Rubin Okotie is on his way to making his new teams starting eleven after scoring three goals for 1. FC Nürnberg in a friendly yesterday (Sun).The national team striker who joined the German Bundesliga team from Austrian vice champions Austria Vienna scored the 2-0, 3-0 and 8-0 in the sides 15-0 victory over […]
Hannover 96 coach Mirko Slomka said today (Mon) all squad members will be vaccinated against FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) as the team hold a pre-season training camp in Austria.Slomka explained he decided to get all players vaccinated ahead of the eight-day-long camp taking place in Bad Radkersburg, Styria, from 19 July as many runs through forests […]
Coventry City star Chris Hussey was allowed to return to the UK from his teams pre-season training camp in Obertraun, Upper Austria, after his mother suffered a heart attack.The 21-year-old former AFC Wimbledon defender was granted compassionate leave to be with his family ahead of the Championship clubs 2-0 win over third-league side SV Gaflenz […]
Wels firemen have been kept busy after a man locked himself in his own toilet around midday today (Fri).Officials in the Upper Austrian city said worried neighbours called fire-fighters after hearing the mans cries for help.The local fire brigade was preparing to break down the apartment door when the 44-year-olds son arrived with a spare […]
Psychedelic indie rock stars The Coral are to come to Austria, it has been announced.The Hoylake-based five-member format will perform at Viennas Szene club on 29 October, according to a report by Britishrock.cc.The Coral whose sixth studio album “Butterfly House” will be released in German-speaking Europe later this month have given gigs in […]
The Austrian car dealers business has been stable so far this year with a 0.8 per cent year on year rise in registrations of all sorts of vehicles being reported.Statistik Austria said today (Fri) 223,247 vehicles were registered between January and June, up by 0.8 per cent compared to the first six months of 2009. […]
Political exports praised the “new spirit” between Washington and Russia as one of the most spectacular espionage cases came to an end in Vienna today (Fri).US officials arrived with ten suspected spies 10 men and one women to Vienna International Airport (VIA) around midday, while a plane from Moscow carried four suspected male […]
Infamous Holocaust denier Gerd Honsik is facing another trial after judges slashed his term earlier this year, it emerged today (Fri).Vienna prosecutors said they were considering pressing charges against the Austrian over the content of two of his books which they believe break the countrys strict anti-Nazi laws.Honsik was sentenced to five years in jail […]
Police are hunting a Chinese fraudster who fled after trying to exchange stolen traveller checks worth almost 800 Euros.Graz police announced today (Fri) the man attempted to turn American Traveller Cheques worth 1,000 US dollars (790 Euros) into money at a city centre bank yesterday.The conman left his passport behind as he ran away after […]
The appointment of Ägidius Zsifkovics as new bishop of the Eisenstadt diocese has been branded a “reckless demonstration of power by the Vatican.”Theologian Paul Zulehner said he was “disappointed” to hear of todays (Fri) decision of the Austrian Roman Catholic Church to make Zsifkovics the successor of Paul Iby.”I dont think he will be accepted […]