Thousands of kissing people will form a giant red ribbon at a the courtyard of Viennas Belvedere castle to make aware of the dangers of AIDS and HIV on 21 July.Agnes Husslein-Arco, director of the citys Belvedere gallery, said yesterday (Mon) the first 1,000 people getting signed up to take part in the “Kiss at […]
German goalkeeper Frank Rost has been linked with a move to Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg.The Hamburger SV (HSV) star was spotted meeting Red Bull football department head Dietmar Beiersdorfer in Halle, Germany, on the weekend.Rost, 36, joined HSV from Schalke in January 2007 when Beiersdorfer acted as HSVs executive manager. Huub Stevens became HSV […]
Two Bulgarian truck drivers were arrested after they stole goods worth 30,000 Euros during a weekend lorry drive ban in Styria.Police in Trieben said today (Tues) the pair were informed about the weekend drive ban for trucks and ordered to stop their journey on Friday.The men aged 37 and 38 were arrested on […]
Bosses at Lekkerland Austria the German food wholesale trade firms Austrian branch said they were happy with 2009 figures despite a decrease in turnover.Lekkerland Austria chief Andreas Jimenez said today (Mon) turnover had declined from 109 million Euros in 2008 to 108 million Euros last year.He added the firm had managed to tackle […]
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is back in the black after ending a controversial speculative deal with Germanys Deutsche Bahn (DB).ÖBB said today (Mon) its operating profit had been 121 million Euros in 2009 after it had had 970 million Euros in losses in the previous year.The company however lost 300 million Euros in a speculative […]
LASK Linz have set their sights on Red Bull Salzburg star Alexander Zickler.”We want to convince him that football would be fun again for him if he joins us,” LASK coach Helmut Kraft said today (Mon).Zickler is expected to leave the champions at the end of the season. The 36-year-olds contract with the “Bulls” expires […]
Police said drug dealers they had arrested on the weekend had earned more than 600,000 Euros selling heroin during the past 11 months.Investigators in Klagenfurt announced today (Mon) the four-member all-male gang aged 19 to 22 had been taken into custody and 1.8 kilograms of heroin had been confiscated.Police found out the gang who […]
The number of car registrations dropped sharply last month, it has been announced.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Mon) 31,807 newly registered cars in April meant an 11.4 per cent year on year decline.The 107,745 cars registered between January and April 2010 however meant a 7.5 per cent increase compared to the same time span […]
Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll has said he is planning to get banks on board to help financially struggling Greece.Pröll said yesterday evening (Sun) he would speak with the heads of Austrias main banks about whether they could imagine getting involved in the international subsidisation plan for the financially struggling European Union […]
Flights and hotel stays are significantly cheaper when booked at airlines and hotels websites than via internet travel platforms, a new survey has shown.Officials at motorists association ÖAMTC said today (Mon) they had discovered differences in price of up to 142 Euros in tests in which they booked flights and hotel stays for three-day trips […]