OMV sees 4 per cent boost

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Business

The listed oil producing company OMV increased its revenue in the first quarter of 2013 by 4 percent to 10.8 billion Euros compared to the same quarter of last year. The company not only managed to increase the revenue but also the net surplus by 52 percent to 951 million Euros. However, the surplus before […]

Special offers for the over 50s at Austrian hotels

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Lifestyle

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Wedding Day – the so-called “50plus Hotels” have a special offer for those who want to celebrate or give a wonderful present to their beloved. Guests are spoiled in many ways. The Hotel Erzherzog Johann in Bad Aussee, Styria, focuses on wedding anniversaries: partners who were married for 25 or […]

More subsidies requested for mountain huts

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Finance

For the first time, alpine associations will receive money from the tourism fund of the state of Salzburg for the maintenance of their mountain cabins. The “Alpine Club” is pleased but expects to get more subsidies from the public. The mountain huts of the alpine associations in Salzburg will receive 50,000 Euros subsidies per year […]

Robin Hood shoe maker back in court

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Finance

The Constitutional Court (VfGH) has rebuffed Heinrich Staudinger, the shoe and furniture producer from Waldviertel (Lower Austria). The businessman believes that businesses should be independent from bank loans and freed from debt. The examination of his complaint was rejected. Since 1999, Mr Staudinger has been able to collect 3 million euros from family, friends and […]

Debate about new tariff system

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Travel

Wiener Linien is the company that runs the largest part of the transit network of Vienna. They have never had more customers since they introduced the annual ticket for 365 Euros. A traffic expert has now suggested a new tariff system. 907 million passengers used the transit network last year. 32 million of additional passengers […]

Fee for using toilets at motorway service stations

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Travel

Owners of service stations next to motorways in Austria will be able to demand a fee for the use of their toilets, starting in April. Using the toilet will cost 0,50 Euros but there will be a service in return. Owners of service stations have argued for a long time that many people use their […]

Anger at slow pace over Salzburg financial scandal

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Finance

Regional parliamentary president Simon Illmer (ÖVP) has criticised from his point of view the sloppy work carried out investigating exactly what happened in the Salzburg region’s financial scandal. He said the fact that the search for the missing millions has not yet come up with a concrete result about what happened to the money is […]

Aqua Dome improves its hotel

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Travel

Part of the spa complex in Längenfeld has been treated to a revamp. Aqua Dome has invested 20 million Euros in 60 additional hotel rooms, the extension of the meeting rooms as well as a dedicated spa-area for the exclusive use of hotel guests. Aqua Dome in Längenfeld (Ötztal) has a new spa area in […]

Salzburg deputy resigns after 3bn rogue trader loss

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Finance

Salzburg’s deputy governor and the man in charge of the province’s finances has announced he plans to resign next month after an alleged rogue trader gambled away billions on risky financial market ventures. Law graduate  Monika R, 45, was hired in 2001 to speculate with taxpayers money and made massive losses in 2006 after she […]

Salzburg governor knew about rogue trader claim

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Finance

The lawyer for the alleged rogue trader at the centre of a scandal that might cost the federal province of Salzburg up to 3 billion has accused the regional governor of not telling the truth when she said she did not know anything about the scandal until 3 of December. Lawyer Herbert Hübel said that […]