A four-year-old child is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by his grandmother’s Rottweiler dog. The attack happened in Ferlach, Carinthia. The child was visiting his 66-year-old grandmother together with his six-year-old sister. The attack happened when the grandmother left the house briefly to let her two Rottweilers out of their kennel […]
The Austrian ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern split up with his girlfriend Kristina after a ten-year relationship and three months after the birth of their daughter. He went to Hawaii with his new lover. It seems like Thomas Morgenstern has jumped once again – away from his problems to relax by the sea. The 25-year-old estate […]
The classic idea of a family in Austria is changing. According to Statistik Austria, four in every ten families have no children. More and more married couples are choosing not to have children. There are currently 2,347,000 families in Austria, and 935,000 couples live without children in their household. In four out of ten families […]
The mobile hospice “Momo” is now offering free treatment for incurably ill children and their families. It is the third care establishment of its kind. The project also depends on donations. Up to 800 children in Vienna and area are considered to be incurably ill. Two care establishments have taken care of them so far. […]
Experts have criticised the offer of extending the Kinderbetreuungsgeld – the payment made to new parents – for two months in cases of hardship because the process is too complicated. The reasons for the extension of the child allowance can be violence in a relationship, prison or an extended period of sickness or even the […]
The missing miniature pony “Fridolin” has been returned to his circus owners safe and sound after an anonymous tipoff that he had been abandoned at a bus stop . The pony was returned after a number of high profile news reports including one in this newspaper which the circus owner believes put pressure on whoever […]
Builders digging up land for a bypass at Schützen am Gebirge in Burgenland have unearthed a child’s grave dating back to Roman times. Archeologists say that the tiny grave surrounded by heavy stones had been undisturbed until it was found by the road workers, and that it dated back to the first century after Christ. […]
An unattended nine month old baby was seriously burned after crawling across to the oven and pulling a deep fat fryer full of burning oil over itself in Stadl an der Mur, Styria. The tot pulled on a cable attached to the fryer and pulled it over. Half a litre of hot oil landed on […]
A one-year-old boy who was taken from his mother over an unpaid fine has finally been allowed to go home. Austrian social workers removed the baby from his teenage mother’s care because the toddler’s grandmother had not paid a speeding ticket. The court in Lambach decided on Thursday that the young J. L. should go […]
By Rebecca Musgrave Having previously made family holidays easier on parent’s nerves, the Babyhotel in Trebesing, Austria, is now making holidays that little bit easier on the wallet. With two day ski passes for children normally costing around 40 Euros, a family of five will not always find it easy to enjoy the country’s winter […]