A right-wing newspaper has expressed concerns over safety on the slopes and wage dumping as more and more ski instructors on pistes in the Austrian Alps are foreigners.The market-leading Kronen Zeitung, which sells almost three million copies a day, cites an unnamed critic, who claims that foreign ski instructors can be found “standing around on […]
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‘Woodsman’ rapist caught
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A convicted rapist nicknamed “The Woodsman” has been arrested after being on the run for one week.Friedrich Osterbauer is accused of having seriously injured a call girl in Graz the weekend before last. Magdalena D., 29, identified Osterbauer as the man who strangled her with a cable before slashing her throat when she was briefly […]
AE&E follows A-Tec into bankruptcy
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Austrian Energy & Environment (AE&E) has filed for bankruptcy just weeks after its owner A-Tec Industries AG (A-Tec) was forced to open insolvency procedures.A-Tec said it failed to find an investor for AE&E, which is its biggest subsidiary. The firm held takeover talks with Styrian company Andritz, Austrian businessman Ronald Pecik and a string of […]
Dinamo star fuels Austrian hopes
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Austrian football officials are carefully examining the career of an Austrian-born teen in the Croatian top-flight league.Mateo Kovacic, who was born in the Upper Austrian city of Linz, is regarded as one of the biggest promises of Croatian football. The talented midfielder became the youngest player ever to score in the countrys HNL league on […]
Human trafficker arrested in Tyrol
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An Indian man has been put in custody for transporting 19 Afghans in his van.The human trafficking suspect was arrested near Radfeld in Tyrols Kufstein district last night (Thurs), immigration authorities announced today.Police found 19 refugees from Afghanistan squeezed in the mans Ford Transit van during a traffic check around 11.30pm. The group included one […]
Afghan walks through motorway tunnel
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An Afghan who stopped while walking through a busy motorway tunnel has applied for asylum in Austria, it has been reported.Officials in the province of Salzburg said today (Thurs) the man was spotted strolling in the A10 Tauern motorways 6.4-kilometre Tauern tunnel yesterday.The man failed to present an ID but applied for political asylum in […]
Austria lost their final match of this year against Greece despite having dominated for most of the 90 minutes last night (Weds).Dietmar Constantini’s team immediately put pressure on the Euro2004 champions back four and were awarded a penalty just five minutes into the game. Austria Vienna defender Florian Klein however failed to take advantage of […]
Diesel fuel price hits new high
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Motorists’ unions are infuriated as petrol prices continue to soar.Car club Arbö said today (Thurs) one litre of diesel fuel cost an average 1.138 Euros in Austria as of this morning.”This is the highest price in two years,” the body pointed out, adding that a further rise was expected for next year when mineral oil […]
Laptop surfing share soars
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Two thirds of Austrians surfing the internet do so on laptops, a survey has shown.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Weds) that 67 per cent of households with internet access are logging on to the World Wide Web on laptops and notebooks. Fewer than one in three (27 per cent) said the same five years […]
Penny products range rises
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Discount supermarkt Penny has added 100 new products to its range.The no frills supermarket chain said today (Weds) around 1,500 different items were now on sale at its nearly 300 stores across Austria including branded articles like Wieselburger beer and Meinl coffee.Penny, previously named Penny Markt, is part of German Rewe Groups Austrian subsidiary Rewe […]