The tailor who kits out Premier League stars Emmanuel Adebayor and Alexandre Song will visit Vienna at the end of March.Top Hong Kong tailor Hafeez Ur Rehman regularly visits the UK to fit out A-list customers.”Alexandre Song has already had 20 suits tailored by us and now Emmanuel Adebayor is a regular customer as well.”Rehman […]
Recent polls show that 83 per cent of Czechs believe corruption played a role in the Czech Defence Ministrys 2009 purchase of Austrian light wheeled tanks.Austrian firm Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF) sold 107 light-wheeled tanks to the Defence Ministry in 2009 for 559 million Euros, but Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes recently claimed that Steyr had […]
Vienna travel agency Siesta IT-Reisen and Viennas so-called “jumbo group” of travel agencies reported today (Mon) that no Austrians had been hurt in the Chilean earthquake.An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale occurred off shore of Concepcion, Chile, early Saturday morning.Two Austrians were stranded on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean because of the […]
Red Bull Salzburg have extended their lead in the Bundesliga after beating second-placed Rapid Vienna by a score of 1-0 yesterday (Sun).Defender Rabiu Afolabi found the net in the 67th minute after a corner in front of 17,500 fans at the sold out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna.This victory came just three days after the […]
Three-time F1 champ Niki Lauda, who is spearheading a controversial anti drink-drive campaign using graphic images of injured children, has admitted driving drunk.The 61-year-old told German daily Bild today (Mon): “I drove after drinking something a few times 20 years ago. You dont think about the dangers when you are younger.”Speaking about the campaign launched […]
Red Bull Salzburg coach Huub Stevens admitted Belgian champions Standard Liege had the better players as the Austrian champions crashed out in the Europa League.The Dutchman said after last nights (Thurs) goalless draw: “They have better players and more quality than us. Its difficult when you lose the first leg 2-3 after leading 2-0.”Stevens added […]
Six apprentices have been working at a hotel on Wörther Lake in Carinthia without heating or warm water in their rooms, according to the provincial Labour Chamber (AK).AK added that none of them had received any training as receptionists, cooks or waiters and a 16-year-old female apprentice had to prepare washing water in a water […]
Twenty-four rescuers used a rope to move two stranded winter sportsmen to safety near Bad Gastein, Salzburg, yesterday (Thurs).The two men, a Latvian, 24, and a Swede, 23, who were working as seasonal labourers at establishments in the Gastein valley, decided at 1:30pm to go off-piste, one with skis and the other with a snowboard, […]
Innsbruck Mayor Hilde Zach announced yesterday (Thurs) evening that she would retire from politics.Zach, 67, who was elected on the Liste für Innsbruck (List for Innsbruck) ticket, had cancer years ago and is reportedly in poor health. It is expected that Deputy Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer, also elected on the List for Innsbruck ticket, will succeed […]
Both the Peoples Party (ÖVP) and the Greens announced yesterday (Thurs) they would not nominate their own candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.Lower Austrian ÖVP Governor Erwin Pröll recently made clear he would not run for the post. The announcement was preceded by weeks of speculation since the governor is regarded as the only possible […]