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 […]
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Viennese machete man in court
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
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 […]
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
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
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 Austrias Kirchdorf district yesterday evening (Tues). The farmers son, 28, managed to get clear by leaping over a fence.The […]
Paragliders crash on garage roof
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 […]
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 Salzburgs Pongau region this morning (Fri) while sitting in its buggy. The kids dad managed to drag the youngster out of the […]
Serb sisters killed in car crash
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
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 mans pals said his head was underwater for some minutes before they eventually […]