The Innsbruck public prosecutors office announced yesterday (Tues) that it had ended its investigation of three scientists who had participated in a controversial experiment with pigs.An investigation into three scientists accused of carrying out controversial experiments on pigs has ended with a no guilty verdict.The Innsbruck public prosecutors office announced Tuesday it had ended its […]
Family-owned German clothing chain Peek & Cloppenburg (P&C) said today (Weds) it would continue expanding in Austria.The firm recently opened a 5,000 square metre store at the Tyrol shopping centre in Innsbruck and today opened a 6,700 square metre store at Shopping City Süd (SCS) in Vienna-Vösendorf. P&C is planning to open one at Viennas […]
The Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) called on the Austrian government today (Weds) to give refuge to Iranian dissidents.Noting that Germany had announced on Monday that it would accept Iranian citizens, VIDC Director Walter Posch said: “I warmly welcome that step by the German government, and I am waiting for the Austrian […]
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) supervisory board chief Horst Pöchhacker revealed today (Weds) the firms freight business department suffered operative losses of 100 million Euros last year.Pöchhacker said in a radio interview: “Turnover dropped by 500 million Euros due to the exceptional crisis last year, but we already managed to save around 400 million Euros.”He claimed […]
International fashion chain “Van Graaf” will open its first Austrian branch next week.The company announced today (Weds) its new branch at the Shopping City Süd (SCS) Austrias biggest shopping centre which is located south of Vienna would open next Wednesday (17 March) and have a selling space of around 8,000 square metres.The shop […]
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Two Slovak robbers caused a traffic accident on the B9 highway in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues) after robbing a supermarket in Hainburg in Bruck an der Donau district, police said.The Slovaks, aged 23 and 34, drove towards Vienna after stealing items worth 500 Euros at the supermarket.After colliding with another car but finding their car […]
Firemen had to return to the same Graz apartment yesterday (Tues) for the seventh time in seven months, police said.The 37-year-old unemployed alcoholic resident had forgotten to remove a pot of beans from a hotplate before taking a nap and it had caught on fire.A neighbours dog raised the alarm by barking after it smelled […]
A thief stole a rhinoceros iguana worth 5,000 Euros Monday night from a store in Graz, police said.The man broke into the shop through a window between 6:45pm on Monday and 8:20am on Tuesday. Nothing else was missing from the store.Police said they suspected “a reptile enthusiast”.
Customers would be the most affected party if the government decides to set up a new tax for insurance companies, a top branch representative has warned.Günter Geyer, Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) chairman and head of the federal insurance companies association, said today (Weds): “Eighty per cent of the money managed by insurance companies belongs to […]
A workers head was nearly crushed at his workplace when it got stuck between the rear axle of a truck and a jack, police said.The worker, 19, from Fürstenfeld district, was standing in a pit below a truck on which he was working when the incident occurred in Styrias Hartberg district yesterday (Tues).The mans screams […]