An Austrian and his Dutch girlfriend were arrested after police discovered more than 500 marijuana plants at their homes attic yesterday (Weds).Officials in the Dutch city of Kerkrade announced today the man, 46, and his 36-year-old partner were accused of illegally selling cannabis. They added a special police squad stormed the house after having received […]
Hundreds had to be evacuated as explosives experts disarmed a 500-kilo World War Two-era aerial bomb in Vienna-Donaustadt this morning (Thurs).Police in the capital said they decided to evacuate several housing estates and the nearby Arbeiterstrandbad swimming pool which was packed at temperatures of around 30 degree centigrade before the interior ministrys team […]
BZÖ wants ÖBB privatisation
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Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) boss Josef Bucher has suggested to privatise parts of indebted Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to help the company to recover.The head of the opposition party said today (Thurs) the government should list some departments of the struggling firm, which is close to the state, on the stock market. […]
More than 80 Styrian companies do business in Football World Cup host country South Africa, economy officials have announced.Wolfgang Köstinger of the Austrian foreign trade departments representation in Johannesburg said today (Thurs): “South Africa has a strong automobile industry. Especially Styrian firms are strongly engaged.”Köstinger mentioned Magna and AVL as leading companies doing business in […]
Less than two in ten single men want their future partners to share their passion for football, according to new research.Online partner agency Parship said today (Thurs) 15 per cent of interviewed men said they would appreciate their girlfriends to be as mad about the sport as they were.The company which spoke to 4,670 […]
A Viennese woman has warned this years holiday was her last in Italy after she was fined for buying a fake designer handbag.Ursula C. was slapped a 1,000-Euro fine after she admitted having paid seven Euros for a forged Luis Vuitton bag offered by a vender at the beach of Adriatic hotspot Jesolo last week.The […]
Styrian window producer Stabil hopes to become a main player in former Yugoslavian countries after teaming up with a Slovenian competitor.Stabil boss Dieter Manz said today (Thurs) his firm would closely cooperate with MIK who sell around 100,000 of its products in Slovenia and Croatia every year.Manz said the partnership would give Stabil the chance […]
Skiing legend Hermann Maier and football hero Herbert Prohaska tip on Argentina to win the Football World Cup.Two-time Olympic gold medallist Maier, who announced his retirement in October, said today (Thurs) he expected the team managed by Diego Maradona to win the tournament which will be kicked off by a big ceremony tonight.The 38-year-old – […]
AUA passenger numbers up
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Bosses at struggling Austrian Airlines (AUA) hope for a “return of passengers” as the former Austrian flagship carrier had more customers last month year on year.AUA co-chiefs Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth said today (Thurs) the company had 1.015 million passengers in May, up by 16.1 per cent to the same month of last year.The […]
A woman from Salzburg was reunited with her baby five hours after the girl was kidnapped at a shopping centre.Nina Zwilling was in an H&M store in Salzburgs Europark mall when she noticed that baby Nora was no longer in her cradle yesterday morning (Weds).The mother-of-three who was also accompanied by her two-year-old boy […]