Styrian fire-fighters chased more than a dozen pigs which escaped a lorry on their way to the slaughterhouse this morning (Thurs).Thomas Meier, a spokesman for the Fehring fire brigade, said dozens of firemen were kept busy for several hours.”Catching them was difficult since they ran into all directions as the truck they were in overturned […]
An increasing number of Austrian schools are banning access to social network platforms as more and more students become victims of online mobbing.Schools in the province of Styria have blocked access to websites such as Facebook and MySpace for two years, while dozens of schools in Lower Austria and other provinces recently followed the example.Studies […]
WU remains closed after fire
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Viennas University of Economics and Business (WU) remains shut due to technical problems after a blaze broke out at its transformer room last Monday.WU bosses had planned to reopen the institution for lectures today (Weds), but technicians failed to restore its energy supply last night.Officials said the fire caused only minor damage, adding that all […]
Year on year temperature increases of up to four degrees centigrade have been discovered at an Austrian national park.Upper Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Governor Josef Pühringer and nature protection councillor Manfred Haimbuchner of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) said today (Weds) average temperature had risen at most checkpoints at the Kalkalpen national park by 2.1 degrees […]
Car theft figures down sharply
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The number of car theft dropped dramatically in the first quarter of this year, new figures have shown.Crime investigation official Rainer Erhart said yesterday (Tues) 939 cars had been stolen across the country during the first three months of 2010. He stressed this was a 53 per cent decline to the same period of the […]
A German woman abandoned her drunk husband as they travelled to Slovakia yesterday (Sun).Officials in Seewalchen, Upper Austria, said today the woman had dumped her husband at a motorway rest stop after he tried wrestling the steering wheel from her.Customers at the Seewalchen rest stop restaurant called police after the man told them his wife […]
Fritzl brain check details revealed
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An American neurologist who revealed plans to scan the brain of Josef Fritzl has spoken about what the incest monster could expect in the examination.Kent A. Kiehl, who made a name for himself by investigating the brains of 1,200 murderers who volunteered to take part in the scans, said today (Fri): “Fritzls brain will be […]
A young Austrian has become the victim of a ruthless kidnapping gang in Venezuela.Amadeus Michael Novak-Ferrari from Graz, Styria, had been missing since 13 April. Now police have found his decaying corpse near Santa Lucia.Novak-Ferrari was working at his grandfathers glass fibre factory and planned to return to Austria to do his six-month mandatory military […]
A drug-addicted doctor who provided drug addicts in therapy with cocaine walked free from a Vienna court yesterday (Weds).Judge Patrick Aulebauer heard how suspended doc Peter A. supplied his patients with drugs before he was banned for life from the Doctors Chamber.Asked by the judge why he harmed his patients medical progress – who are […]
An American neurologist wants to scan the brain of incest beast Josef Fritzl, it has emerged.Kent Kiehl is quoted in Austrian press today (Thurs) as saying: “I want to clarify why criminals can torture, rape and kill without showing any sympathy for their victims.”The New Mexico-based expert has examined the brains of 1,200 murderers who […]