By Samantha Mitchell, Accidents are the main reason for children’s death. The threat for children under 5 is greatest when they start to walk. The “parent’s school” of the paediatric department of the Landeskliniken Salzburg attracts parent’s attention to dangers. Water is a dangerous source for toddlers. If a child is unattended for a few […]
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Karajan’s life was in danger
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The wife of late conductor Herbert von Karajan is over the worst after a serious illness, doctors in Salzburg said today (Fri). Officials at the city’s Barmherzige Brüder Clinic announced Eliette von Karajan is out of danger of life after three weeks in intensive care. The 72-year-old suffered from blood poisoning and organ failure. Medics […]
Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank International AGs former Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Kulterer was arrested today (Fri) in Klagenfurt, Austria.According to Austrian newspaper “Kurier”, Kulterer could face up to ten years in jail.Kulterer is being investigated for breach of trust and giving false testimony to an enquiry commission in the Province of Carinthia, Helmut Jamnig, a spokesman […]
Combat dress student knifes father
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A 25-year-old deranged university student was arrested last night (Weds) after he tried to kill his father.The Vienna resident drove to Bad Gams, Styria, where his parents live to ambush his father wearing a camouflage-coloured combat uniform.Local police said today the physics student severely injured his 57-year-old father as he stabbed him in the back […]
Ceremony in memory of 150 murdered Jews
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A ceremony in memory of 150 Jews murdered by the Nazis in March 1945 in Burgenlands Oberwart district took place yesterday (Sun).The forced labourers had been working on the so-called southeast wall that the Nazis had built to hinder the advance of Soviet forces into Austria.The murders at Kreuzstadl took place on the same evening […]
The Committee for Alpine Safety today (Tues) rejected a proposed law on Alpine safety.Committee President Karl Gabl said: “In high Alpine areas, climbers have always been responsible for themselves.”Gabl claimed the criminal code already applied to hooligans on and off pistes and there was no need for additional legislation.He also said an Alpine safety law […]
Avalanche risk to rise
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The danger of avalanches in Austrian mountains ranges from slight to considerable at present but is expected to rise over the weekend as the weather worsens.The Lower Austrian avalanche warning service said today (Fri) the level was three in areas bordering on the Ybbs Valley and the Rax-Schneeberg area, two in Türnitz Alps and one […]