A two-year-old girl is in an artificial coma and fighting for her life after her father threw her into a scalding hot shower leaving her with severe burns at the family home in the Austrian capital Vienna. Christian Eisenhauer told police he did not realise the shower was scalding hot when he threw the child […]
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A mother has lost her husband, her pregnant daughter and her son-in-law after a tragic accident where one of them fell into a well and the other two died while trying to carry out a failed rescue. Josef Honeder, 54, was the first to be caught out after heading out to go mushroom picking and […]
From September 2nd a life-size replica of Anne Frank will be on show at Madame Tussauds located at Vienna’s Prater theme park. The wax work of Justin Bieber is to leave Vienna and move on to an exhibition in Tokio. There is already an Anne Frank figure at the Madame Tussauds in Berlin and Amsterdam. […]
A family was trapped in a lift whilst trying to reach the viewing platform of the newly opened Pyramiden Kogel in Keutschach, Carinthia. On the last ride of the day the doors would not open to release the family – only after some minutes was it possible for the doors to be opened. This is […]
By Rob Hyde A gravestone company in Upper Austria tried to sell a man a grave for his wife who is still alive. Franz Lengauer, 73, was shocked to received a prospectus addressed to the family of “the deceased Mrs Maria Lengauer” when she was sitting right next to him at their house in Mauthausen. […]
5,500 new millionaires in Austria
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2012 has been a successful year for the wealthy in Austria. The numbers of Austrian millionaires has increased by 5,500 people (10%) to 77,600 people. They own a third of the total private assets. In total, Austrian millionaires own assets of 245 billion Euros. Every Austrian millionaire owns 3.15 million Euros on average. Family Porsche/Piech […]
A lot of events will take place on today’s May Day: The traditionally biggest event is the manifestation of the SPÖ at town hall square in Vienna. The famous Austrian singer DJ Ötzi will motivate people to party in Vienna Prater. This year’s May Parade of the Social Democrats will be in accordance with the […]
Hotel gets a 40 million facelift
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The spa hotel Eggerwirt in St Michael, district of Lungau (state of Salzburg), will be modernised. In order to offer high comfort to their guests, the management plans to refurnish 40 rooms. Although the hotel has been renovated regularly, the time for a large change has come. Eggerwirt has always been an oasis of peace […]
By Matthias Loinig Ever wanted to escape it all… mobile phones, internet, mass tourism and overfilled wellness hotels and go back to basics in a traditional mountain retreat? Located right in the middle of the Upper Styrian Zirbenwäldern at 1,620 metres is a wonderful family run hut which will take you back decades and promises […]
Experts have criticised the offer of extending the Kinderbetreuungsgeld – the payment made to new parents – for two months in cases of hardship because the process is too complicated. The reasons for the extension of the child allowance can be violence in a relationship, prison or an extended period of sickness or even the […]