Werner Faymann says he had hard time with British PM

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Politics

The Austrian Chancellor has accused British Prime Minister David Cameron of speaking differently to the British public than he does in private with the European Council. The comments were made by Chancellor Werner Faymann during an interview with DerStandard newspaper. “Why I have a hard time with David Cameron, also in a personal relationship and […]

New Rapid Vienna stadium unveiled to standing ovation

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Sports

Rapid Vienna have unveiled the designs for the football club’s new stadium in the Austrian capital to a standing ovation and an emotional presentation featuring players from past and present. The new stadium, which managers say will be ready for use by 2016, will up the capacity for games to 28,000 and expect to bring […]

Thunderstorms set to follow heatwave

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Green Austria

Weather men are warning that the blast of hot weather seen in Austria during the past week is set to be followed by thunderstorms in nearly all areas of the country over the next couple of days. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 37 degrees Celsius on Wednesday in some areas, before the […]

Lewis Hamilton admits he knows nothing about Red Bull track

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Sports

Racer Lewis Hamilton has resorted to training on a simulator ahead of the upcoming competition at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. Hamilton has said that he does not know anything about the track but is preparing so he is up to speed ahead of the race on 20-22 June. “I don’t know which way Turn One […]

Wiesberger misses out on victory at Austrian Open

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Sports

Top Austrian golfer Bernd Wiesberger was pipped to the post at the Austrian Open play-offs on Sunday by Swede Mikael Lundberg. Lundberg managed to hold off the 2012 European Tour champion with a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-three 18th hole. The win was the 49-year-old Swede’s first European Tour victory in nearly six years. […]

Former Kazakh diplomat Rakhat Aliyev arrested in Vienna

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General News

The former son-in-law of the Kazkh president, who is wanted in Kazakhstan on charges of murder and kidnapping, has been arrested in Vienna. Austrian authorities has in the past twice denied to extradite Rakhat Aliyev, who until 2007 had been an ambassador in Austria, to the Central Asian country saying that human rights violations there […]

FIFA extend Taboga ban worldwide

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Sports

The life time football ban imposed upon player Dominique Taboga by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) in February for match-fixing has been extended by FIFA today to include worldwide activities. Austrian former top league player Taboga was sanctioned by ÖFB following allegations he had been involved in match manipulation. Taboga used to play for Salzburg […]

Secret ‘anti-gay’ meeting held by Russian oligarch with top politicians in Vienna

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General News

A secret meeting discussing ways to rid Europe of the ‘satanic gay lobby’ was hosted by a Russian oligarch and attended by a host of far-right MPs and ultra-conservative Eurasian ideologists in Vienna at the weekend – just across the road from where the Life Ball was taking place the very same night. The meeting […]

Austrian economy falls in line with the European trend

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Finance

By Matej Klenovský. Translation by Tomáš Buš Austria is in line with the current economic trend in Europe, according to several economic indicators made public in Austria on Friday. Analysis of the results of the indicators show that at the moment, there is a moderate decrease, almost stagnation, in the price levels. Meanwhile, industrial production […]

Possible move to Newcastle for Soriano

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Sports

Football player for Salzburg Jonathan Soriano has been linked to a move to Newcastle United, according to reports in Austrian media. Twenty-nine-year-old Soriano has been playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria since January 2012, and during that time the club has won the Austrian championship in the last two seasons. Soriano himself is […]