An increasing number of Austrian schools are banning access to social network platforms as more and more students become victims of online mobbing.Schools in the province of Styria have blocked access to websites such as Facebook and MySpace for two years, while dozens of schools in Lower Austria and other provinces recently followed the example.Studies […]
Austrian Erste Group’s subsidiary Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) announced it has dropped the early repayment fee for newly contracted bank loans if they are without guarantees and with variable interest.It is the first bank on the Romanian market that announces the move after the Romanian government earlier this week said it would impose a European […]
Benfica eye Rapid’s Jelavic
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Benfica have been revealed as the latest club targeting Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic.Austrian sports newspapers report today (Thurs) that the Lisbon-based side who currently lead the Portuguese league sent scouts to put an eye on the 24-year-old Croat in his teams match against Red Bull Salzburg last Friday. And dozens of scouts […]
Bank Austria (BA) chief economist Stefan Bruckbauer said he expected Austrias industrial branch to grow “by at least four per cent” this year.Bruckbauer said today (Thurs) preliminary figures showed a record increase from foreign companies in demand for Austrian industrial firms products this month.”These developments confirm that Austrias industrial branch is to become a decisive […]
Swedish pop rock star Moneybrother will return to Austria for an exclusive solo show.Moneybrother a.k.a. Anders Wendin has performed with his band several times over the past years in Austria where he has one of his strongest fan bases.Now Britishrock.cc reports that the singer will perform a solo concert at the W.U.K. Vienna on 16 […]
Social network platforms have the capability to harm companies reputation, an online strategies expert has warned.Josef Barth, who managed incumbent president Heinz Fischers 2010 election campaigns internet activities, said today (Thurs) firms should not remove unpleasant postings but honestly respond to accusations they contained.Barth, a former journalist for political weekly profil, stressed this was the […]
Opinion leaders and business chiefs from all over the world will take part in an international conference on technologies of the future in Vienna next week.The Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) announced British bestselling author Ray Hammond as well as members of leading think tanks and company bosses are set to speak at “TECH FORCE 2010” […]
Austrian national team star Christian Fuchs is to get a new manager after VfL Bochum bosses sacked Heiko Herrlich today (Thurs).The German Bundesliga club decided to dismiss the former Borussia Dortmund striker after the team failed to win any of their past league ten matches.Herrlich took over from Swiss Marcel Koller only in October 2009.Former […]
Styrian fire-fighters chased more than a dozen pigs which escaped a lorry on their way to the slaughterhouse this morning (Thurs).Thomas Meier, a spokesman for the Fehring fire brigade, said dozens of firemen were kept busy for several hours.”Catching them was difficult since they ran into all directions as the truck they were in overturned […]
Red Bull has retained its title as Austrias most valuable brand in the world.The Salzburg-based energy drinks producer ranks 82nd in international market research agency Millward Browns study of the most powerful companies in the world.Internet giant Google tops the top 100 with an estimated value of 86 billion Euros followed by IT firms IBM […]