An eight-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was hit by a heavy marble plate yesterday (Thurs).Nikola Vasic suffered serious injuries when the 250-kilo object fell on his head in the hallway of a housing estate in Vienna-Simmering.Police said they are investigating over negligent bodily harm since the panel was just resting against […]
Cow lucky can you get?This terrified heifer that hoofed it when she broke out of a slaughterhouse in Bergheim, Austria, has been rescued after a millionaire businessman adopted her.The panicked animal now named Isabella trampled over fields after the escape bid – crossing busy main roads as police tried to cordon her off so she […]
A provincial High Court has increased a farmers sentence for keeping a worker under inhumane conditions for 30 years.The Styrian High Court in Graz ruled yesterday (Thurs) that Peter P., 63, must serve six months behind bars. The elderly farmer was given a suspended 18-month prison term by judges in Leoben last year. The new […]
A man has been arrested after claiming that his girlfriend “was clambering about” in their flat in front of the window before she plunged to her death.The 29-year-old woman died before an ambulance arrived at the housing estate in Vienna-Landstraße yesterday evening (Tues).Her boyfriend, 24, told police he had been drinking with her in their […]
A tradition-rich charity has invested hundreds of thousands of Euros into risky real estate shares.The Catholic diocese of Linz spent 400,000 Euros of donations in a long-term real estate stock market deal in 2005, magazine profil reveals in its new edition. The money was generated by the Churchs traditional Dreikönigsaktion Sternsinger carol singers initiative in […]
A former Croatian politician and army general serving a jail term for abuse of office has managed to sell one of his high-profile properties in Vienna, it has been reported.Austrian weekly magazine profil has reported today (Mon) that a real estate agent employed by ex-Croatian Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Zagorec has sold a villa in […]
A woman faces charges for torturing animals after police found her living with 49 dogs.Police and animal experts visited 36-year-old Margit P., who runs a charity organisation for puppies, yesterday (Tues) after neighbours informed officials of the horrific conditions the dogs were forced to live in at her estate in Kienings near Zwettl in Lower […]
The former residence of incest monster Josef Fritzl will be torn down in spring 2011, it has been claimed.Newspapers report today (Tues) that Amstetten City Hall has granted liquidator Walter Anzböcks request to have the house in 40 Ybbs Street demolished within the next few months. Anzböck initially planned to sell the property to financially […]
A couple suspected of having stolen antiques worth millions of Euros from a Habsburg family-owned estate have been arrested in Morocco.Claudia and Engelbert M. applied for support at the Austrian embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat after having run out of money at the weekend. The married couple were arrested when officials realised they are […]
The Viennese Animal Protection Union (Wiener Tierschutzverein) has launched a controversial poster campaign in a desperate bid for donations.The images saying “Galgenfrist” (Last Respite) showing pets sitting on stools with nooses around their necks are an attempt to raise money from citizens and companies.The organisation looks after hundreds of abandoned animals at an estate in […]