A 36-year-old man was injured yesterday (Sun) afternoon when his paraglide crashed into a meadow shortly after he had taken off in Kürnberg in Lower Austrias Amstetten district.Police said the man, from Upper Austrias Steyr district, had failed to make use of the wind after a tension line in the left wing of his paraglider […]
Civil servants are satisfied with their jobs, but workers in the retail-trade sector are not, according to the results of a new poll by the Upper Austrian Labour Chamber (AK) released today (Fri).AK said its labour-climate index had fallen to 110 points in early 2010, only two points higher than in autumn 2007. It added […]
A five-year-old boy has been rescued by volunteer firemen after getting trapped inside a postal container.The inquisitive Upper Austria lad had been playing with the one-cubic-metre container when he fell inside, the lid closing on top of him.His panicked mum who saw the incident quickly called the Wels firebrigade who cut him free from the […]
Three Austrians aged 34, 43 and 45 have been arrested at a traffic check point on the A3 motorway near Passau, Bavaria, for possession of four kilos of hashishGerman police said they had found the drug and 35,000 Euros in cash in a plastic sack underneath the trios luggage in the boot during a search […]
The deadly bacteria listeria detected in a batch of smoked trout yesterday was “an isolated case”, the firm Eisvogels chief Hubert Bernegger claimed today (Fri).He said the firm, based in Molln in Upper Austrias Kirchdorf district, was maintaining all appropriate hygienic standards in its production and had spent more than 60,000 Euros annually in micro-biological […]
A Vienna man is recovering after he was impaled by a garden fence yesterday (Weds).The 45-year-old fell onto one of the fences metal poles after he lost balance while cutting back a bush in his garden in Döbling district. The metal pike ripped through his upper body narrowly missing his ribs and emerged from out […]
Animal activists have claimed Austrian holiday agencies offer controversial canned hunting trips to South Africa.Thomas Pietsch of animal protection NGO Vier Pfoten said today (Thurs): “We know that at least 15 Austrian trip organisers offer such journeys.”The term “canned hunt” describes a trophy hunt event in which animals are kept in a fenced area to […]
A higher-than-average number of people were killed by avalanches in the Austrian Alps this winter.Official figures presented yesterday (Tues) show that 37 skiers, snowboarders, hikers and ski tourers died as a result in the countrys mountains during the winter season, which is currently coming to an end.This is a strong increase compared to the average […]
Vorarlberg police said a beekeeper rival might be behind a beehive theft which occurred over the weekend.Officials in Doren said yesterday (Tues) it was unlikely that the thief who made off with eight hives – home to 250,000 bees – did not know about beekeeping.An estimated 1,800 Euros worth of damage was caused by the […]
Farmers decided not to slaughter a pig after it survived falling from a driving lorry yesterday (Mon).Lower Austrian authorities said today bosses of the Ratzersdorf-based farming business will keep the animal which got away with bruises after falling from a trailer and down an embankment. The pig was caught by local firemen and passersby who […]