Detectives investigating the horrific deaths of two men slowly cooked to death in a massive oven say that the pair had tried to rip the insulation off the wall of the oven and clawed at the door in a desperate bid to get free. The tragedy happened when the automatic door of the oven at […]
Werder Bremen star Marko Arnautovic will be sidelined for more than a month after injuring his knee while playing with his dog. The Austrian national team striker’s club announced yesterday (Thurs) that the 22-year-old could be ruled out for six weeks. Arnautovic reportedly fell over in his garden after getting stuck with his foot on […]
The government intends to change Austria’s insolvency regulations to loosen protective factors banks have so far benefited from. Several bankers – including Andreas Treichl, the head of market leader Erste Bank Group AG (Erste Bank) – have spoken out in favour of a reform of the financial sector bankruptcy law. Austrian law fails to feature […]
Austria’s EBEL Hockey League semi final contenders celebrated victories last night (Tues). Carinthian team KAC crushed Zagreb in the first match of the best of seven series. The championship record holders won the clash 4-0 away from home. Several players engaged in a fistfight in the second quarter of the match. Black Wings Linz – […]
A vast majority of Austrians object to ideas of a drastic pension age increase. Only 16 per cent think that the regular retirement age should be 70, public opinion research group Karmasin said. The agency interviewed 500 Austrians for magazine profil. Karmasin found that 81 per cent of Austrians were against proposed increases of the […]
Already broken your new year’s resolution? Well if you have, you are not alone. Statistics show that only 50 per cent of people even manage to keep their resolution past the end of January whereas 25 per cent of people give up after just one week so… if you are still going strong as spring […]
Black Wings Linz boss Rob Daum is determined that his team will prevail in the EBEL Hockey League’s semi final. Daum, whose squad is set to clash with Ljubljana in the best of seven series, said today (Tues): “We got tailwind after defeating Vienna Capitals. We should enjoy whatever is yet to come this season.” […]
People’s Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Maria Fekter has admitted that another Austrian bank may need more money. Fekter told radio Ö1 on Saturday that KA Finanz could have a demand of one billion Euros. The finance institute was created in 2008 as the bad bank of nationalised Kommunalkredit. Fekter’s statement comes shortly after her party […]
Two violin legends were celebrating after being awarded the Tobi-Reiser prize – handed out this year for the 21st time over the weekend. Folk music legends Rudolf Pietsch and Hermann Härtel were awarded the prize for “bringing back the violin as a central instrument in folk music after a long period of absence”. The Tobi-Reiser […]
The series of rhino horn threats is continuing in Europe after a rhino head was stolen from a pub in Weisskirchen in the Austrian province of Styria. Landlord Hans-Peter Tavolato, 55, himself a passionate hunter had the 120 kilo heavy hunting trophy on show in a room in his pub. Tavolato shot the rhino himself […]