Two teenagers have been accused of setting dozens of hay bales on fire yesterday (Thurs).Officials in Prinzersdorf in the province of Lower Austria said today no one was injured when the 70-odd bales of hay burnt away on a pasture outside the town.Around 40 fire-fighters were kept busy for hours putting out the blaze, they […]
A Greek businessman is offering more than one billion Euros for ailing Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA), it has emerged.Gernot Pointner, a spokesman for Vasileios Xeniadis, announced today (Fri) the investor was ready to cough up 1.35 billion Euros “immediately” if the Austrian government met him for talks.HGAA had to be nationalised last year following […]
People heating their homes using wood pellets must brace themselves for higher prices this winter, it has been claimed.ProPellets Austria – a pellets producer interests association said today (Fri): “The price for one tonne of pellets normally increases by 10 to 20 Euros ahead of the winter season.”It explained that the current price was […]
Right-wing Austria is entangled in a bitter war of words over the sexual orientation of its late icon Jörg Haider after controversial statements by a Vienna councillor.Vienna Freedom Party (FPÖ) official Gerald Ebinger tried to encourage homosexuals to support his party at the 10 October city parliament elections.Asked why people should support the FPÖ which […]
Synthpop superstars Hurts will come to Austria next year.Britishrock.cc reports today (Fri) that the celebrated duo were set to perform at the Arena concert hall in the capital Vienna on 15 March.Hurts, consisting of Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson, were formed only last year.The Manchester-based bands debut studio album “Happiness”, which came out earlier this […]
Siemens AG, the German IT and electronics firm headed by an Austrian, has been knocked down two spots in the ranking of the worlds biggest brands.The company which is headquartered in Munich, Berlin and Erlangen made 49th place in analysis agency Interbrands Best Global Brands 2010 list.Interbrand said today (Fri) Siemens current brand […]
Vorarlberg textiles firm Wolford has said it expects turnover to climb further this business year as good first quarter figures were presented today (Fri).The Bregenz-based company announced its operative losses fell from 3.307 million Euros to 2.466 million Euros year on year in the first three months of the current 2010/2011 business year. Its turnover […]
John Grisham has hit out at the United States over the death penalty.The bestselling author said today (Fri) no country had the right to execute humans.He told Austrian magazine News: “Thirty-eight (US) States still carry out the death sentence. ( ) Many verdicts based on DNA analyses are wrong. This system doesnt work. Death penalties cost […]
A 34-year-old Hungarian trying to flog fake U2 tickets has been arrested.Officials in Salzburg said today (Thurs) the man was travelling to Munich by train yesterday where the Irish rock giants appeared last night.His belongings were checked when police found out that he was banned from staying in Austria due to his criminal record.Officers discovered […]
The number of people passing driving licence examinations edged up year on year in 2009, it has been reported.Statistik Austria announced today (Thurs) that 90,100 people had received licences to drive cars last year, three per cent more than in the previous year.The state agency added that most licences had been handed out in Lower […]