Rapid Vienna will have to do without their captain for some time. Steffen Hofmann must rest for around two weeks due to a muscle injury. The 31-year-old said yesterday (Thurs) it was “tough” to be forced to watch on in this phase of the season. Rapid face Wiener Neustadt tomorrow. Leaders Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) […]
Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Werner Faymann is still facing abuse of office charges, it emerged yesterday (Thurs). The Chief Prosecution of Vienna (OStA) announced it advised prosecutors to keep examining whether Faymann applied pressure on state-funded railroad company Federal Railways (ÖBB) over a series of ads in Austria’s most popular newspaper. There have been contradictory […]
Pope Benedict XVI has sharply condemned a group of dissident Austrian priests and laymen for questioning key teachings of the Catholic Church. The group, known as the Pfarrer Initiative, has challenged the church on topics such as priestly celibacy and its ban on female priests. Speaking during a Maundy Thursday mass in the Vatican, the […]
The Danish man who together with an accomplice kidnapped his son by force from his ex-wife in Austria and then managed to evade an international arrest warrant as he fled over 1,000 miles back to Denmark is unlikely to have to hand the boy back. Dane Thomas Sörensen had used an accomplice to pin down […]
Former Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach attended several hunting trips of a weapon industry and telecommunication technology lobbyist, according to leaked documents. Magazine News reports today (Thurs) that Gorbach took part in the hunting outings organised by Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly. The lobbyist is married to ex-People’s Party (ÖVP) General Secretary […]
The Viennese Greens plan significant cycling rule reforms. Several Viennese newspapers report today (Thurs) that the party of Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou wants to lift the obligatory cycling path usage law. The restriction means that all cyclists have to use cycling strips wherever available. Abandoning the ruling could create a conflict between the city coalition […]
Women’s Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek promised to keep fighting gender disparities on the labour market as a survey shows that men earn significantly more than women of the same social background. Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) researchers compared the careers of 250 graduates to find out that the pay gap between the male and […]
The Economy Chamber (WKO) has warned from overly positive economic forecasts. The Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) recently said Austrian enterprises might invest 5.6 billion Euros this year in the domestic economy, 12 per cent more than in 2011. The WKO’s industrial section announced yesterday (Weds) that firms’ spending might not rise as sharply. WKO […]
Gunkl – one of Austria’s most gifted stage entertainers – is performing a new programme. The artist also known as Günther Paal will perform “Die großen Kränkungen der Menschheit – auch schon nicht leicht” on several stages across Austria in the coming weeks. However, the “Salzburger Stier” laureate is also looking forward to entertaining his […]
The People’s Party (ÖVP) has appealed to ORF bosses to rethink their intention to relocate the broadcaster’s headquarters. ORF general director Alexander Wrabetz is understood to be keen on building a new ORF head office in Vienna-Landstraße. The state-funded broadcasting corporation has its headquarters in the Viennese district of Hietzing at the moment. The building […]