Herminating world record attempt

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An Austrian ski school has set a new world record in “Herminating” after 840 people joined former world champion Hermann Maier to copy his ski racing position on a snow-covered field at Saalfelden. “Herminating” aims to offer a winter alternative to planking –  inspired by the trend of mimicking a plank by lying face down […]

Drunk driver reports own car as stolen

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A drunk driver reported his car stolen after he forgot to take it out of gear or put on the handbrake, and the vehicle made off across a field and crashed into a wood. The out-of-control drive left the car a write off after the incident at Neuhofen an der Krems. The 51-year-old man from […]

Hole Lot of Bother

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Historians have solved the mystery of a perfectly round hole going 25 foot underground after it appeared in the middle of an Austrian field. Hundreds of people travelled to the field at Neuhofen im Innkreis in Austria after the mysterious perfectly round hole appeared overnight, leading down to “something metallic”. One schoolgirl told local media […]

Plane lands in field after engine failure

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A 26-year-old pilot had to carry out an emergency landing on a corn field when the engine of his small aircraft stopped working at an altitude of 2,000 metres.None of the five people on board were injured when the Cessna 182 touched down on an agricultural field near Gmunden, Upper Austria, yesterday (Sun). The group […]

OMV starts production at Tunisian well after takeover

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Business

OMV AG has started operating at an oil field in Tunisia after taking over an American rival’s exploration activities in the North African country.The Austrian energy sector top dog said today (Weds) it carried out first drillings at the El Badr 5 field in Tunisia earlier this week. OMV explained it would produce 1,500 barrels […]

Elderly man dies after night-time outing

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A dementia sufferer has died shortly after he was found lying on an agricultural field near Haslach wearing nothing but pyjamas, a vest and slippers.The 92-year-old Upper Austrian man was reported as missing by retirement home staff at 1am on Thursday morning. He was rushed to a clinic in Rohrbach after a police tracking dog […]

Demented pensioner survives night-time stroll

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An elderly man survived several hours at subzero temperatures after going for a walk in the middle of the night.The dementia sufferer, 92, was reported as missing by staff at a retirement home in Haslach, Upper Austria, around 1am last night (Weds/Thurs). He was found by a police sniffer dog lying on an agricultural field […]

Teen farmer loses both legs

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A teenager had both his legs chopped off in a farming accident yesterday (Sun).Patrick S., 15, was on the back of a tractor driven by his 50-year-old dad Gerhard in a field near Göpfritz in Lower Austria’s Zwettl district when he lost his balance and fell into the operating milling machine being pulled by the […]