A satirical magazine has created a fake campaign train poster showing the wrecked car of a late politician. Jörg Haider spearheaded right-wing movements in Austria for decades before losing his life in a drunken car crash three years ago. Now Germany’s Titanic magazine published what it called a “Riddle for Nazis” on its homepage. The […]
Another town has stripped Adolf Hitler of his citizen of honour title, it emerged today (Tues).Wolfgang Mair, the Peoples Party (ÖVP) mayor of Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria, announced that the decision was made unanimously by all Town Hall delegates yesterday. Mair added that all of the towns councillors wanted to disassociate themselves […]
A German has been convicted for firing at houses in Vienna-Hietzing with a slingshot.The 51-year-old was arrested after staff at a doctors practice informed police that the man was damaging the buildings facade last September.The weapon he was using was identified as a high-precision slingshot which has to be registered by owners in Austria. The […]
An autopsy has been ordered after an elderly German collapsed and died on a slope in Tyrol.Officials in Finkenberg announced today (Mon) that the 72-year-old from Berlin may have suffered a heart attack. They stressed that a forensic examination should reveal the cause of the pensioners death.The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the Hintertuxer […]
An acclaimed German version of William Shakespeares celebrated comedy “Twelfth Night” or “What You Will” is now on at a Viennese theatre.Press voiced concerns whether the ensemble of the Burgtheater widely regarded as one of the most important theatres in German-speaking Europe can meet high expectations put into the eagerly awaited production called […]
Arno Geiger’s most recent book has been identified as the bestselling novel by an Austrian this year.Publishing group Schwarzer announced that “Alles über Sally” sold more copies than the latest novels by US American writer Donna Leon (“Schöner Schein” or About Face) and Swedish fiction author Henning Mankell (“Der Feind im Schatten” or Den orolige […]
A German holidaymaker ended up in hospital after a confusion over hotel rooms turned into a fistfight.The injured man, 48, was part of a group of three tourists partying in a hotel suite in the Tyrolean ski resort of Ischgl last night (Thurs/Fri).The pals boozy get-together was interfered by another German. The man, who just […]
A German has been arrested for working as an emergency doctor after presenting fake documents.Oliver Löhlein, head of the Viennese Samaritans Association, confirmed today (Thurs) that the man was taken into custody after having participated in rescue missions for around a month. He stressed that the case was unprecedented.The man a professional actor […]
A 32-year-old British ski instructor and a 22-year-old German skier were hospitalised after an on-piste smash in the Tyrolean ski resort of Scheffau on Monday, local officials announced today (Weds).Police said the Brit suffered several fractures, including some broken vertebras, while the German injured his right knee and left shoulder in the collision.Both were helicoptered […]