Avalanche hospitalises skier

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An off-piste skier has been hospitalised after coming under an avalanche near Tux in Tyrol’s Ziller Valley.Mountain rescue authorities in the province’s Schwaz district said today (Weds) the Austrian suffered serious injuries to his pelvis when he was buried by the avalanche which raced down off groomed slopes at the Hintertuxer glacier this morning.They said […]

‘UFO crash’ concerns rock Tyrol

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A spaceship of aliens may have crashed in the Austrian Alps, extraterrestrial life enthusiasts have claimed.The German Central Research Centre for Celestial Phenomena (CENAP) announced today (Weds) that a man spotted a “glowing fireball” cruising across the sky in the Tyrolean Alps around 8.30pm yesterday evening.CENAP said the Austrian could have been witness of an […]

Yodelling offends praying Muslims, say judges

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An Austrian has been fined for yodelling while mowing his lawn, according to a report.The Kronen Zeitung newspaper claims Helmut G. was told by a court in Graz, Styria, that his yodelling offended his next-door Muslim neighbours.The men reportedly accused the 63-year-old of having tried to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin. The […]

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 country’s HNL league on […]

Pecik exits AE&E takeover talks

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Time seems to be running out for struggling industrial firm A-Tec Industries AG as potential investors keep abandoning negotiations.Austrian businessman Ronald Pecik confirmed today (Fri) he saw “no sense” in acquiring A-Tec’s subsidiary Austrian Energy & Environment (AE&E) because of its high debts and liabilities.This announcement comes after Hong Kong-based merchant banking company Mass Financial […]

Doctor warns of high sepsis death rate

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Up to one out of three deaths in Upper Austrian are down to a sepsis, a leading doctor has claimed.Walter Hasibeder of the Barmherzige Schwestern Clinic in Ried im Innkreis said today (Weds) the cause of between every fifth to every third fatality was the inflammatory syndrome.Hasibeder stressed that the medical condition was often diagnosed […]

No Austrians on plane that crashed in Cuba

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The Austrian Foreign Ministry has reported that there were no Austrians on board a plane that crashed en route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana, killing 68 people.Ministry spokesman Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal said today (Fri) that two victims initially thought to be Austrian had actually been Australian.He cautioned, however, that there had not yet been official […]

Melzer named Sportsman of the Year

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Tennis ace Jürgen Melzer has been awarded Austrian Sportsman of the Year.The 29-year-old, who reached the semi final at this year’s French Open, was honoured as best Austrian athlete of 2010 in a ceremony held in Vösendorf near Vienna last night (Weds). He succeeds ski jumper Wolfgang Loitzl.Skier Andrea Fischbacher was named Austrian Sportswoman of […]

Lufthansa supervisory board chief wants Mayrhuber as successor

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Outgoing Lufthansa boss Wolfgang Mayrhuber may become the head of the airline’s supervisory board, according to growing rumours.Current supervisory board head Jürgen Weber said at a business event in Hamburg yesterday evening (Mon) that he hopes the Austrian will succeed him when he retires in 2013.Mayrhuber, who has been head of the German aviation giant […]

Lufthansa wants AUA to be back in the black next year

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Lufthansa has said it expects its subsidiary Austrian Airlines (AUA) to be in the black in 2011.The German aviation giant acquired a major interest in the Vienna-based company last year. AUA has carried out a strict cost-cutting programme during the past few months. It said the plan was to reduce its overall staff number of […]