A 49-year-old man who lived in a forest for years has been sentenced to life in jail for attempted murder. Friedrich Osterbauer nearly killed a prostitute at a brothel during an outing from a prison in Graz where he served a term for various criminal offences. The offender was allowed to spend every other weekend […]
More than 20,000 Euros are promised for information exposing a sniper who is currently creating fear in Vienna. The single perpetrator or gang has injured 14 people since 25 August at different locations in numerous districts. In three more cases, cars were damaged. The most recent attack was registered on 16 September. Now the Federal […]
The sale of broke industrial company A-Tec Industries AG (A-Tec) could be overruled by judges after a defeated bidder revealed plans to appeal the deal in court. Czech-Slovakian investment company Penta announced today (Tues) an affiliate has asked the Commercial Court of Vienna for an injunction of the agreement between A-Tec bosses, representatives of creditors […]
Private businesses have higher payment morale than public institutions, research has shown. KSV 1870 (KSV), a federal association for the protection of creditors, said yesterday (Thurs) debtors in Austria paid up after an average 30 days. The organisation – which investigated payment statistics in June – explained it took 38 days until public institutions like […]
The current week is expected to be the hottest of this year, meteorologists said today (Tues). Experts explained this week’s top daytime temperatures of between 30 and 38 degrees centigrade were likely to make it the hottest week of the whole year. They did not rule out that previous temperature records for August could be […]
The Austrian Post will start testing domestic drop off boxes to receive packages when the receiver is not at home. The boxes will be placed close to the existing postboxes. If a package receiver is not at home, he will get a notification and a code card with which to operate the drop off box. […]
A works council chief has caused a stir by calling for more vacation days for Austrians.Wolfgang Katzian, head of the labour union of private employees GPA-djp, said today (Tues) Austrians deserved an additional week off each year. The Social Democratic (SPÖ) member of the federal parliament argued such a move would mean a win-win situation […]
A hapless robber fled empty-handed when a betting shop clerk fled into a back room.The masked man asked the employee to hand over all of the days takings in the hold-up yesterday (Tues), officials in Vienna-Margareten said today. The man behind the counter dashed into a room in the back of the betting office to […]
Hotels in Salzburg have jacked up their prices, new figures show.Research by holiday information and price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) shows today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart currently costs 122 Euros, up sharply by 20 Euros to the previous month.Tens of thousands of holidaymakers are coming […]
There have been more fine dust particles in the air than allowed in the Styrian city of Graz on nearly 50 days so far this year, figures presented today (Weds) showed.The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) informed that federal fine dust limits were surpassed on 46 days in the provincial capital so far in 2011. Austrian […]