The Austrian Industrial Association (IV) is calling for car tolls rather than for an increase in taxes on car fuel, according to todays edition (Fri) of news magazine Format.IV General Secretary Markus Beyrer is quoted as calling tolls based on the number of kilometres driven “a more intelligent alternative.”He said tolls could be staggered in […]
An Innsbruck woman survived an avalanche yesterday (Thurs) after heavy, wet snow buried her entire body, leaving only a small air hole for her to breathe through.The woman, 57, was ski touring alone in an area near Arlberg mountain, Tyrol, when she triggered an avalanche at 1pm that dragged her 200 metres and left her […]
Romanian bank Banca Transilvania has plans to get listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG), online newspaper Romanian Times has reported.The news platform reports today (Fri) that the possible move will be discussed at a shareholders meeting on 28 April.The institute has been traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange since 1997.The European Bank for Reconstruction […]
Around 3,000 people attended a “sea of candles” protest march against the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz in Vienna last night (Thurs), according to police.Rosenkranz has come under fire over failing to make clear her statements about Austrias Nazi past and the existence of gas chambers at the Third Reichs death camps.The ultra-conservative […]
Incest beast Josef Fritzl has plans to call for a retrial of his case, a magazine has claimed.Austrian weekly News reports in yesterdays edition (Thurs) that the 75-year-old has been meeting lawyers and reading the thousands of pages of his case to check the chances for a new trail.Fritzl was jailed for life after admitting […]
Parishioners have called for the return of a priest, suspended for sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy.Ernest Theußl, chairman of the town council in the priests parish of Deutschlandsberg, Styria said no one could complain about the priest, who was punished 12 years ago for sexual abuse of the boy but had admitted his guilt.Theußl said: […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) will continue to have permission to land in Moscow, according to a newspaper report.Austrian daily Die Presse reports in its edition from today (Fri) that the company keeps its rights to offer connections to Russia.Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had publicly questioned the bilateral agreement once made between the Austrian and the […]
Turnover improved last year for Styrian software and computer game producer JoWooD Entertainment AG, the company reported today (Fri).The firm said its net profit had risen by 50 per cent from 1.005 million Euros in 2008 to 1.504 million Euros in 2009.Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) rose by 24.8 per cent year on year […]
Two men and a woman who stole 105 video games from Metro stores have been arrested.The two men, aged 47 and 58, and the woman, 42, had used counterfeit or illegally obtained keys to open locked display cases at the stores and take the video games, worth 10,000 Euros, on 24 and 25 March in […]
A pensioner was seriously injured yesterday (Thurs) when a tree he was cutting down fell on top of him near Rauris in Salzburgs Pinzgau region.Police said the man, 60, had been the victim of bad luck since the trees branches had hit another tree as it was falling, changing the direction of its fall onto […]