A two-year-old girl is in an artificial coma and fighting for her life after her father threw her into a scalding hot shower leaving her with severe burns at the family home in the Austrian capital Vienna. Christian Eisenhauer told police he did not realise the shower was scalding hot when he threw the child […]
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Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch says she does not have a Facebook account because the social network giant had refused to believe who she was. The 26-year-old has been out of the news lately, admitting that she has been trying to find herself. She said: “It was a deliberate decision to have a quieter life […]
A cuddle club has been set up in Vienna for people who miss physical contact that they can’t get from social media like Facebook and Twitter. Members at http://www.diekuschelparty.at/ have to pledge that they are there just for a good cuddle and not for any sexual reason – and before they can join in on […]
Emergency app for stranded skiers in Tyrol
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A new app developed by the control centre for mountain rescue in Tyrol and the Tyrolean mountain rescue clubs is set to make mountain rescues easier by pinpointing the exact location of the stranded person. Winter sports fans will be able to download the app – and if they run into difficulty a simple click […]
The Austrian foreign affairs ministry has warned about travelling to Syria.The ministry said yesterday (Mon) Austrians were recommended not to go to the Western Asian country “if not absolutely necessary.”Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the states biggest cities to call for democracy in the past few days.The Austrian foreign ministry […]
Vienna travel agency Siesta IT-Reisen and Viennas so-called “jumbo group” of travel agencies reported today (Mon) that no Austrians had been hurt in the Chilean earthquake.An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale occurred off shore of Concepcion, Chile, early Saturday morning.Two Austrians were stranded on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean because of the […]