Company foundation figures contradict midlife crisis claims

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Business

New figures debunk myths that businesspeople in Vienna are in midlife crises.The city’s Economy Chamber (WKW) said today (Weds) that, with 21 per cent, more than one out of five people were aged 45 and older when they decided to set up their own companies last year. The organisation explained that the share of those […]

Vienna girl dies after slipping in shower

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A young resident of Vienna-Wieden has died after slipping while having a shower.The nine-year-old’s motionless body was found by her mum yesterday evening (Tues). The woman called an ambulance. Doctors managed to revive her before the child died due to severe head injuries at the city’s SMZ Ost Clinic a few hours later.Meanwhile, a woman […]

Ten tenants hospitalised after fire

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Several residents of an apartment complex had to be treated for smoke poisoning after a blaze broke out on the building’s ground floor yesterday afternoon (Weds).The fire raged through a laundry shop in Vienna-Margareten. It is unclear what triggered the flames which subsequently filled the hallway of the whole building with smoke. Ten residents of […]

Jude Law gorges on sweet dumplings

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Jude Law enjoyed a fish dish, steak and a typical Austrian dessert when he made a surprise appearance at the 20th anniversary party of a trendy eatery in Vienna.The British actor – currently in the city for the shooting of a new film called “360” – had tuna tartare, chocolate-chilli steak and strawberry-nougat dumplings at […]

WWII bomb found in river

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An aerial bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was defused and removed in less than 30 minutes in a town in Upper Austria yesterday (Tues).Explosives experts decided to evacuate the surrounding area within 400 metres after the World War Two (WWII) era bomb was discovered in the Enns River in Steyr.A road and a railway line […]

Builders find WWII bomb

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An aerial bomb dropped by US troops during World War Two (WWII) was discovered in Upper Austria.Officials in the city of Linz said the 50-kilo bomb was found during construction work near the city’s zoo this morning (Thurs). A special police force decided to evacuate everyone within a radius of 100 metres.The federal interior ministry […]

Another aerial bomb found in Vienna

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Dozens of flats in Vienna-Wieden had to be evacuated after a World War Two (WWII) bomb was discovered at a housing estate yesterday (Tues).No one was injured when the 200-kilo aerial bomb was defused and removed by a team of explosives experts sent out by the federal interior ministry.Only last month, two similar bombs were […]

Vienna boy hit by lorry

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A young boy had to be hospitalised after he was hit by a lorry in Vienna yesterday (Thurs).The nine-year-old child was crossing the road in the city’s Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district when an oncoming truck knocked him to the ground. He was transferred to a clinic with undisclosed injuries.The driver told police that his view was blocked […]

Fine dust levels on the rise

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Styrian decision-makers are under pressure to react to figures showing soaring amounts of fine dust in several cities in the province.Latest Styrian Air Quality Report figures show that there were more fine dust particles in the air in Graz than allowed on 25 days so far this year. The provincial capital recorded too high levels […]

Steel worker falls into hot water basin

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A worker suffered severe injuries when he plunged into a container of boiling water.The 39-year-old man from Kirchbach wanted to empty the cooling water basin at the Marienhütte steel factory in Graz, Styria, when he slipped and fell into it. He sustained second degree burns all over his body.The workers was transferred to the city’s […]