Childless couples have a choice in Austria

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By Alessia De Silva A new clinic opened down the road from our offices in Vienna recently – with a large picture of a baby on the front. It is the Institut für Reproduktionsmedizin und Psychosomatik der Sterilities – rather a mouthful even if you do speak German – and what that means in English […]

Viennese machete man in court

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A 44-year-old man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in a clinic for mentally deranged criminals after attacking police officers with a machete. A special unit stormed the housing estate he lived in when a neighbour rang the police for help. The 26-year-old told police in Vienna-Leopoldstadt he had been physically […]

German dies in Tyrolean Alps

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A German hiker died while being transported into the valley after an accident. The tourist dropped down a ravine on the Schönbichler Horn Mountain in the Tyrolean district of Schwaz yesterday (Thurs). Mountain rescuers were kept from using a chopper to get him to a clinic due to bad weather conditions. The 49-year-old – who […]

Italian girl injured in motorway crash

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A young child has been airlifted to hospital after a traffic accident this morning (Fri). The minivan of a group of seven Italians came off the A2 southern motorway near Modriach in Styria. The tourists are understood to have been heading to Vienna. A girl – whose age has not been given by officials – […]

Attempt to drain pond kills man

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A pensioner has died in a freak accident in his garden. Josef W. wanted to drain his duck pond. He climbed into a narrow shaft to pull out the plug – and got stuck head over heels. The man’s screams for help were heard by his wife who called the police for help. The elderly […]

Bull knocks down farmer

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A bull will be slaughtered after he put an elderly farmer into a clinic, officials in Vorderstoder said today (Weds).The animal knocked the 60-year-old man to the ground at his farm in the town in Upper Austria’s Kirchdorf district yesterday evening (Tues). The farmer’s son, 28, managed to get clear by leaping over a fence.The […]

Paragliders crash on garage roof

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Two Germans were transferred to a clinic after a paragliding tandem flight attempt went wrong.The holidaymakers, aged 51 and 62, lost control of the glider a few minutes after taking off on a descent in a mountain range near Neustift, Tyrol, on Thursday. They fell onto the roof of a garage. The men were hospitalised […]

Child in clinic after falling into creek

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A kid has been airlifted to a clinic after falling into an ice-cold mountain river.The child – whose sex and age have not been revealed – plunged into a stream near Dienten in Salzburg’s Pongau region this morning (Fri) while sitting in its buggy. The kid’s dad managed to drag the youngster out of the […]

Serb sisters killed in car crash

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Two young women died after hitting a tree.Police in Kundl, Tyrol, said the Serbian sisters aged 16 and 20 perished instantly when their car came off the road and crashed into a tree this morning (Thurs). It is unclear whether the older of the women was speeding.A 15-year-old friend of the killed sisters survived the […]

German kayaker hospitalised

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A German holidaymaker had to be hospitalised after a kayaking accident.The 25-year-old was rescued by friends after capsizing in a river in the Tyrolean district of Reutte yesterday (Sun). He was unconscious when an ambulance arrived to take him to a clinic.The man’s pals said his head was underwater for some minutes before they eventually […]