Volksbank AG (ÖVAG) reports good business figures for the first quarter of this year after suffering dramatic losses in 2009.ÖVAG chief Gerald Wenzel said today (Fri) earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) soared to 21.6 million Euros after the bank had losses of 93.4 million Euros in the first three months of last year.He added […]
Consumer watchdogs are expected to launch another scathing attack at energy providers at it emerged that energy and gas became more expensive in Austria while prices declined on average in the European Union (EU).Eurostat, the European Commissions (EC) statistics agency, announced today (Fri) that the average price for energy provided to EU households dropped by […]
Romania to sell OMV Petrom shares
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The Romanian Ministry of Economy intends to put up 11.84 per cent shares in OMVs Romanian subsidiary Petrom for sale, it was reported yesterday (Thurs).The Ministry published a draft resolution saying it intended to sell a package of 6.7 million shares accounting for 11.84 per cent of the share capital of SC OMV Petrom.Romanian Times […]
Interpol return to Vienna with new album
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American alternative rock band Interpol will come to Vienna in November, it has been announced.Britishrock.cc reports that the three-member group, who recently finished recording their upcoming fourth studio album, are set to perform at the citys Gasometer concert hall on 18 November.Interpol, who rose to fame in 2002 when they debut album “Turn On the […]
An elderly Carinthian driver crashed into a shop entrance in Althofen today (Fri).Police in the province said the man, 86, steered his car into the store in an attempt to park the vehicle.Another elderly man a 71-year-old Althofen resident was squashed between a metal pole and the car after failing to get clear […]
Vienna International Airport (VIA) custom officers arrested three drug couriers trying to smuggle illegal substances worth more than half a million Euros inside their bodies.VIA authorities said today (Fri) the suspects a 35-year-old Spanish woman, a 25-year-old Spaniard and a 31-year-old man from the USA arrived individually at VIA on a flight from […]
World Cup stars prepare in Austria
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Austrian soccer fans are getting a real taste of world class football as 10 of the 32 teams qualified for the upcoming Football World Cup chose Austria to prepare for the biggest sports event of the year.All eyes will be on the England squad when they test against Japan on Sunday. Coach Fabio Capello is […]
Thousands of bees have taken up residence on the roof of Viennas State Opera as part of a new environmental project.Peoples Party (ÖVP) Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich said when the “Vielfaltleben” (Diversity of Life) project was presented: “Bees are the builders of biodiversity. With this project, we want to raise awareness about these hard-working but […]
Vienna Zoo penguins not yet waterproof
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Carers at Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo said their new-born Western Rockhopper Penguins were not allowed into the water as their feathers were not waterproof yet.Visitors can watch the ten young penguins born over the past four and a half weeks hopping around in a separate enclosure.Zoo bosses said the audience favourites were scoffing up to 20 […]
A famed German film producer is to bring the story of Natascha Kampusch to the big screen, it was announced yesterday (Thurs).Bernd Eichinger who masterminded blockbusters such as “The Neverending Story”, “Resident Evil” and “Fantastic Four” said he will team up with German journalist Peter Reichard whose TV documentary on Kampuschs life in […]