Seven people have been injured in a fire in Hainburg, Austria, yesterday (Thurs) evening. The blaze began on the first floor of an apartment block, the reasons for which are not yet clear. More than 50 fire fighters came to put out the flames coming from a first floor apartment with support from 20 paramedics, […]
Rebecca Musgrave Lower Austria is preparing to implement a new Winter Card which will make skiing in the area all the more appealing. The transferable lift pass can be used in seven ski areas in Lower Austria for three or five days and carries the motto “Skiing – when I want, wherever I want”. The […]
By Rebecca Musgrave Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, will open a new rat house on Sunday. A variety of the creatures will be on display at the zoo, hoping to improve their image as merely pests and unhygienic rodents. Visitors will be able to meet Rolf Rüdiger, the most famous rat in Austria and organiser […]
By Rebecca Musgrave US brewers Anheuser-Busch may soon be allowed to sell “Bud” and “American Bud” in Austria. According to newspapers Kurier and WirtschaftsBlatt today, the decision has been made by the Supreme Court and will bring to an end the on-going legal dispute between the American brewers and the Czech brewers, Budweiser Budvar. The […]
Parts of Austria are expected to reach temperatures of almost 20 degrees tomorrow (Fri). In the regions of Upper and Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Carinthia there will be some fog and low cloud in the morning but this is predicted to clear, seeing sun in the afternoon. Winds will be low and with temperatures […]
The opposition has attacked the government over soaring unemployment figures as Labour Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer promises a multi-million Euro support initiative for women out of work. Freedom Party (FPÖ) General Secretary Harald Kickl claimed today (Weds) the coalition was not facing the reality as more than 300,000 people living in Austria had no job last […]
Several street protests overshadowed the final day of Hu Jintao’s visit to Austria. Hundreds of people gathered along the roads of the province of Salzburg as the convoy of the Chinese leader and his 150-member delegation passed yesterday morning (Tues) to visit a farm. Hu and the other political and business officials also went on […]
An expert on population developments has dismissed fears that there is too little food for everyone as the number of people living on this planet is soaring. The United Nations (UN) said that the seventh million human was born last Monday. The head of the organisation’s population division, Gerhard Heilig, said his department expected the […]
Four in 10 Austrians oppose a recent suggestion to allow single women and lesbian couples to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF). Social Democratic (SPÖ) Health Minister Alois Stöger said last month single women should get the green light to undergo such a procedure. Federal law keeps them from opting for the treatment. Stöger claimed the […]
By Rebecca Musgrave In 1492 a brewery was established on the banks of the river in Salzburg, Austria. Workers had to walk down a small flight of steps to get to the water and as such the famous Stiegl (small steps) brewery was founded. Far from its previous reputation as the “little brewery by the […]