An eight-year-old became a lifesaver after taking part in a first aid course offered at a shopping centre by Red Cross volunteers and then minutes later putting into practice when her grandmother collapsed in an underground car park in Graz in southern Austria. Schoolgirl Tina took part in the half-hour course while her grandmother Stephanie, […]
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A medical school drop-out who forged a graduation certificate when his businbessman father cut off his allowance has been convicted of fraud after he was given a job as an examination board head by the Austrian Red Cross. The 34-year-old Marc Baier said that he had never intended to make use of fake degrees, but […]
President of the Austria for Africa Association John Morris looks at the crisis in Africa and asks what can be done in this special report. Like me, do you look at Africa and feel De je vu? History seems to be repeating itself in East Africa: drought, famine, civil wars, excessively high unemployment, more than […]
A German actor who was assigned to work as a doctor after presenting forged documents may face murder charges as a woman died after he failed to help.Nils G., 38, who starred in various TV series and films, was arrested after having worked as an emergency doctor for the Viennese Samaritans Association and the Red […]
New German President Christian Wulff will come to Vienna this Wednesday, the office of Austrian President Heinz Fischer has announced. A spokeswoman for Fischer said today (Mon) that the former Christian Democratic (CDU) Minister President of Lower Saxony will stay in Vienna for a few hours. She announced Fischer and Wulff will meet for talks […]