Daily PE lesson: no new gyms planned

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Education

A daily physical education lesson will be introduced to Austrian full-time schools in autumn. However, additional gyms will not be built. City councillor Christian Oxonitsch (SPÖ) said that a renovation would be enough. “We guarantee a minimum of five hours of movement and sport per week for all classes in full-time schools”, said Claudia Schmied […]

Sniper haunts Vienna

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General News

Viennese police have said a sniper is on the loose. Investigators reportedly suspect one person to be behind the various offences although they took place in three different districts of the city in the past days. Ten people were injured when they were hit by bullets fired with an air-powered weapon. Officials asked witnesses and […]

Microsoft Austria to move

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Business

The Austrian branch of US American computer software and technology giant Microsoft has revealed plans to move into new headquarter offices.Microsoft Austria currently resides in an office complex in Vienna-Meidling. The firm said today (Weds) it wanted to relocate to a building in Favoriten district’s Wienerberg area this autumn. The firm said the new location […]

Lower Austrian districts dominate traffic death toll

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A district in Lower Austria has been identified as the area with the highest likeliness of fatal car crashes.The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) announced today (Thurs) that 2.7 fatalities per 10,000 residents occurred in the district of Scheibbs. This rate makes the region the most dangerous individual traffic zone of the country ahead of Reutte […]

Feared crime gang collared

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General News

Police in Vienna have cracked a group of boys and young men accused of crimes in five districts.Officials announced today (Fri) the 23 youths aged between 13 and 20 are suspected of dozens of break-ins, thefts and bodily harm offences in the districts of Innere Stadt, Mariahilf, Neubau, Meidling and Liesing. The alleged criminals were […]

Tichy reveals new summer ice creams

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Lifestyle

Legendary Viennese ice cream parlour Tichy has presented caramel-whisky and chocolate mousse with oranges as its two new varieties for this summer.The company – which was founded in 1952 and relocated to Favoriten district’s Reumann Square three years later – is year for year competing with several Italian firms for the unofficial title of the […]