Bank Austria (BA) bosses have said they wanted to increase the institutes focus on private clients in Burgenland.New BA Burgenland chief Andrea Staufer-Waldert said today (Weds) that the bank currently has 52,000 private customers in the eastern province. She added that BAs 13 branches in Burgenland were serving more than 2,100 small and medium-sized enterprises […]
A busy motorway was closed down for several hours this morning (Fri) after a lorry transporting a dangerous substance came off the road.The 54-year-old driver of the Hungarian truck carrying sulphuric acid was uninjured when the vehicle overturned and landed on the embankment at around 5.30am on the A4 eastern motorway. The man may fallen […]
A painting worth tens of thousands of Euros has been stolen from a Viennese hotel.Managers of the citys five-star Hotel Bristol said today (Mon) that the burglars cut the artwork by late Polish painter Wojciech Kossak out of its frame at the weekend.The piece of art depicting a war battle was hanging in a hallway. […]
A 48-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot by another hunter during a hare hunt in Upper Austria on Saturday.The hunter from Mistelbach in Lower Austria was hospitalised in Linz after the incident at the hunting outing near Vorderweißenbach in Upper Austrias Urfahr-Umgebung district.He underwent emergency surgery on the same day […]
Final results of last Sundays provincial election mean that the Burgenland parliament will feature five parties for the first time in history.Voting commission officials announced last night (Weds) that the counting of postal votes means that the Greens who won 5.2 per cent in 2005 managed to remain in parliament with 4.15 per […]
Hundreds of basements in the provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria were flooded yesterday (Weds) after days of continuous rainfall.Officials at Viennas Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) warned residents living near the Danube, Enns and other rivers to protect their homes as more rain is predicted over the next few days.But they stressed […]
The Burgenland election campaign heated up today (Weds), with the Peoples Party slamming an advertisement by Social Democratic (SPÖ) Governor Hans Niessl.The advertisement announces his decision to dissolve the provincial legislature in advance of the 30 May provincial election.ÖVP provincial manager Christian Sagartz demanded that the SPÖ make the sources of the funding of its […]
Around 200 new jobs will be created when 20 to 25 new shops open at Parndorfs McArthurGlen Designer Outlet next year.Thomas Reichenauer, company manager of the international shopping centre management group, said today (Fri): “We plan to invest between 20 and 25 million Euros. Twenty to 25 new shops will open on an additional 5,300 […]
Bosses at Styrian printing company Leykam Let’s Print announced today (Fri) they were looking for new staff after seeing order value rise again.The firm had to dismiss ten workers at its plant in Neudörfl, Burgenland, in March 2009 due to a sharp decrease in assignments. Dozens more were put into part-time jobs to avoid further […]
Leo Windtner is to remain head of the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB).A committee formed by the bodys 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 […]