Dramatic temperature rises registered at national park

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Year on year temperature increases of up to four degrees centigrade have been discovered at an Austrian national park.Upper Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) Governor Josef Pühringer and nature protection councillor Manfred Haimbuchner of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) said today (Weds) average temperature had risen at most checkpoints at the Kalkalpen national park by 2.1 degrees […]

ÖFB president Windtner to stay put

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Sports

Leo Windtner is to remain head of the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB).A committee formed by the body’s nine provincial department chiefs and Bundesliga boss Hans Rinner decided to name Windtner as the only candidate for the post at the 30 May election.Windtner, who also acts as CEO of Linz-based electricity company Energie AG, became ÖFB […]

More attempted illegal entries at Austrian-German border recorded

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The number of people stopped trying to illegally enter Germany via Austria is soaring.Police in the German State of Bavaria said today (Fri) officials prevented 2,800 attempts of people trying to enter the country illegally from Austria. This is a 15 per cent year on year increase, they stressed.Officials added there were 270 prevented attempts […]

Political scientist says Rosenkranz bid will not harm Austria’s reputation

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Politics

The candidacy of Barbara Rosenkranz in the upcoming presidential elections will not damage Austria’s reputation abroad, a top political scientist has said.Salzburg-based Reinhard Heinisch, who lived and lectured in the United States for many years, said yesterday (Sun): “Austria is a relatively small and unimportant country. It is a problem Austria is getting linked with […]

Hundreds of cases of clerical abuse reported

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There have been 566 reports of various kinds of abuse by clergy at the Catholic Church’s ombudsman’s offices this year, it was reported today (Tues).Vienna archdiocese has had the highest number, 174, followed by Innsbruck diocese with 115. More than half of them can no longer be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations.Cases of […]

AUA ‘keeps Moscow landing rights’

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Business

Austrian Airlines (AUA) will continue to have permission to land in Moscow, according to a newspaper report.Austrian daily Die Presse reports in its edition from today (Fri) that the company keeps its rights to offer connections to Russia.Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had publicly questioned the bilateral agreement once made between the Austrian and the […]

Austrian culture festival opens in Osijek

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Culture

A three-day event promoting Austrian culture opened at the Archaeological Museum of Osijek, Croatia, yesterday (Thurs).Organizers of the Austrian Cultural Forum Festival are the Croatian-Austrian Association in Osijek, the Austrian Cultural Forum and their partners in both countries. They said the event’s purpose was to promote artistic dialogue between Croatia and Austria.Croatian Times quotes Jan […]

Putin ‘to visit Austria next month’

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Politics

Russian Premier Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Vienna next month, according to a newspaper report.Vienna daily Heute reported today (Weds) that Putin, who has a black belt, would attend the Judo World Championships – set to take place in the Austrian capital between 22 and 25 April – on 24 April.The newspaper also claimed that […]

Austrian’s yacht stolen in Croatia

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Police in Croatia have begun an investigation after an Austrian reported his yacht has been stolen in Adriatic coastal town Opatija.Online news platform Index reported today (Weds) that the man, 30, told cops that his 11-metre-long yacht had disappeared from the town’s Icici marina yesterday or on Monday night.The yacht is an eight-year-old Performance 1107 […]

Spanish Riding School honoured by UNESCO

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Culture

Vienna’s Spanish Riding School has been put on the list of Austrian immaterial cultural objects by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).Maria Walcher from the Austrian UNESCO committee for immaterial cultural values said today (Fri): “It is a matter of a ritual, traditional craft, oral tradition and timeless knowledge in relation to protection […]