Flipping the bird was given a new meaning in Austria this week when a truck filled with plucked turkeys overturned, closing a busy motorway in the process. The accident happened on the main Austrian motorway – the A1 – that runs from the city of Salzburg to the capital Vienna and happened close to the […]
With their pink hairless bodies and fangs for front teeth, these baby naked mole rats were never going to win any cuteness contests at Schonbrunn Zoo in the Austrian capital Vienna. But the weird youngsters are to become the stars of a new display that shows how the bizarre rodents live. Zoologists say the species, […]
Motorcyclists accounted for one in four deaths on roads in the Tyrol region last year, despite the fact that they make up just two percent of total traffic volume. Forty-six people were killed in road accidents in Tyrol in 2013 – 13 of which were motorcyclists, according to preliminary figures released by state police on […]
By Rob Hyde Schools in Vienna are to benefit from a 30 million Euro project to upgrade their existing computers. The scheme, titled “Vienna education network”, aims to ensure that by 2015 around 16,000 PCs will be using the latest operating systems. Whilst the capital city’s schools are generally using Windows XP as their operating […]
The humid weather has led to a plague of mosquitoes in Austria. Remedies are sought after – but what does actually work? The consumer protection department of the Chamber of Labour believes gels, lotions and lattice in front of the window work best. Scratching should be avoided at all costs. The best products to protect […]
Vienna city council’s environmental department has designed a whole new park near the Heeresspital in Florisdorf in an attempt to attract squirrels away from their home to allow the building of 950 council flats. The new park which is located nearby measures six hectares. Its wide range of flowers and herbs should encourage a least […]
The financial scandal in Salzburg has been hotly debated since last December. Many people lost their trust in the government and this has led to early elections on 5 May. The former financial adviser Wolfgang Eisl (ÖVP) issued a letter of attorney ten years ago, which allowed three state servants to make risky financial deals. […]
The former head of the budget department in Salzburg Monika Rathgeber said in an interview with the magazine “Profil” that everyone was blaming her for the financial scandal. In the interview, Monika Rathgeber gives her detailed view on the charges against her, reported the Austria Press Agency (APA). Apparently, there were neither secret deals nor […]
Spring is really in the air in Austria – quite literally. Hundreds of frogs are on the hop and are likely to be clearly visible on the country’s streets and roads as they wake up from their winter sleep and head off to water to breed. The annual migration to ponds causes problems for motorists […]
Bank Austria (BA) chief Willibald Cernko has pointed out the finance institute’s performance has not reached pre-crisis levels yet. Cernko announced yesterday (Thurs) BA achieved a net profit of 640 million Euros between January and June of this year, around 52 per cent more than in the first half of 2010. The businessman said BA’s […]