Matthew McConaughey denies surfing skills

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Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has questioned his surfing capabilities. The athletic actor told Austrian showbiz magazine Live today (Fri): “I had little time to go surfing recently. First, I took two years off to spend all my time with my family. Then I did three movies in a row. “I’m not a good surfer anyway […]

Palfinger supervisory board changes ahead

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Business

The supervisory board of crane producer Palfinger AG is going to hand control over to the next generation as two members will be replaced my much younger counterparts.The firm, which has its headquarters in Salzburg, said today (Weds) that Hannes Palfinger, 37, and Stiegl brewery boss Heinrich Dieter Kiener, 54, will join the panel next […]

Girl survives balcony fall

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A three-year-old girl must have a guardian angel as she survived falling from a balcony yesterday (Weds).The child was clambering around on the balcony at the family home in Prutz, Tyrol, before she fell six metres on to a concreted area. She is being treated in a hospital in Innsbruck. Doctors refused to announce what […]

Cross-country skier hits signpost

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A cross-country skier suffered serious injuries in a freak accident yesterday (Sun).The Czech tourist was cross-country skiing towards the valley in Ramsau, Styria, when he crashed against a signpost after being thrown from the marked slope as he got faster and faster.The 45-year-old suffered an open fracture to his lower right leg. He was helicoptered […]

Combat dress student knifes father

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A 25-year-old deranged university student was arrested last night (Weds) after he tried to kill his father.The Vienna resident drove to Bad Gams, Styria, where his parents live to ambush his father wearing a camouflage-coloured combat uniform.Local police said today the physics student severely injured his 57-year-old father as he stabbed him in the back […]

Pröll says Austria ‘in full support’ of UN and EU in Iran issue

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Politics

People’s Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll has stressed Austria was “in full support” of the United Nations’ (UN) and European Union’s (EU) strategy over possible sanctions against Iran as he arrived for a three-day visit in Israel yesterday (Weds).Pröll also said discussing strategies how to fight the effects of the economic crisis was the […]

‘Voodoo terrorists’ nicked

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A married couple and a Graz man who used voodoo to terrorise a family in Abtissendorf in Styria’s Graz-Umgebung district have been arrested.Police said today (Fri) they had traced threatening SMS messages sent from the married couple to the family.The husband, 46, his wife, 23, and an accomplice, a 46-year-old Graz man, were arrested and […]

Lauda to become a granddad

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Niki Lauda is to become a grandfather for the first time.The three-time Formula One champion’s son Lukas confirmed newspaper reports about the news today (Thurs).”Yes, that’s correct, I’ll become a dad. But it’s also too early to speak about it,” his son Lukas – a Barcelona-based sports management company manager – said.Lauda, 61, who heads […]