The outlook for flights in Austrian airspace is good for the next few days, a spokesman for Austria air-traffic control agency Austro Control said today (Weds).German news agency dpa quoted the German Flight Safety Agency (DFS) today as saying that “Europe remains free of ash” despite the continued eruption of a volcano on Eyjafjalla glacier […]
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Austrian oil and gas producer OMVs chief Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer has said he expects his firm to have much better results this year than in 2009.Ruttenstorfer said today that predictions were difficult at present, especially given the recent sharp decline in the price of OMVs stock, but said the plunging Euro would be “positive” for the […]
US pharmaceutical firm Baxter will expand its operations in Vienna and Orth an der Donau, Lower Austria, the Lower Austrian Economic Councillor Petra Bohuslav has said.The statement came today (Fri) following her return from a visit to Chicago, Illinois, where Baxter Internationals headquarters are located.Since Baxters Austrian locations were its most important in the area […]
Austrian electricity provider Verbund wants to buy hydroelectric plants in the Pyrenees and the Alps in France, firm General Director Wolfgang Anzengruber said today (Fri).He said Verbund would compete for licences for plants operated by EdF and GdF-Suez that would be newly issued. Verbund would be interested in obtaining 10 per cent, or 5,000 MW, […]
A five-year-old boy has been rescued by volunteer firemen after getting trapped inside a postal container.The inquisitive Upper Austria lad had been playing with the one-cubic-metre container when he fell inside, the lid closing on top of him.His panicked mum who saw the incident quickly called the Wels firebrigade who cut him free from the […]
Austria Vienna are back in the title race after beating city rivals Rapid Vienna in last nights (Weds) 293rd edition of the Vienna derby.Czech striker Tomas Jun scored the only goal of the match in the ninth minute after a brilliant pass by former LASK Linz midfielder Florian Klein.Rapids Christopher Drazan and Nikica Jelavic hit […]
Austrians spent more on Fairtrade products year on year in 2009 and bosses expect another two-digit rise this year.Fairtrade Austria chief Hartwig Kirner said today (Weds) Austrian supermarkets made 72 million Euros with products of the international certifications range last year, 10.8 per cent more than in 2008.”We expect another double-digit increase in turnover this […]
Austrian communications provider Telekom Austria (TA) is to launch a prototype phone booth with an integrated charging station for electric cars, company bosses announced today (Tues).Charging stations will offer the possibility to pay via mobile phone using text messages, the “Paybox” system or a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card with a RFID chip.TA currently operates […]
Austrian banks ‘will not flee Greece’
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The chiefs of Austrias biggest banks ensured they would not reduce investments in financially struggling Greece.Raiffeisenzentralbank (RZB) boss Walter Rothensteiner said after a meeting with the heads of Austrias other four major banks and Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister: “We will not speculate against Greece, and we wont reduce our investments in the country.”Austrian banks […]
Lendvai to present new book in Vienna
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Award-winning journalist Paul Lendvai will present his new book at a Viennese bookshop later this month.Shakespeare & Company manager Guy Perlaki announced today (Tues) that the 81-year-old Hungarian-born Austrian political expert will talk about his new work “Inside Austria New Challenges, Old Demons.” on 12 May (7.30pm).Perlaki stressed that his store was the first […]