Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) officials have claimed Austria was losing out on around 350 million Euros of annual revenues by not charging taxes on kerosene.VCÖ expert Martin Blum branded the situation an “indirect subsidisation of the aviation industry.”Blum said today (Weds) the government would garner around 355 million Euros per year if it decided to […]
Human memory is not very long. Mother Earth has been in existence some 3600 million years and Humankind a mere 2 million years. If we look at this like a 24 hour clock, people have only populated Earth for about 48 seconds and we have learned to build our expectations and lives and socio-economic systems […]
A German woman abandoned her drunk husband as they travelled to Slovakia yesterday (Sun).Officials in Seewalchen, Upper Austria, said today the woman had dumped her husband at a motorway rest stop after he tried wrestling the steering wheel from her.Customers at the Seewalchen rest stop restaurant called police after the man told them his wife […]
Incumbent president Heinz Fischers clear victory in yesterdays (Sun) presidential elections was overshadowed by a record-low turn out.Around 50 per cent of Austrians stayed away from the polling booths as almost 79 per cent of the 6.3 million Austrians entitled to vote supported the former Social Democratic (SPÖ) science minister.The Freedom Partys (FPÖ) Barbara Rosenkranz […]
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki failed to speak out about the Holocaust in Vienna yesterday (Sun).Mottaki met with Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger for talks in which Austria warned the Iranian regime of possible sanctions by the United Nations (UN) over the countrys controversial uranium enrichment programme.Asked by an Israeli journalist […]
Welsh rockers Stereophonics will perform in Vienna this summer, it was announced today (Fri).Music news website Britishrock.cc reports that the award-winning four-member band are lined up for a performance at the Arena on 6 July.The gig could be the bands only show in the country this year as they will perform at several European festivals […]
A young Austrian has become the victim of a ruthless kidnapping gang in Venezuela.Amadeus Michael Novak-Ferrari from Graz, Styria, had been missing since 13 April. Now police have found his decaying corpse near Santa Lucia.Novak-Ferrari was working at his grandfathers glass fibre factory and planned to return to Austria to do his six-month mandatory military […]
Thousands of workers at Magnas Graz plant are back in full-time work as the car industry supplier registered a sharp increase in orders.Around 4,500 staff were put into an 18-month part-time model to avoid sackings.Workers Union official Thomas Stoimaier said today (Fri): “The companys order situation is currently very good and this is why it […]
An American neurologist who revealed plans to scan the brain of Josef Fritzl has spoken about what the incest monster could expect in the examination.Kent A. Kiehl, who made a name for himself by investigating the brains of 1,200 murderers who volunteered to take part in the scans, said today (Fri): “Fritzls brain will be […]
Volvo is recalling more than 500 cars in Austria.The Swedish company said today (Fri) a protecting cover of the fuel line needed to be checked at 549 XC 60 models built in 2009 and 2010.Officials warned the metallic cover could come off and endanger following cars.Around 29,400 Volvo vehicles are affected worldwide by the recall.American […]