The Social Democrats (SPÖ) will financially support the election campaign of incumbent president Heinz Fischer, it has emerged.SPÖ federal manager Günther Kräuter said today (Thurs) an “election fund” would be set up in which members will pay in around four Euros. This would be a sum of around one million Euros since the party has […]
The Austrian national football team say it is on its way to regaining some self esteem after beating Denmark 2-1 last night (Weds).Red Bull Salzburg striker Roman Wallner, who scored Austrias second goal (37), said: “This victory was important despite being just a friendly. But we should not overestimate it.”Red Bulls Franz Schiemer scored the […]
The debate on immigration statistics and soaring unemployment figures is set to intensify as the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) today (Weds) called for a “foreigner check”.BZÖ boss Josef Bucher said Austria should adopt immigration systems as in operation in countries like Canada or Australia.Bucher claimed only people who “fulfil certain criteria” should […]
American actress Fran Drescher (“The Nanny”) will attend the 10 April cancer fund-raising gala “Dancer against Cancer” at the Vienna Hofburg, it was announced today (Weds).Drescher, who attended the 2009 Life Ball in Vienna, will arrive in Vienna on 9 April and attend a cocktail party that evening. It is not known how long she […]
Red Bull striker Marc Janko has claimed Austria “needs eleven captains on the pitch” after being named the national teams new skipper.Stressing that all players need to take responsibility on the pitch, the 26-year-old added yesterday (Mon): “I didnt expect to be chosen, but Im very happy, of course. This is a big honour.”Austria meets […]
The tailor who kits out Premier League stars Emmanuel Adebayor and Alexandre Song will visit Vienna at the end of March.Top Hong Kong tailor Hafeez Ur Rehman regularly visits the UK to fit out A-list customers.”Alexandre Song has already had 20 suits tailored by us and now Emmanuel Adebayor is a regular customer as well.”Rehman […]
A fourth of Austrians need better connection to public transport, the Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) reported today (Weds).Club expert Martin Blum said supply was not keeping up with demand and it was especially important to give the rail priority over roads.He added that 60 per cent of Austrians regularly used public transport, which accounted for […]
Austria is to give a six million-Euro subsidy towards the renovation of Auschwitz concentration camp memorial site in Poland, it was announced today (Tues).Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll said: “Our plan is to contribute around six million Euros. Thats the benchmark.”Pröll stressed this would be exactly a tenth of the amount of Germanys […]
A skier buried by an avalanche yesterday (Sun) near Klösterle am Arlberg, Vorarlberg, was able to free himself, police said.The man and a male companion triggered a 40-metre wide avalanche about 11:30am. The other man was also caught in the avalanche but was not buried.A skier who witnessed the avalanche called rescuers.In a more serious […]
An eight-year-old French girl injured her leg in a sledging accident at the Annaberg ski area in Lower Austria yesterday (Sun), police said.The girl was sledging down a run with two other French children when they missed a turn and crashed into a padded container next to a snow-making machine.The girl, who was sitting on […]