InterSky bosses have said their technicians will cooperate with Italian officials to investigate an incident that had occurred during the landing of one of their jets on the island of Elba.No one was injured when a Dash 8-300 propeller plane coming from Zurich, Switzerland, touched a power supply line as it was landing on Saturday […]
A 54-year-old man died while trying to help a crashed parachutist disentangle his parachute from a tree on Friday.Police in Lind, Carinthia, said today (Mon) that the parachutist had managed safely to cut himself free after landing in the treetops in a forest and gone to a nearby farm to get a ladder so he […]
FPÖ in turmoil as troublemakers expelled
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Turbulence in the Freedom Party (FPÖ) continues as two Tyrolean party officials were expelled today (Fri).A spokesman for the right-wing opposition party said Innsbruck Councillor Christian Haager and provincial parliament member Walter Gatt had “harmed the FPÖs reputation”.Haager and Gatt are accused of questioning the authority of Tyrolean FPÖ boss Gerald Hauser, who is suffering […]
HTI looks back on difficult 2009
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Upper Austrian car industry supplier HTI hopes for positive figures this year after a decline in turnover in 2009.Company boss Peter Glatzmeier said today (Fri): “The past year was a difficult year in which restructuring measures dominated our activities.”Glatzmeier added he hoped for positive business results in 2010.Turnover of the firm based in St. […]
Banca Transilvania to list on WBAG
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Romanian bank Banca Transilvania (BT) is going to list on the Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG) after shareholders’ approval of the move.BT, listed on the Bucharest exchange since 1997, said today (Fri) the decision to list on the WBAG would make the company “more visible and more attractive to foreign investors.”Horia Ciorcila was re-elected president of […]
Around 200 new jobs will be created when 20 to 25 new shops open at Parndorfs McArthurGlen Designer Outlet next year.Thomas Reichenauer, company manager of the international shopping centre management group, said today (Fri): “We plan to invest between 20 and 25 million Euros. Twenty to 25 new shops will open on an additional 5,300 […]
BCR’s Q1 net profit slumps
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Austrian Erste Group’s Romanian subsidy Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) had a decline of 26.4 per cent in net profit in the first quarter of this year, according to company data released today (Fri).Net profit amounted to 58.7 million Euros, down by around 26.4 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2009.The reason was much […]
Canny town hall officials in Carinthia hope their town will make a fortune after an Italian seer claimed he had experienced a Marian apparition.Bad St. Leonhard officials have decided to set up a devotion memorial tomorrow (Sat) where Salvatore Caputa was said to have encountered the Virgin Mary last week.Caputa claimed he had received a […]
Jools Holland to return for Graz gig
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Jools Holland will perform in Graz later this year.The English pianist is set to give a concert at the citys Kasematten venue on 7 June.Holland a founding member of UK pop band Squeeze has been touring and recording as a solo artist since 1978. His most recent release is 2009 single “I Went […]
Styria and Burgenland need to raise their efforts in targeting international guests, a tourism expert has warned.Martin Stanits of the Austrian Hoteliers Association (ÖHV) when speaking about the provincial capital of Styria today (Thurs) said: “Tourism in the Graz region is struggling a bit since the city was Europes Capital of Culture in 2003.”Stanits stressed […]