Paischer is hopefull about the Olympic Games

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Sports

One of the representatives for Austria in the Olympic Games in London this summer will be the Judoka Ludwig Paischer. However, the Olympic Games are not new to him, he already participated twice –  in Athens in 2004, where he failed in the first round, and in Beijing in 2008, where he won a silver […]

Naked bathers left stranded as cars towed

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General News

Naked sunbathers were left completely stark naked after their cars were towed by police on the Donauinsel in Vienna, Austria Police towed 57 vehicles parked illegally near to the naked bathing area along the Danube river. Many of the bathers had left their clothes in the car as they went for some all over  tanning […]

Cool down for Vienna heat at summer ice skating sessions

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Lifestyle

From now on you can ice-skate even in Summer. The Wiener Stadthalle is offering an ice-skating area of 1.800 square metres, open every Tuesday throughout the summer. Today is a special ice skating event – the Stadhalle ice rink will open until 11:00 pm as part of the “Long Night of Summer Ice-Skating”. Winter clothes […]

Austria Wien beat West Ham in Pre Season Friendly

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Sports

Austria Wien beat British Premier League team West Ham 3-1 in a pre season friendly opener on Saturday in Vienna. A record 7150 fans came to the Generali Arena to watch Austria Wien take on the Premier League giants in the extreme hot temperatures in Vienna at the weekend. West Ham opened the scoring when […]

Austrian parliament approves eurozone rescue fund

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Finance

Austria’s parliament has approved the eurozone’s permanent rescue fund, clearing the way for the country’s broader participation in the 17-nation zone’s financial crisis management. The governing left-center coalition was supported by the opposition Green party to surpass the two-thirds of votes needed for approval Wednesday. Opposed were the rightist Freedom Party and the populist BZO, […]

Sebastian Stoss to go to London Olympics

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Sports

Austrian swimmer Sebastian Stoss has qualified for the Olympic games to be held in London this summer. The 26-year-old swimmer from Vienna currently swims for the Eisenstadt Swimming Club. The backstroke specialist had originally not reached the internationally necessary qualification time, but as the Austrian team was not able to fill its start places with […]

Paszek in Wimbledon quarter final

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Sports

Austrian tennis star Tamira Paszek has reached the quarter finals of the Wimbledon championship after claiming victory over Roberta Vinci on Monday. The currently ranked world number 37 Paszek, 21, from Dornbirn in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg won against Italian Vinci 6-2 6-2 after 63 minutes of play. She is now the first woman […]

Police probe museam theft of teeth from Strauss and Brahms

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The teeth of two of the world’s most famous composers have been stolen from their graves by a man who says he wants to start a museum. The alleged Czech thief who has boasted about his crime on the internet says he wants to now display the famous teeth and dentures he has robbed not […]

Horse on the run in Salzburg

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Salzburg’s inner-city seemed to resemble something a bit closer to the wild West recently after a horse scared by a swarm of insects that appeared suddenly, managed to break free from its coach and galloped off through the cobbled streets. The horse managed to run over 6 km before it was finally caught by police […]

Iron men on the move

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‘Suicide’ sculptures by British artist Anthony Gormley have been given the push by Austrian officials. The 100 sculptures – identical to works in London and New York – show life-sized men standing on the edge of precipices over 100 square miles of peaks in Vorarlberg. The local officials had only given permission for the statues […]