Bankrupt electronic consumer goods chain Cosmos will be liquidated, it has been announced today (Fri).The Creditors Protection Association of 1870 (KSV 1870) said the decision was made after negotiators failed to find a “suitable follow-up solution” for the company which went bust earlier this year.KSV 1870 said the remaining articles would be sold at its […]
A vast majority of Austrians think the Pope should step down were there a rule that enabled him to do so.Vienna-based public opinion research agency Karmasin found that 57 per cent of Austrians are of the opinion Pope Benedict XVI should resign amid sex abuse incidents at Catholic institutions across Europe.Only 34 per cent of […]
Othmar Karas has come out as the first major Peoples Party (ÖVP) representative to declare his intention to vote for incumbent president Heinz Fischer in the upcoming elections.The Member of the European Parliament (MEP) told the Kurier newspaper today (Fri): “Dr Heinz Fischer is the only eligible candidate from a European policies point of view.”ÖVP […]
Barbara Rosenkranz, the right-wing Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate, said yesterday (Thurs) she wanted Austria to leave the Schengen border agreement.Rosenkranz announced she would reintroduce border checks if she wins the 25 presidential election.Speaking about soaring crime figures, the FPÖ Lower Austria boss referred to crooks from Eastern Europe when she said that the “import […]
Dozens of cops and firemen were kept busy by an odd performance from an artist protesting against sex abuse by Catholic Church clergy in Vienna today (Fri).Hundreds of passersby and tourists gathered at the square in front of St Stephens Cathedral (Stephansdom) one of the citys main tourist attractions when at 10am this […]
Burgenland tourism bosses hope for more stays at the provinces Lake Neusiedl this summer after lakeside overnights in January and February soared by 25 per cent year on year.Tourism shipping transfer services at the lake which is the second-largest steppe lake in Central Europe started this morning (Fri), and lakeside towns have invested […]
A suspected double killer soon to be released from behind bars has already walked free from jail once before after issuing death threats to one of the victims, it has emerged.Briton John Sweeney, 54, is wanted by cops in two countries as prime suspect over the brutal deaths of prostitute Paula Fields, 31, and model […]
The number of companies settling in the province of Lower Austria is on the rise, it has been announced.Provincial councillor Petra Bohuslav said today (Thurs) 30 companies settled or expanded in Lower Austria in the first quarter of this year. The Peoples Party (ÖVP) politician said this number was a 50 per cent year on […]
Two Viennese men are facing drug production charges after cops discovered 256 cannabis plants at an estate in Groß-Enzersdorf, Lower Austria.Police said today (Thurs) they had acted on a tip-off, adding it would have been possible to produce drugs worth 16,000 Euros from the confiscated plants.Officials explained the plants were kept at a storage hall […]
A young Romanian scholar is fighting for his life and needs help to raise money for a second lung transplant five years after a first transplant at Vienna General Hospital (AKH).Titu Anghel, 30, needs 40,000 Euros of a total of 70,000 Euros in order to be put on the waiting list for a new transplant. […]