Klaus Kröll has broken his leg in a motocross accident. The skier underwent surgery at a hospital in Krems, Lower Austria. His doctors say Kröll will be discharged within the coming days. The downhill specialist announced yesterday (Weds) he planned to undergo a rehab programme in the next six to eight weeks to get in […]
The Austrian Competition Authority (BWB) has asked the country’s leading oil companies and petrol station managers to comment on the current price developments. The BWB announced yesterday (Weds) it had decided to take a closer look at the recent pricing occurrences due to an increasing number of complaints by citizens and car clubs. The authority […]
Othmar Karas has claimed that there would already be a tax on financial transactions if the European Parliament (EP) had the final say. Karas – who heads the EP delegation of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) – said today (Weds) current European Union (EU) regulations kept the union from acting efficiently. He told the Kurier […]
Austrian tennis ace Jürgen Melzer has denied claims that the Austrian Davis Cup team has no chance against Spain. Melzer, 30, said yesterday (Tues) that the opponents are clear favourites to win this weekend’s quarter final clash – but also made aware that he beat David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro before. The matches will take […]
Social workers will visit badly integrated foreigners at home to help them learning German, People’s Party (ÖVP) Integration Secretary Sebastian Kurz announced yesterday (Tues). Kurz said his office planned to expand a successful Viennese pilot project concept based on programmes in Switzerland and Australia to several other Austrian towns and cities in the coming months. […]
The head of a cut-price petrol station company has revealed expansion plans. Free Energy Trading (FE) boss Markus Friesacher said today (Weds) his enterprise started constructing a new no-frills service station in Slovenia. It is the first time that FE gets active abroad. The company currently manages 30 low-cost petrol stations across Austria. Customers pay […]
More and more people are using means of public transport as car fuel prices hit a new high. Diesel cost 1.42 Euros on average last month, according to car club Arbö while the price for Eurosuper soared to 1.46 Euros. Arbö underlined that motorway service stations were charging up to 1.59 Euros for one litre […]
High-ranking representatives of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) have defended controversial slogans of the party’s Tyrolean department. The rightist party’s Innsbruck branch warned from “Moroccan thieves” in rhyme on a recently presented poster. The slogan was part of the FPÖ’s campaign for the upcoming Innsbruck city hall ballot. Residents of the provincial capital of Tyrol will […]
The number of job seekers is on the rise. Around 263,700 people had no work last month, the Labour Market Service (AMS) announced. This is an increase of 4.4 per cent compared to the same month of 2011. The organisation underlined that especially physically and mentally handicapped people, older workers and immigrants struggled to find […]
The ORF’s market share keeps decreasing. Media consumption researchers found that the national broadcaster ORF 1 channel had a market share of 15.8 per cent last month. This is an improvement of 0.8 per cent compared to the same time span in 2011. The slight increase was tarnished by the worsening popularity of ORF 2. […]