A former Central American police official has been detained in Upper Austria.Javier Figueroa the ex-federal police chief of Guatemala fled to Austria in 2007 after being accused of having been involved in the killing of at least 10 prisoners in 2005 and 2006. The executed convicts were accused of drug trading. Three of […]
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The federal coalition has vowed to take drastic steps after the “derby disgrace” of Vienna.Around 200 fans many of them masked stormed the pitch at the sold-out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 26 minutes after kick-off on Sunday. Moments earlier, Austria Vienna star Zlatko Junuzovic had made it 2-0 for the away side. His strike […]
Rapid bosses under fire after riot
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Officials at Austrias most popular football club are pressurised to be more stringent after hundreds of hooligans invaded the pitch during a crucial league match at the weekend.Around 200 Rapid Vienna supporters stormed on the green from the west stand at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna-Penzing yesterday afternoon (Sun) after Austria Vienna midfielder Zlatko […]
Fire fighters had to rush to a blaze at the very moment a bridal couple walked through the guard of honour they had formed.The firemen formed a cordon outside the church in Pettenfirst, Upper Austria, for bride and groom – who is a colleague when the siren went off on Saturday.The motorised department of […]
‘Modest’ milk price hike ahead
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Dairy industry representatives have hit back after the Labour Chamber (AK) voiced suspicions of an “extra Vienna price hike” for some products.The AK announced earlier this week it found that many foodstuffs including dairy products cost exorbitantly more in Munich, Germany, than in Vienna. The cities are often compared in various regards due to their […]
More than one out of five residents of Vienna are foreigners, statistics have shown.Federal agency Statistik Austria said today (Fri) the capitals percentage of foreigners was 21.5 per cent while only 11 per cent of Austrias populace have other nationalities than Austrian. The authority also explained that, with more than 368,000, around 40 per cent […]
Austrias middle class will impoverish if the countrys leaders fail to make any progress in reforming its bureaucratic, healthcare and pensions system, an opposition party chief has claimed.Josef Bucher, who heads the right-wing Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), told the Die Presse newspaper today (Fri): “If we keep carrying on this way, it […]
Businessmen accused of having masterminded a multimillion-Euro financial market manipulation scheme have been arrested in Austria.The Vancouver Sun newspaper reports today (Fri) that ex-stock newsletter editor Pascal Geraths and Canadian stock promoter Aly Babu Mawji were put in custody in Salzburg and Vienna respectively.German prosecutors, who are currently investigating the potentially illegal stock market activities, […]
A district in Lower Austria has been identified as the area with the highest likeliness of fatal car crashes.The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) announced today (Thurs) that 2.7 fatalities per 10,000 residents occurred in the district of Scheibbs. This rate makes the region the most dangerous individual traffic zone of the country ahead of Reutte […]
Cats thrown out of driving car
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Police are investigating after a motorist tossed four kittens out of a car.Two animals survived while the other two passed away shortly after being hit by oncoming drivers who failed to stop in time, police in Traiskirchen, Lower Austria, said today (Thurs). The offender is being sought.Meanwhile, animal rights group Vier Pfoten issued a 500-Euro […]