Demi and Ashton ‘to come to Austria’

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Culture

Demi Moore and Asthon Kutcher will come to Austria to attend a charity gala for their anti-child slavery foundation, it has been reported.Showbiz media claim today (Thurs) that the Hollywood couple will come to Pasching near Linz, Upper Austria, to take part in the 29 October event at the town’s PlusCity shopping centre. The mall […]

Most supermarket apples contain pesticides, test shows

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Business

Most apples on sale in Austria are laced with pesticides, a consumer magazine report has shown.Consumer information magazine Konsument said today (Thurs) 12 of the 16 samples it took contained chemical agents. It added that the discovered amounts were nevertheless below the allowed concentration.The magazine also pointed out that none of the 104 organic fruits […]

‘Austrians club’ Mainz 05 win friendly

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Sports

Andreas Ivanschitz and Christian Fuchs were part of a Mainz 05 team beating Greek champs Panathinaikos FC yesterday (Mon).Midfielder Ivanschitz performed over the full distance in the 2-0 test match victory in Mittersill, Salzburg, while defender Fuchs came on in the 60th minute. Austrian national team coach Dietmar Constantini was present at the friendly.Fuchs is […]

Upper Austrian industrial firm goes bust

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Business

Upper Austrian firm Franz Hittmayr GmbH has filed for bankruptcy, it has emerged.The Alpine Creditors’ Association (AKV) said today (Thurs) judges at the provincial court in Wels have started dealing with the Redlham-based industrial company’s situation.The body said Franz Hittmayr GmbH had debts of more than 3.9 million Euros. It added the plan was to […]

Austria’s oldest driver dies in head-on collision

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General News

Austria’s oldest driver died when he crashed into a truck on Tuesday, it emerged today (Fri).Josef Kainz, 96, steered his Toyota into a lorry near Schrems, Lower Austria, after entering a road in the wrong direction.The pensioner died instantly while the truck driver only suffered minor injuries, according to local authorities.Neighbours in Marbach said Kainz […]

Annual FSME toll clocks 20

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General News

Twenty people have suffered from FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) so far this year after being bitten by ticks across Austria, it has been announced.ARGE Gesundheitsvorsorge said today (Weds) all cases could have been avoided since none of the affected people were vaccinated against the dangerous disease. The healthcare body added two of the victims were children […]

Bosnia-Herzegovina tops BBQ coal import ranking

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Business

Bosnia-Herzegovina is the number one exporter of barbeque coal to Austria, it has been reported.Statistik Austria said today (Tues) Austrian firms ordered most BBQ coals from the country, followed by Serbia and Germany last year.The state agency added coal imported from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia was worth an overall two million Euro.Other countries only have a […]

Austria beats Turkey as heatwave lingers on

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Lifestyle

Austrian towns registered higher temperatures than Turkish holiday hotspots around midday today (Mon), according to Austrian meteorologists.Experts at Vienna’s Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said weather stations in Neusiedl am See at Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, and St. Andrä im Lavanttal in Carinthia registered 35 degrees centigrade.They said this was more than temperatures reached in […]

Coaches tip ‘Bulls’ to defend title

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Sports

Four in ten Austrian Bundesliga club bosses said champions Red Bull Salzburg were favourites to win the 2010/2011 title.Sturm Graz coach Franco Foda, Magna Wiener Neustadt’s Peter Schöttel, Kapfenberg manager Werner Gregoritsch as well as “Bulls” boss Huub Stevens said today (Tues) they tipped last season’s champs to win the trophy once more.Red Bull won […]

Hussey leaves Austria camp as mum has heart attack

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Sports

Coventry City star Chris Hussey was allowed to return to the UK from his team’s pre-season training camp in Obertraun, Upper Austria, after his mother suffered a heart attack.The 21-year-old former AFC Wimbledon defender was granted compassionate leave to be with his family ahead of the Championship club’s 2-0 win over third-league side SV Gaflenz […]