Viennese police arrested five people in the first night of a new law regulating prostitution. A spokesman for police forces in the city said today (Weds) that five people were put in custody last night. He added that 40 men and women could face charges for breaching various regulations of the legal initiative which was […]
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Vienna has started another attempt to regulate prostitution as a new law on the tradition-rich street sex industry comes into force. The new bylaw – in effect as of today (Tues) – bans prostitution from anywhere in the city but five areas where it is permitted. Two of them are situated along the busy Gürtel […]
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has called on the federal government ministries to spend less on advertisements in order to help finance the nearing renovation of the parliament. The parliament – located in Vienna’s Innere Stadt district – must undergo extensive refurbishments in the coming years due to the derelict state of some areas of the […]
Pickpockets nabbed in Carinthia
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Two young men arrested in Völkermarkt, Carinthia, on Wednesday are accused of having made 7,000 Euros by stealing from people at motorway service areas across the country, police said today (Fri). The felons, aged 19 and 22, are in custody. They are suspected of being behind a string of pickpocketing offences at highway rest stops […]
Salzburg police catch German speeder
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A German lost his licence for racing at nearly 190 kilometres per hour (kph) on a motorway in Salzburg yesterday evening (Tues).Traffic police in Zederhaus said today the 56-year-old from Ravensburg was stopped on the A10 Tauern motorway for going at 189 kph in a 100 kph limit zone.The general speed limit on Austrian highways […]
Italian races at 210 kph in Tyrol
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An Italian driver has been caught doing more than 100 kilometres per hour (kph) above the speed limit.The 22-year-old from northern Italy had to hand over his licence after a radar trap recorded him as he bombed along a 100 kph limit stretch on Tyrols A13 Brenner motorway at 210 kph yesterday evening (Tues). Local […]
Gale-force winds warning
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Meteorologists have announced a gale warning for many parts of Austria.Experts at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said today (Fri) winds raging at around 100 kilometres per hour (kph) registered in mountainous areas of the province of Styria last night. They added storms of a similar scale are likely to hit Lower […]
Vast damage after WWII bomb blast
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The controlled detonation of a World War Two (WWII) bomb caused enormous damage in Graz last Friday evening.Explosives experts advised the police to evacuate the main train station of the city and the surrounding area within one kilometre in order to carry out a controlled explosion since it was impossible to safely remove it. The […]
Record pollen summer may lie ahead
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Doctors have warned of a year with a strong pollen pollution.Experts said at a conference in Vienna yesterday (Thurs) that the amount of pollen in the air could be twice as high in some areas in Austria this spring and summer than in 2009.The panel of doctors warned many people would underestimate allergies. They explained […]
Moderate temperatures on New Years Eve
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Temperatures will range between minus eight and zero degrees centigrade around midnight on New Years Eve (Fri), according to meteorologists.Forecasts presented today (Weds) show that temperatures will not drop as drastically as on most previous nights when the quicksilver plunged to minus 20 degrees centigrade in some areas in Austria.Sunshine is expected across the country […]