A majority of Austrian Catholic priests want celibacy to be abolished, a survey has revealed.Researchers from Kepler University in the Upper Austrian city of Linz said today (Weds) 59 per cent of the clergy they spoke to said they backed the idea of putting an end to the ruling. Study leaders said they interviewed 406 […]
A Romanian survived a flight from Vienna to London by clinging on to the planes landing gear, according to reports.Newspapers report today (Tues) that the 20-year-old man “dropped frozen stiff from the fixed landing gear” of the United Arab Emirates State fleet aircraft after its landing at London-Heathrow on Sunday.The jumbo jet landed at […]
A 30-year-old man escaped with minor injuries after plunging 100 metres from the wall of a fortress in Salzburg on Saturday night.The man was at a wedding ceremony at the Kapuziner Schlößl castle at the citys Kapuzinerberg hill when he slipped and fell around 100 metres after climbing the castles wall. He was rescued by […]
Floodings in Austria
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Despite an increase today (Fri) the water level in the Danube around Vienna is stable, officials have said.This morning the level rose to 6.50 metres from 6.45 yesterday and danger of flooding is expected if it reaches seven metres.But the citys Emergency Flood Service has said Vienna should escape due to its “relief channel” (Entlastungsgerinne), […]
The Austrian National Library said it would pay 135,000 euros (164,000 dollars) for thousands of books in its possession that were taken by the Nazis from Jews during World War II.In a symbolic gesture, library director Johanna Rachinger handed over the books to the Austrian National Fund for the Victims of National Socialism at a […]
Battery powered BBC heads to Austria
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The BBC is to visit Austria in a battery-operated car as part of an online web-documentary.Producer Kevin Dawson, said: “The premise is simple – we want to look at the emergence of battery cars. We’ll investigate the technology, the infrastructure and political will behind the growth of the battery-vehicle culture.”By embarking on this ambitious journey […]
Viennas officials are sick 20 days a year, the Austrian Peoples Party ÖVP has said.The ÖVP has blamed mobbing and bad working environment in offices for the high amount of sick days.”To work for the city of Vienna makes you sick,” ÖVP representative Wolfgang Ulm said during the current Viennese election campaign.”Public officials in Lower […]
A deranged Carinthian man who tried to throw his lover off a cliff has had his jail term extended.The Federal High Court (OGH) announced yesterday (Weds) that it had decided to increase the initial sentence. Klagenfurt provincial court sentenced the 40-year-old local to 10 months in prison, with another 20 months suspended. But the OGH […]
Hundreds of basements in the provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria were flooded yesterday (Weds) after days of continuous rainfall.Officials at Viennas Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) warned residents living near the Danube, Enns and other rivers to protect their homes as more rain is predicted over the next few days.But they stressed […]
A have-a-go tobacconist scared off an armed robber by throwing a pack of cigarettes straight into his face, yesterday (Weds).Graz police said the 56-year-old shop owner did not hesitate when the robber demanded money from him at gunpoint and chucked the pack of Gauloises straight into the gunmans face.The would-be robber and his accomplice waiting […]