Austria was shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale last night (Weds) at 19.17 PM. The epicentre of the earthquake was Ebreichsdorf in Lower Austria. A few days previously another earthquake hit there too. The earthquake was also felt in the Austrian capital of Vienna. According to the Austrian Earthquake Service at […]
Erwin Hameseder, head of the Raiffeisen-Holding Lower Austria-Vienna will have to pay himself for the damage of the car accident he caused with his Porsche 911 on 3 April. An expert report stated that there was a cause and effect relationship between tyres and the accident. The spokesperson of Raiffeisen Insurance told the Austria Press […]
The launch of the hearing of Karl-Heinz Grasser, the former Minister of Finance, against the Republic of Austria has been postponed. Mr Grasser is suing the prosecutors as they launched a press release regarding searches at his house. Mr Grasser claims that the civil charges are an infringement of his personal rights and constitute damage […]
Torrential rain has caused extensive damage in parts of the country with the regions of Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Salzburg reportedly the most seriously affected. Over the weekend many communities were still clearing up the wreckage caused after large volumes of water wash through streets and gardens. Local fire services tackled much of the […]
Officials in Styria are taking matters in hand over the massive number of crimes in Austria and have authorised hunters to shoot 17,000 of the birds. The decision comes after a record number of complaints from farmers about the birds – and will mean that the crows can be shot between 1 July and 31 […]
The unseasonal frost has destroyed up to 80 percent of the apple blossom in East Tyrol according to local farmers. The temperature dropped in the region to -5 degrees centigrade over the Easter weekend and farmers spokesman Hermann Kuenz who is himself a farmer said: “I’ve been in business 25 years and I’ve never seen […]
Council officials in Vienna are working overtime to get the 950 fountains in the city cleaned up and ready to be officially switched on during the UN World Water Day on 22nd of March. Fountains ranging from simple drinking fountains through to massive monumental structures are closed down over the winter to prevent damage during […]
A resident of Vienna has been hospitalised with smoke intoxication following a blaze.The 50-year-old woman was taken to a clinic after a fire broke out at her apartment in Brigittenau district yesterday evening (Tues). Vast parts of her kitchen were devastated by the flames which were triggered by a defect in the oven, fire brigade […]
Strong winds have caused substantial damage to a school in Vienna.A 50-square-metre panel of a primary schools flat roof was stripped off yesterday (Mon), police in Floridsdorf district said today. No one was injured when small fragments of the cover fell onto a nearby playground.Repair works are expected to take some more days.
The controlled detonation of a World War Two (WWII) bomb caused enormous damage in Graz last Friday evening.Explosives experts advised the police to evacuate the main train station of the city and the surrounding area within one kilometre in order to carry out a controlled explosion since it was impossible to safely remove it. The […]