Woody Allen has revealed all eras are “horrible” in his opinion. The celebrated director – whose new movie “Midnight in Paris” will be on at Vienna’s Burgkino this weekend (19 to 21 August) – told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper today (Weds): “I have to admit I consider all epochs as horrible. We live in a […]
Discussions over effects on traffic have led to the postponement of a major cycling event. Organisers of the first Viennese Cycling Marathon announced today (Mon) the competition would take place in spring of next year instead of this autumn. Critics of the endeavour complained about plans to shut the Ringstraße road in the city centre […]
By Alessia De Silva It’s going to be raining a lot over the next few days according to the weatherman, and although you might be one of those that wants to avoid too much water it’s actually a good time to take to the water. Sightseeing under an umbrella and in the wind is never […]
The supervisory board of Wiener Linien has elected the Viennese public transport agency’s new executive leaders. The panel announced today (Fri) Alexandra Reinagl and Eduard Winter will co-head the company from September. Both businesspeople have experience in the public transport business. Reinagl, a former Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR) public transport network manager, will be the firm’s […]
Austria’s decision not to extradite a war crimes suspect has caused a severe diplomatic rift with Lithuania. Juridical decision-makers opted to let Mikhail G. go after he was put in custody at Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) last Thursday. The former officer of Soviet security agency KGB is accused of having masterminded the operations […]
Hotels in Vienna have introduced a drastic price reduction, a survey has found. International hotel price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) found that a standard double room in the Austrian capital currently cost 118 Euros, down from 140 Euros last month. The website’s research reveals that prices for rooms in hotels in Graz, the second-largest Austrian […]
An Austrian-flagged sailing boat has been seized in southern Italy when coastal guards discovered more than two dozen refugees on board. Twenty-five asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq were found on the vessel which sailed under Austrian flag. The refugees were taken to a local centre for asylum seekers, officials in the city of […]
German police and the Austrian foreign ministry are investigating after a chopped-up body found in a river in Berlin was identified as an Austrian. Investigators in the capital city of Germany want to await the results of a DNA check. However, they announced today (Weds) that a friend of Raoul Schmidhuber, 31, identified the torso […]
Viennese police have promised to take action against lawbreaking cyclists. Officials in the capital announced today (Mon) intense controls would be carried out especially in the city centre. They argued their decision had to do with the large number of tourists visiting Vienna at the moment. Police explained they wanted to avoid an increase of […]
An elderly motorist is recovering in hospital after ploughing into a row of parked cars. The 80-year-old man crashed into the vehicles at a taxi rank in the city of Salzburg yesterday evening (Thurs) after an overtaking manoeuvre. He had to be hospitalised. Officials in the city said today that another person – a cab […]