖBB) for years by […]
Strabag snatches Koralm tunnel order
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Strabag SE has been assigned to begin one of Austrias biggest infrastructure projects.Carinthian Freedom Party (FPK) Governor Gerhard Dörfler announced today (Fri) that the Vienna-based market leader was contracted to build both sections of the Koralm tunnel.The railway tunnel will connect the Carinthian capital of Klagenfurt and Graz in Styria from 2022. Strabag said it […]
Lorry damages petrol pump
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A truck driver has caused more than 30,000 Euros of damage by crashing into a petrol pump, police in Salzburg, have said.The Turk steered his semi-articulated lorry against the pump at a petrol station near the town of Wals on Wednesday, police said today (Fri).Staff managed to prevent the spilled petrol from affecting the groundwater, […]
‘Rowdy’ sheep face eviction
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A herd of sheep faces eviction after its shepherd has refused to relocate them after his agreement with a Vienna University has come to an end, it has been reported.Richard Krampls 23 East Friesians have been grazing on an estate owned by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna-Floridsdorf for more […]
Almost half of young Austrians applying to become police officers in Vienna fail the mandatory fitness test, it has emerged.Vienna police said today (Fri) around four out of 10 applicants did not pass the fitness check, and that the basic German skills test was also a stumbling block for many wannabe police officers.The Organisation for […]
Austrian industry’s turnover up
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Turnover of Austrias productive sector improved by more than seven per cent year on year in July, it has been reported.Statistik Austria said today (Fri) the companies in the countrys industrial and construction branch rose by 7.7 per cent to 19.3 billion Euros.The sectors metal production department did best. The sectors monthly turnover soared by […]