OMV managed to raise earnings and turnover in the first half of this year.The Vienna-headquartered oil and gas firm said today (Weds) turnover soared by 31 per cent to 11,015 billion Euros compared to the first six months of 2009. Analysts expected the companys turnover to increase by just 25 per cent year on year.The […]
Carers at Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo said their new-born Western Rockhopper Penguins were not allowed into the water as their feathers were not waterproof yet.Visitors can watch the ten young penguins born over the past four and a half weeks hopping around in a separate enclosure.Zoo bosses said the audience favourites were scoffing up to 20 […]
Increasing demand for warm water and energy in the long extended winter helped energy provider ENVs earnings soar.The Lower Austrian company said today (Thurs) earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) rose by 5.7 per cent to 194.4 million Euros in the first half of the 2009/2010 business year compared to the first half of the […]
The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) plans initiatives for more focus on economic subjects at school.The opposition partys announcement comes after research revealed that half of around 1,900 Austrian university students were unable to answer more than half of the questions about economic issues correctly.Party chief Josef Bucher said today (Mon): “Economics should […]
Upper Austrian motorcycle and off-road vehicle maker KTM Power Sports AG is racing all the way on the road to recovery as earnings soared in the first half of its 2009/2010 business year.Officials at the Mattighofen-based firm said today (Thurs) earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed to 6.3 million Euros after losses of nine […]
There have been 566 reports of various kinds of abuse by clergy at the Catholic Churchs ombudsmans offices this year, it was reported today (Tues).Vienna archdiocese has had the highest number, 174, followed by Innsbruck diocese with 115. More than half of them can no longer be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations.Cases of […]
A 21-year-old man who tried to rob a kebab stand was sentenced to two and a half years in prison yesterday (Tues) by Feldkirch provincial court.The man and a 14-year old accomplice with a pistol had tried to hold up the stand in Frastanz, Vorarlberg in January, but the mother of its Kurdish proprietor threw […]