A 59-year-old driver ploughed into another car after suffering a heart attack yesterday afternoon (Weds).The Vienna resident passed out behind the wheel after having a heart attack while driving on the Brigittenauer Lände in the citys Brigittenau district shortly after 4pm.Another driver was slightly injured when the dying mans car crashed into his vehicle. Paramedics […]
A 35-year-old Sikh was sentenced to life behind bars yesterday (Mon) for killing a guru of the Ravidas movement in a temple in Vienna last year.Prosecutor Stefan Apostol explained at the Criminal Court of Vienna that Jaspal Singh fired seven shots from close range at gurus Sant Niranjan Dass and Sant Rama Nand at a […]
A teenage girl who stabbed her mum to death after an argument over internet-surfing got out of control was jailed for murder yesterday (Weds).Angelika D., 14, told the jury at Vienna Criminal Court that she had had no intention to end her mothers life. But a psychiatrists report presented by prosecutor Christian Mayer concluded that […]
Prestigious physician Helmut Mittermayer has died during a congress in Sweden, it has emerged.Officials at the Elisabethinen Hospital Linz said today (Thurs) the tropical medicine and macro biology expert passed away shortly after suffering a heart attack at the international conference in Stockholm.The 62-year-old published around 300 scientific studies.
A kite surfer suffered serious injuries as a wind gust threw him against a caravan today (Weds).The 44-year-old man from Vienna was transported to the citys Meidling Emergency Clinic after the dramatic accident at Lake Neusiedl in the eastern province of Burgenland.Local officials said the man sustained broken ribs and possibly spinal injuries as he […]
A Carinthian has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for killing a man by kicking his head “like a football” when an argument got out of control.The jury at Klagenfurts provincial court heard today (Tues) how the 21-year-old booted his opponents skull at a park in the city in June 2008. Witnesses said in […]
Former tennis ace Stefan Koubek has been disqualified in his match against Daniel Köllerer after an on court punch up at the national Austrian tennis league.Koubek, 33, lost his rag one set down and began hurling abuse at the 26-year-old Köllerer before charging over to him waving his racket.The two men began shouting at each […]
By William GreenAustrian environmental groups have launched a fresh attack on industrialised nations ahead of the Copenhagen climate change conference next month.The Austrian Alliance for Climate Justice which includes 50 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in the environmental, development-assistance, social and humanitarian sector claimed yesterday (Weds) that industrialised countries were primarily responsible for climate change.The […]