A 50-year-old Hungarian was seriously injured yesterday (Thurs) when he was crushed between the trailer of a passing lorry and his own near Suben in Upper Austrias Schärding district.Police said today the Hungarian and a 34-year-old fellow countryman were putting chains on their lorry when the trailer of a passing Polish lorry slid off Subener […]
A criminal court in Krems, Lower Austria, today (Thurs) sentenced a Polish man to three years in prison for the rape of a 66-year-old woman and several robberies.It emerged in court that the 42-year old Pole had confessed after his arrest in Lower Austrias Waldviertel area in November 2009.Judge Andrea Hüttl ordered the unemployed defendant […]
Number of VIA’s passengers up in January
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The number of passengers at Vienna International Airport (VIA) rose by 4.1 per cent year on year to 1,203 million in January 2010, the airport reported today (Thurs).VIA added that the number of passengers with Middle Eastern destinations had gone up by 11.3 per cent and the number with Western European destinations had risen by […]
Austrian building materials retailer BauMax will open four new stores in Romania this year, the company announced yesterday (Thurs).A new shop is going to open in Bucharest on 25 February at the new Sun Plaza shopping mall, which is being developed by Erste Groups real estate subsidiary Sparkassen Immobilien AG.Other stores will open in the […]
Polish lorry thief arrested
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Polish police used a signal from a black box in a stolen lorry to locate and arrest a Polish man yesterday (Weds) who had burglarised a car repair firm in Strasshof an der Nordbahn in Lower Austrias Gänserndorf district Tuesday night.Lower Austrian police said today the man had driven the lorry loaded with items stolen […]
More than eighty per cent of Austrians want tougher dangerous dog laws, a new survey has shown.Pollsters Oekonsult interviewed 1,117 people for its research as a referendum over whether a so-called dog keepers licence should be introduced starts tomorrow (Thurs) in Vienna.The Oekonsult poll shows 83 per cent of the questioned backed “restrictive law changes […]
Savings accounts were the investment vehicle of choice for Austrians last year, new research has shown.According to results of a new poll by GfK Austria released today (Weds) 52 per cent of Austrians put available money into them in 2009.That percentage compares to the 15 per cent of Austrians who chose to put money into […]
A top scientist in Croatia has warned Austria to prepare for an ice age instead of talking about global warming, online newspaper Croatian Times reported today (Weds).Physician Vladimir Paar suggests one would not need to cross the sea when travelling from Ireland or the UK to Croatia via the rest of Europe.”A majority of Europe […]
Churches make food and car Lent call
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Church leaders have called on Austrians to cut back on food and car use during Lent.The Roman Catholic and the Evangelical Churches are urging people to walk, cycle, use public transport and car pool from Ash Wednesday on 17 February until Holy Saturday on 3 April to help the environment.Markus Gerharinger, the Vienna archdiocese official […]
The Greens are to decide on whether or not to nominate a presidential candidate this month, party leader Eva Glawischnig revealed today (Tues).She said: “There are still contrary opinions within the party over the issue,” adding that the opposition party would make a decision at a meeting of its federal board on 19 February.Presidential elections […]