Environmentalists concerns are rising as traffic researchers report a boom in sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs).Traffic Club Austria (VCÖ) official Christian Gratzer said today (Thurs) there has been a 25 per cent year on year rise in sale figures of the gas-guzzling cars in Austria in the first five months of 2010.Gratzer said most […]
Italy and Croatia are neck-and-neck as Austrians most popular destination for car holiday trips.Motorist association Arbö said today (Weds) it expected and equal number (18 per cent) of Austrians to go by car to Italy and Croatia this summer.Germany comes second with a share of 10 per cent, while Austria itself is third with nine […]
The number of car registrations dropped year on year last month, but recovered after a dramatic decline in April.Federal statistics agency Statistik Austria announced today (Fri) 2.3 per cent fewer cars had been registered last month compared to the same month in 2009. The number of 29,057 registrations might however be regarded as good news […]
Fastbox has set its sights on E-Cars as the car repair chain announced it will sell and maintain an Italian firms electric vehicles.Fastbox, who have 20 branches across Austria, said today (Fri) it will soon begin selling Piaggios E-Cars. The Austrian firm added it would also offer to repair the Pontedera-based companys Porter model which […]
Bosses at struggling Austrian Airlines (AUA) hope for a “return of passengers” as the former Austrian flagship carrier had more customers last month year on year.AUA co-chiefs Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth said today (Thurs) the company had 1.015 million passengers in May, up by 16.1 per cent to the same month of last year.The […]
Less than two in ten single men want their future partners to share their passion for football, according to new research.Online partner agency Parship said today (Thurs) 15 per cent of interviewed men said they would appreciate their girlfriends to be as mad about the sport as they were.The company which spoke to 4,670 […]
A majority of Austrian Catholic priests want celibacy to be abolished, a survey has revealed.Researchers from Kepler University in the Upper Austrian city of Linz said today (Weds) 59 per cent of the clergy they spoke to said they backed the idea of putting an end to the ruling. Study leaders said they interviewed 406 […]
Labour Chamber (AK) chief Herbert Tumpel has appealed to the government not to raise taxes on car fuel.”Higher petrol taxes are out of the question,” Tumpel said today (Weds).The AK boss further argued: “An increase of taxes on car fuel would burden those with little income and workers who need to use their cars to […]
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 […]
The Austrian governments attempts to label Austria as an “eco-friendly country” with the know-how for “green technologies” of the future have suffered a throwback as Austria has been revealed as doing badly in reducing its emissions.The European Commissions (EC) environmental experts announced today (Weds) there were 9.6 per cent more carbon dioxide emissions in Austria […]