The Danish media have slammed the countrys football team after Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Austria.Online sports newspaper sporten.dk called the teams defence “as weak as soft, soggy bread”.Daily Berlingske said Arsenal star Nicklas Bendtner’s goal and the debut of Ajax Amsterdam talent Christian Eriksen were the only positive points in a match played in front […]
New EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project “especially worthy of financial support” today (Thurs).He claimed it would significantly reduce Europes energy dependence on one supplier during presentation of the European Commissions (EC) financial assistance for 31 natural gas and 12 electricity projects.Oettinger noted that Nabucco, in which Austrian oil […]
Lenzing 2009 earnings crash
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Upper Austrian fibre producer Lenzing AG reported today (Thurs) that its results had been significantly worse in 2009 than in 2008.Lenzing said its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) had declined by 23 per cent year on year to 100.7 million Euros and its earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation and amortisation (Ebitda) had fallen by […]
The Austrian national football team say it is on its way to regaining some self esteem after beating Denmark 2-1 last night (Weds).Red Bull Salzburg striker Roman Wallner, who scored Austrias second goal (37), said: “This victory was important despite being just a friendly. But we should not overestimate it.”Red Bulls Franz Schiemer scored the […]
SPÖ to finance Fischer campaign
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The Social Democrats (SPÖ) will financially support the election campaign of incumbent president Heinz Fischer, it has emerged.SPÖ federal manager Günther Kräuter said today (Thurs) an “election fund” would be set up in which members will pay in around four Euros. This would be a sum of around one million Euros since the party has […]
The minimum price for a pack of cigarettes in Austria is a violation of EU guidelines, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today (Thurs).The ECJ said minimum prices were an inappropriate way to try and safeguard public health and suggested higher taxes on tobacco products would be more effective.The Austrian government had imposed a […]
ÖVP fraction wins WKO election
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The Peoples Partys (ÖVP) VP-Business Association has won this years Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) election for members representatives in specialised sectors.It was announced on Tuesday this week that the ÖVP organisation had won 70.9 per cent of the vote or 0.8 of a percentage point more than five years ago and had again won a […]
A 70-year-old German skier died yesterday (Weds) after skiing off piste and hitting a tree at the Bergeralm ski area in Tyrols Innsbruck-Land district, police said.The accident occurred at around 2pm. Rescuers were unable to help the man, who died on the spot owing to severe head and chest injuries.
American actress Fran Drescher (“The Nanny”) will attend the 10 April cancer fund-raising gala “Dancer against Cancer” at the Vienna Hofburg, it was announced today (Weds).Drescher, who attended the 2009 Life Ball in Vienna, will arrive in Vienna on 9 April and attend a cocktail party that evening. It is not known how long she […]
There were serious deficiencies in food controls last year in Styria, the free Styrian weekly newspaper Woche claimed yesterday (Tues).Woches report comes in the wake of news about Styrian firm Prolactal, which produced the deadly Quargel cheese last year resulting in the deaths of 10 people in Austria and Germany.Woche said lack of personnel had […]