Construction of a new “cycling highway” started in Vienna this morning (Fri).Work for the 3.5-kilometre path along the Wien river will cost 5.3 million Euros, city officials have said.The track which hikers will also be allowed to use will connect Hütteldorf train station in Vienna-Penzing and Kennedy bridge underground station in Hietzing district. […]
Bosses at Styrian printing company Leykam Let’s Print announced today (Fri) they were looking for new staff after seeing order value rise again.The firm had to dismiss ten workers at its plant in Neudörfl, Burgenland, in March 2009 due to a sharp decrease in assignments. Dozens more were put into part-time jobs to avoid further […]
A traffic jam of several kilometres was caused when a lorry crashed into the walls of Viennas Schönbrunn Palace Gardens this morning (Thurs).Police said the driver got away with minor injuries after he came off the road and ploughed into a wall near Kennedy Bridge on the road towards the city centre shortly before 9am.Firemen […]
Alpine Bau GmbH is to build two motorway sections and seven bridges in Serbia as part of the Pan-European Corridor project.Alpine will build a 5.8-kilometre bypass around the city of Dimitrovgrad and another motorway section of 8.6 kilometres towards Bulgaria.The Salzburg-based construction company is also set to construct seven bridges in the country.Officials said today […]
A controversial motorway tender deal in Romania that was bitterly contested by Austrian firm Strabag has collapsed after the winning French-Greek consortium pulled out of the deal.Romanian Times reports today (Thurs) that a consortium of French construction group Vinci and Greek builder Aktor withdrew from the 4.8-billion-Euro deal.The deal involved building of a 58-kilometre motorway […]
Daredevil skydiver Paul Steiner pulled off a breathtaking stunt as he somersaulted from one glider to another 2,000 metres in the air.The Salzburg-based extreme sports athlete first crawled from the cockpit of one Blanik L-13 glider above the Styrian Alps, before flipping himself under the wing to land on the second aircraft flying below.Steiner […]
The number of people seeking debt counselling increased in Tyrol last year, it has been announced.Schuldenberatung Tirol (Tyrolean Debts Counselling) chief Thomas Pachl said yesterday (Weds): “An overall of 2,326 people asked us for advice last year, while 1,949 Tyrolean residents did so in 2008.”Pachl pointed out that the number of young clients has increased […]
OMVs Romanian subsidiary Petrom is investing 100 million Euros in wind power production, it was announced today (Thurs).Petrom said it acquired the company SC Wind Power Park SRL, which owns a fully authorised wind power generation project, in the south-eastern Romanian town of Dobrogea with a designated capacity of 45 megawatt.Petrom will built and operate […]
Cohen to croon in Salzburg
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Canadian singer Leonard Cohen will return to Austria for a concert in Salzburg this summer, it has been announced.Britishrock.cc reports today (Thurs) that the Montreal-born folk icon will perform at the Salzburgarena on 27 July.The 75-year-old has performed several times at various venues in Austria in the past few years.Cohen has put out records since […]
Freedom Party (FPÖ) presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz ended a campaign event in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, early after she felt “disturbed” by demonstrating young Socialists.FPÖ MP Bernhard Themessl said the partys stand was “barricaded” by the demonstration of the Socialistic Youth, a youth organisation of the governing Social Democrats (SPÖ).Dornbirn police however said about yesterdays (Weds) incidents […]