An Austrian construction company has started a joint venture with a bankrupt rival, it has emerged.Business papers report today (Weds) that Vienna-based Porr AG will start working together with Slovenian building firm SCT. The new partners will try to win public tenders in the country which neighbours Austria in the south.SCT was banned from applying […]
A fake policeman tricked at least three people into financially supporting his supposed fight against drug crimes.The German man was arrested in a hotel in Salzburg after two of his victims reported him to police when they realised what was going on. One of the victims lost around 10,000 Euros, according to police in Innsbruck, […]
The turnover of Austrias retail trade soared by nearly three per cent year on year in 2010, it has been announced.Researcher KMU Forschung Austria said today (Tues) that shops in the country generated an overall turnover from sales of 50.1 billion Euros after taxes, 2.7 per cent more than in 2009. It pointed out that […]
T-Mobile Austria has hired a new marketing agency.The Viennese company said today (Tues) that it will cooperate with DDB Tribal as of 1 March after a seven-year partnership with Publicis.DDB Tribal also works for T-Mobile Germany, Viennese brewery Ottakringer and German consumer products maker Henkel.Alexander Rosenegger of DDB Tribal in Vienna said: “Together we will […]
The Austrian economy is continuing to recover from effects of the global downturn, new figures confirm.The Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), a Viennese think tank, said today (Tues) that the Austrian gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter of the same year.WIFO […]
A skier from the United Kingdom who collided with an Austrian politician has claimed police treated him “like a criminal”.Andy Clough from Leeds did not sustain any injuries in the incident in the Schmittenhöhe ski resort, Salzburg, involving Peoples Party (ÖVP) Member of the European Parliament Othmar Karas last Monday.Karas, who fractured his lumber vertebra […]
More than 100 flat screen TVs were stolen from a parked lorry while the driver slept in its cabin.The 45-year-old driver stopped in a parking bay at a rest stop on the A1 western motorway near Roggendorf, for the night on Wednesday, police said today (Fri).Investigations were started yesterday after the man realised that all […]
Drivers might be allowed to use the breakdown lane of motorways in Austria from next year.Klaudia Niedermühlbichler, a spokeswoman for road administration authority Asfinag, revealed today (Thurs) a plan to start running tests on the A4 eastern motorway between Vienna and Schwechat in Lower Austria in 2012.There has been discussion over whether motorists should get […]
Building business top dog Strabag SE has ended its participation in Viennese real estate company Conwert Immobilien Invest SE (Conwert).Strabag, which is Austrias leading construction company, announced yesterday (Tues) that it has sold all of its 2.053 million Conwert share certificates.Conwert focuses on the acquisition and development of exclusive apartments in cities across Austria, Germany, […]
More than four out of 10 Austrian women will surprise their partners with presents on Valentines Day, according to a poll.The Federal Economy Chambers (WKO) Viennese branch (WKW) found that not just men buy gifts for their partners on 14 February. Its study shows that 42 per cent of women plan to spend money on […]