Austrian police are hunting a refugee family from Syria who dumped one of their children at the train station in Vienna after discovering that they didn’t have enough money to buy all three of their children a ticket for the final part of their journey to Berlin. The family of five had reportedly paid smugglers […]
Europe’s economic giant Germany is going on the offensive to promote its tourism credentials using a Canadian travel writer to discover the country off-the-beaten track. While Munich and Berlin are at the top of the tourism agenda Germany has many other cities that have a lot to offer, with a past that has influenced not […]
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is playing at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna on the first of May. The annual event marks the orchestras founding which this year takes place for the 130th time. The anniversary concert is directed by Gustavo Dudamel. The guest solo artist is the Cellist Gautier Capuçon, and the orchestra is […]
Carinthia’s busiest aerodrome may soon have to do without any subsidies. The European Commission (EC) announced yesterday (Weds) it started examining the funding policy of German provinces and the Austrian province of Carinthia. The authority’s competition regulation watchdogs want to find out whether airports which had not been subsidised by provincial governments and city halls […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) chief Jaan Albrecht has asked the airline’s business partners and lawmakers in Austria for help in combating the crisis. Albrecht said yesterday (Tues) he was determined to fly back into the black this year but also made clear that aviation security authorities, Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) and other institutions had […]
Austria’s biggest aviation company will not be back in the black by the end of the year, managers have confirmed. Austrian Airlines (AUA) – co-chiefs Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth said today (Thurs) – achieved a profit in the third quarter but suffered a loss so far this year nevertheless. They explained that AUA’s loss […]
The longest series of bank heists in the history of Austria could have been clarified. Police in Vienna announced yesterday (Thurs) two Macedonians were accused of being behind 24 robberies in the city as well as two bank heists in Lower Austria. A 34-year-old suspect was sentenced to nine years in jail after being arrested […]
A leading low-cost carrier considers leaving Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), according to reports. Austrian newspapers claim today (Tues) that Air Berlin could stop operating between KLU and aerodromes in the German cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf and Hamburg later this year. The dailies report the company – Germany’s second-busiest airline after Lufthansa – demand financial support from […]
Two of the world’s most feared motorcycle crime gangs are on the radar of homicide investigators after an Austrian was cut into pieces in Berlin. A friend of tattooist Raoul Schmidhuber identified the discovered torso of the man due to his significant tattoos. Police divers found the body part in the Spree River a few […]
German police and the Austrian foreign ministry are investigating after a chopped-up body found in a river in Berlin was identified as an Austrian. Investigators in the capital city of Germany want to await the results of a DNA check. However, they announced today (Weds) that a friend of Raoul Schmidhuber, 31, identified the torso […]