Manhunt for man suspected of killing wife

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Police are hunting a Bosnian man accused of clubbing his wife to death.Miladin G. has been on the run since what is believed to be a wild argument at the family home in Pabing-Nußdorf, Salzburg, on Saturday. The man’s wife, 41, was found lying in a puddle of blood on the bedroom floor. A 50-centimetre […]

Murder investigations over dead car dealer

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Investigations are underway after the body of a second-hand car dealer was found in a storage hall in Vienna yesterday (Sun).Police said today the 36-year-old from former Yugoslavia was shot in the head, adding that they did not find a weapon. The corpse was discovered by his family at an industrial estate rented by the […]

Phaeton nicked in Austria found by Romanian police

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A Volkswagen (VW) limousine worth 100,000 Euros which was nicked in Austria has reappeared in Romania.Specialised car theft investigators of the domestic police force said today (Fri) that they had discovered the Phaeton in a garage in the city of Petrosani. The expensive limousine was reported as stolen by its owner in Austria two weeks […]

Building project costs soar up

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Prices in the construction sector rose by nearly four per cent year on year in 2010, Statistik Austria has announced.The agency said today (Thurs) that costs climbed by 3.9 per cent. It explained that roadwork activities were 5.5 per cent more expensive in 2010 than in the previous year, adding that bridge construction rates jumped […]

Household energy costs soar up

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Austrian households’ energy expenditure continues to climb, new figures show.The Federal Energy Agency announced today (Mon) that Austrians had to pay 8.9 per cent more for the same energy goods and services last December than in the same month of 2009.The authority’s Energy Price Index (EPI) – which also takes car fuel rates into account […]

Car-torching may be linked to will forgery scandal

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Police checking alleged forgeries of last wills are intensifying their investigations after two cars were set on fire yesterday (Thurs).Five juridical officials and eight more people are accused of having forged wills of deceased Vorarlberg residents for years. The alleged malpractices have been the centre of investigations by police in Dornbirn for nearly a year.Investigators […]

Suzuki and Subaru announce massive recall

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Two leading automotive companies are recalling thousands of cars in Austria.Suzuki said today (Thurs) that it has asked thousands of owners of its Swift compact car to get their cars to a garage for repairs of the suspension struts. The firm explained the devices could corrode due to inefficient protective cladding.Subaru announced similar problems may […]

Salzburg petrol stations charge more than German rivals

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Car fuel is more expensive at Austrian motorway petrol stations than at those just over the German border, a motorists’ association has said.Arbö announced today (Weds) that diesel petrol cost 7.5 Eurocents more at stations on motorways in the Austrian province of Salzburg than at petrol stations a few hundred metres over the border in […]

Diesel sales soar despite price hike

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Austrians bought more diesel fuel in 2010 while the demand for regular car petrol declined year on year.The Federal Mineral Oil Association FVMI announced today (Tues) that Austrian petrol stations and industrial petrol providers sold 7.3 billion litres of diesel petrol in 2010, 3.7 per cent more than the year before. The association also said […]

Elderly driver crashes into supermarket

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A shop manager had a narrow escape as an elderly driver crashed though the store’s glass front this morning (Fri).The 76-year-old woman from Wels had tried to park her car outside the Billa shop in Bad Ischl in Upper Austria’s Gmunden district, but smashed through the front door. The pensioner is understood to have mixed […]