An army sergant died when a boozed-up lorry driver ploughed into his vehicle in Carinthia this morning (Weds).The 49-year-old soldier from Rinkenberg in Carinthia was returning from a night-time military drill. He died shortly after the collision with the oncoming truck of severe injuries to his chest.The 43-year-old lorry driver from Griffen was found to […]
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Around 20,000 Euros of damages were caused at a bank branch in Gödersdorf, Carinthia, when an Advent wreath caught fire at the weekend.Staff forgot to turn off the plastic wreaths electric candles when going home on Friday evening. A patrolling policeman noticed the smoke coming out of the building the next day. He called the […]
Top tractor stolen from dealer
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Police in Carinthia are investigating after an expensive tractor was nicked from a agricultural vehicle dealers estate last week.Officials in the southern province announced today (Thurs) the new Fendt Vario model had been taken between from the open air showroom in Grafenstein near Klagenfurt on the 6th or 7th October.They added the tractor was worth […]
Vienna tops NGV registration ranking
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The number of natural gas-operated cars is on the rise, new figures have shown.Statistik Austria announced today (Mon) there were more than 5,500 natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the country. The agency said 320 NGVs were registered in the first half of this year.Viennese energy supplier Wien Energie stressed the capital made first place compared […]
Former model Heather Mills won the ladies competition as she spontaneously took part in an army shooting contest on the weekend.Kleine Zeitung newspaper reports today (Mon) that the ex-wife of Beatles legend Paul McCartney turned up at the shooting competition of the Austrian armys East Tyrol division in Lavant and came first in the […]
Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank International AGs former Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Kulterer was arrested today (Fri) in Klagenfurt, Austria.According to Austrian newspaper “Kurier”, Kulterer could face up to ten years in jail.Kulterer is being investigated for breach of trust and giving false testimony to an enquiry commission in the Province of Carinthia, Helmut Jamnig, a spokesman […]
A four-year-old boy was reunited with his parents after he left home “to visit his babysitter”.Officials in Villach, Carinthia, said today (Tues) police officers picked up the child around two kilometres from his home. He told the policemen he wanted to visit his babysitter in the neighbouring town.The boys worried parents had called police after […]
A 54-year-old man died while trying to help a crashed parachutist disentangle his parachute from a tree on Friday.Police in Lind, Carinthia, said today (Mon) that the parachutist had managed safely to cut himself free after landing in the treetops in a forest and gone to a nearby farm to get a ladder so he […]
Canny town hall officials in Carinthia hope their town will make a fortune after an Italian seer claimed he had experienced a Marian apparition.Bad St. Leonhard officials have decided to set up a devotion memorial tomorrow (Sat) where Salvatore Caputa was said to have encountered the Virgin Mary last week.Caputa claimed he had received a […]
The Council of Carinthian Slovenes executive committee voted yesterday (Tues) in favour of its dissolution, head Karel Smolle announced.The decision must be approved by the Councils delegates at its 29 March meeting in order to become effective.Council deputy leader Rudi Vouk said the reason for the vote was the Slovene governments decision to cut its […]