‘Suicide’ sculptures by British artist Anthony Gormley are to be removed from Alpine passes in Austria where they sparked fears of a rise in the rate of mountain rescue call outs. The 100 sculptures – identical to works in London and New York – show life-sized men standing on the edge of precipices over 100 […]
One of Austria’s most renowned spoken word artists has presented his latest programme while a Dutch bluesman tours the country. “Un Ruhe Stand”, which plays with the German term for retirement (Ruhestand), is the 24th stage programme of Lukas Resetarits. In it, the celebrated entertainer and actor tries to find out whether the complaints of […]
A courageous fire fighter caught a huge snake enjoying the sunshine on a roof in a town in Salzburg yesterday (Tues).The Boa constrictor was reported as missing by its owners on Sunday. They asked local firemen for help owing to fears clambering up the steep roof of their house in Oberalm.One member of the fire […]
Turkey has started to import cattle from Austria again after having decided to stop doing so amid fears animals were infected with the blue tongue disease last month.The Lower Austrian Agricultural Chamber announced today (Fri) Turkish officials decided to lift the ban which was implemented after a laboratory test showed that at least one cow […]
Mazda is recalling more than 600 cars in Austria, it has been announced.Motorists organisation ÖAMTC said today (Tues) the Japanese company was asking 601 Austrian drivers of 1.8 and 2.0 litre Mazdas to have their cars checked for possible engine failures.ÖAMTC explained Mazda models produced between June 2009 and last April were affected by the […]
An Austrian has been put in detention in Croatia after police discovered child porn material on his mobile phone.The Croatian Times reports today (Thurs) that the mans mobile phone was checked by police officers after residents in Banjol on the island of Rab reported him for filming passing children.Police decided to search his mobiles memory […]
Austrian teenagers are banned from tanning shops as of today (Weds) amid skin cancer fears.The law preventing Under-18s from using tanning salons in the country was agreed upon by all five parties represented in the Austrian parliament last year.The government stressed managers of solariums, hotel bosses and other businessmen face fines of up to 2,180 […]