United Nation (UN) officials and diplomats working in Austria have the highest number of sick leave days, it has been revealed.Figures presented by Austrian health insurance officials today (Weds) show that officials employed at the UNs Vienna headquarters and at the Vienna-based Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) took an average 39.3 off days […]
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Every third Austrian who will go on holiday this year will do so in Austria, according to the results of a new poll by the Institute for Tourism and Leisure-Time Research released today (Mon).It said 10-to-15 per cent of the 50 per cent of Austrians who were planning to go on holiday had changed their […]
The outlook for flights in Austrian airspace is good for the next few days, a spokesman for Austria air-traffic control agency Austro Control said today (Weds).German news agency dpa quoted the German Flight Safety Agency (DFS) today as saying that “Europe remains free of ash” despite the continued eruption of a volcano on Eyjafjalla glacier […]
A huge mammoth made of ice and snow is the latest attraction for young and old at the Galtür ski resort in Tyrol.The sculpture dubbed “Manni the Mammoth”, which is six metres high and 12 metres long, is located on a sea level of 1,584 metres and surrounded by mountains scaling around 3,000 metres. It […]
Blink-182 to rock Austria
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Reunited punk rock stars Blink-182 are set to perform in Austria later this year, it has emerged.Organisers of the “Two Days A Week” festival, taking place on 3 and 4 September in Wiesen, Burgenland, said today (Fri) the Californian trio will head the bill at the event while further acts will be confirmed shortly.The band, […]