A wedding dress fashion contest was staged this week in which four winners were selected amongst a pool of talented young Austrian designers. The British ambassador Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, who has a passion for fashion, is said to have been charmed by the commitment of the designers as well as their creations. The jury […]
There is an end in sight for the legal battle over three houses build on an old dump ground in Rietz (Tirol). A court of appeal went along with the families and the council must now pay. After a five year long, nerve-wrecking legal battle with the municipality, the end is nigh for the three […]
Former Austrian interior minister and Euro MP, Ernst Strasser, has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribe-taking. His lawyer has instantly said he will appeal meaning that Strasser will not go to jail until the appeal has been heard. Strasser, 56, of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (OeVP), was one of four MEPs […]
Arrests in Ethiopia murder case
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Two arrests have been made over the murder of an Austrian national murdered in Ethiopia as they took part in a tour of the Nile. The 27-year-old tourist from Upper Austria was robbed and murdered whilst holidaying in Ethiopia last week. Now police in Ethiopia have arrested two suspects in the case. The two suspects […]
Thieves stole a bus from a bus company depot on Sunday night or the early hours of Monday The twelve metre long bus was stolen from the depot in Amstetten. Police believe the thieves have already left the country with the bus. The luxury 52-seater tour bus made by the company Setra has an estimated […]
50-year-old on trial for incest
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By Rachael Williams A 50-year-old man is on trial in Klagenfurt on suspicion of incest. The man from Spittal in Carinthia is believed to have repeatedly raped his 18-year-old daughter and also offered her to other men in exchange for money. On Tuesday the man, not named for legal reasons, appeared before judge Sabine Roßmann […]
A pensioner and his dog were dragged down the road by a car after the lead got caught in the bumper of a car at Marchtrenk in Upper Austria. The 78-year-old had been walking his dog when it suddenly ran and attacked the tyre of a car that had stopped at a red light beside […]
These two winter sports enthusiasts are lucky to be alive after surviving four nights in a mountain hut at 2,457 metres after getting stuck near Maria Alm in the Pinzgau region of Austria. Mining students Tom Starke and Tim Lutz both aged 20 from Freiberg, Germany, had started out on a snow shoe trek on […]
Vienna sees big rent prices increase
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Rental prices for office space in the Austrian capital of Vienna is some of the most expensive in Europe. Experts from property company EHL Immobilien also warn that the rental prices will continue to rise. In top locations such as Vienna’s first district location Kohlmarkt office space goes for 390 Euro per M2 per month. […]
Plastic ice rinks a flop in Salzburg
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Ice rinks covered in a plastic substance instead of real ice have proved a flop in the Alpine city of Salzburg, Austria. Officials had chosen to use a plastic as an ice replacement despite regular freezing winter temperatures in the city. The ice rink is located on the famous Mozart Square in Salzburg’s old town […]