A former post office deputy manager has been found guilty of stealing cash from hundreds of letters for a number of years. The 45-year-old woman received a suspended 15-month prison sentence in a court in Leoben, Styria, yesterday (Thurs). She denied financial difficulties but spoke of a “personal crisis” when asked to comment on her […]
A would-be robber did a runner after he found a bank shut. The felon – caught by surveillance cameras wearing a “Scream” horror movie mask tried to enter a branch in Vestenthal, Lower Austria, around midday on Tuesday. He ran away as the glass door failed to open. The bank opens only at 2pm for […]
A private competitor of Federal Railways (ÖBB) has claimed it would operate between Graz and Salzburg given that it gets as much financial support as the state-owned rail firm. Westbahn said yesterday (Sun) ÖBB received five million Euros in public funds to offer a connection between the Styrian capital and Salzburg. According to Westbahn, ÖBB […]
An affiliate of Strabag SE has achieved a multi-million Euro assignment in Oman. The Austrian construction company said yesterday (Thurs) its Arabian subsidiary company would build a new port in Duqm, a port city in Oman, for 150 million Euros. The deal features the construction of numerous shipyards but also main roads, Strabag explained, adding […]
The father of a young woman who was kidnapped at the age of 10 in 1998 and locked up by her pervert captor for eight years has been arrested, according to a report. Daily Heute claimed yesterday (Thurs) that Ludwig Koch, the dad of Natascha Kampusch, was put behind bars on Wednesday. The Viennese newspaper […]
Flughafen Wien AG (FW) co-chief Günther Ofner has said Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) could serve up to 30 million customers a year soon. Ofner – who took office last month – said yesterday (Thurs) VIA may register between 28 million and 30 million passengers in a few years’ time thanks to the airport’s […]
Struggling Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA) withdraws from nautical leasing operations in Southeast Europe. The bank – which is currently trying to restore its finances after being nationalised in 2009 – said around 320 leased HGAA vessels were currently operating, down from 700 in 2008. International consulting company PriceWaterhouseCoopers claimed in 2009 that 400 HGAA […]
Rumours that Volksbank AG (ÖVAG) may be nationalised are increasing after the bank warned of immense losses. ÖVAG boss Gerald Wenzel said yesterday (Thurs) the finance institute could suffer a loss of 900 million Euros this year. He added that the losses may also be higher. ÖVAG received one billion Euros of so-called state participation […]
An Austrian may have spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Manfred B. called the police after discovering the body of prostitute Heidemarie Mayerhofer at her flat in Salzburg in November 1980. The pimp, who was 29 at the time, was considered a suspect when police were told he […]
A car thief tried to escape police doing 200 kilometres per hour (kph) yesterday (Thurs) on the A1 motorway in Salzburg. Europe-wide investigators reported that the Polish man who had stolen a luxury car worth at least 45,000 Euros in Switzerland shortly before, overtook other vehicles on the service lane and the green area of […]