An army sergant died when a boozed-up lorry driver ploughed into his vehicle in Carinthia this morning (Weds).The 49-year-old soldier from Rinkenberg in Carinthia was returning from a night-time military drill. He died shortly after the collision with the oncoming truck of severe injuries to his chest.The 43-year-old lorry driver from Griffen was found to […]
Almost every third woman who dies from breast cancer is aged between 50 and 69, new figures show.State agency Statistik Austria announced today (Tues) that 510 of the 1,594 women who passed away from breast cancer in Austria last year were members of the high risk group of people at the age from 50 to […]
Leaky hose leads to hash farm
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Fire-fighters have discovered a massive marijuana cultivation set up in a living room in a flat in Vienna.Tenants of the housing estate in the Favoriten district called the local fire brigade after water started dripping from the ceiling yesterday (Mon). The incident exposed an illegal indoor hashish farm maintained by a 26-year-old man living on […]
Pensioner sentenced for stalking
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A Styrian pensioner has been given a suspended jail term for stalking.Judges at the Criminal Court in Graz heard today (Tues) how the 62-year-old woman kept sending letters to a man for months.The 67-year-old reported the defendant to the police after she continuously tried to begin a relationship with him after they met in a […]
Xmas debt trap warning issued
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One in five Austrians are at risk of getting themselves into debt this Christmas, a financial expert has warned.Alexander Maly of the Viennese Debtors Counselling Authority said today (Tues): “Some people feel pressure to consume and shop in order to belong to a certain group of friends.”Speaking to the Kronen Zeitung newspaper, Maly said around […]
More than one in 10 Austrians are poor or threatened by poverty, according to a study by Eurostat.The European Commissions (EC) statistics agency announced yesterday (Mon) that 12.4 per cent of people living in Austria earned less than 60 per cent of the national median income of 912 Euros a month for a one-person household. […]
The number of pickpocket offences is increasing and police are bracing for another rise in figures as Austrians are flocking to shopping centres and Christmas markets.Federal police announced today (Tues) that they registered around 15,000 reported cases of thefts by pickpockets in the first nine months of this year. They stressed this was a […]
Around 20,000 Euros of damages were caused at a bank branch in Gödersdorf, Carinthia, when an Advent wreath caught fire at the weekend.Staff forgot to turn off the plastic wreaths electric candles when going home on Friday evening. A patrolling policeman noticed the smoke coming out of the building the next day. He called the […]
Graz grows as Vienna comes third
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The population of Graz has soared by more than 13 per cent during the past nine years, outdoing all of Austrias other provincial capitals.Statistik Austria and the Federation of Austrian Cities (Städtebund) announced yesterday (Thurs) 257,000 people were currently living in the provincial capital of Styria, up by 13.7 per cent compared to 2001.The authorities […]
More and more teenagers are consuming bathing salts to get high, police officials have warned.Hermann Feldbacher, a drug expert at the Upper Austrian police department, said today (Fri): “There is a trend for an increasing number of very young addicts to buy bathing salts, incense sticks and other cheap products.”Speaking to Viennese newspaper Heute, Feldbacher […]