Police have branded Vienna International Airport (VIA) the “new main turnstile” of the internationally operating animal-trafficking Mafia as 26 puppies were discovered on Saturday.A police official said yesterday (Mon): “We discovered the dogs in the boot of a car parked on the airports K1 parking lot. Our team acted on an anonymous tip-off.”He added that […]
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The number of car registrations dropped sharply last month, it has been announced.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Mon) 31,807 newly registered cars in April meant an 11.4 per cent year on year decline.The 107,745 cars registered between January and April 2010 however meant a 7.5 per cent increase compared to the same time span […]
HTI looks back on difficult 2009
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Upper Austrian car industry supplier HTI hopes for positive figures this year after a decline in turnover in 2009.Company boss Peter Glatzmeier said today (Fri): “The past year was a difficult year in which restructuring measures dominated our activities.”Glatzmeier added he hoped for positive business results in 2010.Turnover of the firm based in St. […]
Car theft figures down sharply
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The number of car theft dropped dramatically in the first quarter of this year, new figures have shown.Crime investigation official Rainer Erhart said yesterday (Tues) 939 cars had been stolen across the country during the first three months of 2010. He stressed this was a 53 per cent decline to the same period of the […]
Magna ends Graz plant part-time scheme
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Thousands of workers at Magnas Graz plant are back in full-time work as the car industry supplier registered a sharp increase in orders.Around 4,500 staff were put into an 18-month part-time model to avoid sackings.Workers Union official Thomas Stoimaier said today (Fri): “The companys order situation is currently very good and this is why it […]
The economic crisis is still affecting Austrian companies as the number of newly registered lorries dropped in the first quarter of this year.Official figures released today (Mon) show that 5.6 per cent less lorries were registered during the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2009.The number of registered articulated […]
Two cars were damaged after an unmanned fiaker horse carriage bolted in the city centre last night (Sun).Police in the capital said today the two horses ran off in front of the Albertina museum after their driver popped off to get them some food.A passing car startled them, causing them to bolt, and the quick-thinking […]
Tolls not car fuel tax, says IV
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The Austrian Industrial Association (IV) is calling for car tolls rather than for an increase in taxes on car fuel, according to todays edition (Fri) of news magazine Format.IV General Secretary Markus Beyrer is quoted as calling tolls based on the number of kilometres driven “a more intelligent alternative.”He said tolls could be staggered in […]
A Mon Chéri praline left on the windscreen of a Styrian female mayors car last Saturday was not poisonous, provincial authorities said today (Fri).In an earlier incident, another Mon Chéri praline left on the windscreen of Mayor Hannes Hirtzbergers car in Spitz, Lower Austria, on 9 February 2008 was laced with strychnine. He became brain […]
German car maker Volkswagen (VW) CFO Hans Dieter Pötsch has revealed that the company has been spending around 600 million Euros on car parts and other purchases in Austria every year.Pötsch said at a business event in Linz last night (Mon) evening that he was optimistic about business this year after an “extraordinarily difficult 2009”.VW […]