Barbara Rosenkranz, the right-wing Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate, said yesterday (Thurs) she wanted Austria to leave the Schengen border agreement.Rosenkranz announced she would reintroduce border checks if she wins the 25 presidential election.Speaking about soaring crime figures, the FPÖ Lower Austria boss referred to crooks from Eastern Europe when she said that the “import […]
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Companies flocking to Lower Austria
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The number of companies settling in the province of Lower Austria is on the rise, it has been announced.Provincial councillor Petra Bohuslav said today (Thurs) 30 companies settled or expanded in Lower Austria in the first quarter of this year. The Peoples Party (ÖVP) politician said this number was a 50 per cent year on […]
Bundesliga’s top four in lockstep
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Bundesliga leaders Red Bull Salzburg defended their six-point advantage to Rapid Vienna by crushing Mattersburg 6-1 on Saturday.The team of Huub Stevens left the Burgenland side no chance as six different players found the net.”We need to leave that behind and show some morale in Salzburg,” Mattersburg coach Franz Lederer said in regard to next […]
A commission to investigate claims of sexual abuse within the Catholic church has named former Styrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Governor Waltraud Klasnic as its head.Viennese archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn told national broadcaster ORF yesterday (Sun) he will meet Klasnic to discuss details next week.Schönborn stressed that the commission will act totally independently to clarify as […]
Hermine Brummeir is set to become Upper Austrias oldest library member as she prepares to celebrate her 100th birthday.The century-old Librarian at the public library in Wels, Upper Austria, is still spry and for more than 40 years has been checking out books, especially detective stores which are her special passion.She also does dozens of […]
A new 162 kilometre long St. James pilgrimage route from Mikulov in the Czech Republic to Krems, Lower Austria, will formally open on Easter Monday, it was announced today (Mon).The opening ceremony and blessing of the route will take place in Großrußbach.The route, which will go through Drasenhofen, Mistelbach, Großrußbach and Stockerau in Lower Austrias […]
Parish wants sex abuse priest back
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Parishioners have called for the return of a priest, suspended for sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy.Ernest Theußl, chairman of the town council in the priests parish of Deutschlandsberg, Styria said no one could complain about the priest, who was punished 12 years ago for sexual abuse of the boy but had admitted his guilt.Theußl said: […]
Tolls not car fuel tax, says IV
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The Austrian Industrial Association (IV) is calling for car tolls rather than for an increase in taxes on car fuel, according to todays edition (Fri) of news magazine Format.IV General Secretary Markus Beyrer is quoted as calling tolls based on the number of kilometres driven “a more intelligent alternative.”He said tolls could be staggered in […]
Austria Vienna bosses have extended coach Karl Daxbachers contract, it has been announced today (Fri).The former LASK Linz managers contract would have expired at the end of this season.Officials at the club, which is currently third in the Austrian football Bundesliga, said they had already agreed with Daxbacher to extend the cooperation ahead of the […]
A significant upward trend is not in sight for Austrias economy, a top think tank has warned.The Vienna-based Institute for Economic Research (Wifo) today (Fri) lowered its economic growth forecast for 2010 and 2011. Wifo officials said they expected the countrys economy to grow by 1.3 per cent this year and by 1.4 per cent […]