Vienna’s House of Music Museum is being replicated in the Mexican city of Puebla. Just like the original, the ‘copycat’ museum in the Central American country will feature programmes and exhibitions about classical and contemporary music. One of these features will be the interactive ‘virtual director’ exhibit, which allows visitors to try their hand at […]
A man has been crushed to death during a weight training session when he dropped a 160 kilo dumb bell onto himself in Mettmach, Upper Austria. The 41-year-old father of one was training alone when the weights fell from his hand and landed on his neck. He was training in a private training room, which […]
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) in Carinthia must account for over 150,000 Euros in unexplained spending, says the local court of auditors (RH). The federal court of auditors (LRH) for Carinthia said questions remain unanswered relating to 154,000 Euros in FPÖ party spending. The LRH Carinthia inspected all political parties between March and May last […]
Drink-drivers, speeders and drivers who routinely forget to wear their seatbelt are mostly men, statistics from the Austrian traffic club reveal. According to the research, women in Burgenland (eastern Austria) are much safer on the road than men. Indeed, women are generally three times safer than men on the road. Traffic club (Verkehrsclub Österreich, VCÖ) […]
A panorama road built by the Third Reich during World War II should be restored with 30 million Euros of public cash, historic monument officials in Austria are demanding. The 10 mile Hohenstrasse – or Vienna High Road – was hand built from blocks of granite over six years as a work creation programme for […]
An Austrian man was left in a serious condition after a Bavarian curling game got out of hand during a tournament in Liebenfels, Austria. Police are investigating allegations that the curler aged 43 who was not named for legal reasons had been heckling his rivals when he was reportedly pushed by an opposing player – […]
More and more Austrians are buying second-hand cars. Statistik Austria announced today (Tues) 67,814 used cars were sold last month, 1.8 per cent more than in August 2010. The share of diesel-powered vehicles inched back by 0.5 per cent to 54.4 per cent. The number of registrations of second-hand trucks improved by 1.9 per cent […]
Innsbruck police evacuated a park after a man discovered a hand grenade.The object was found near a waterfall yesterday morning (Sun). Strong rainfalls may have unearthed the grenade, police said today (Mon). It was defused and removed by experts of the federal interior ministry.The ministrys teams have offices across the country to be on site […]
A Carinthian farmer sustained severe facial injuries in a forestry accident yesterday (Mon).The 58-year-old was working on his own in his woodlands near Steinfeld in the province Spittal an der Drau district when he suddenly lost control of his chainsaw. The saw flipped up and slashed his jaw.The man managed to drive himself to his […]
An elderly mans hand was cut off in a dramatic accident yesterday (Thurs).The resident of Kematen an der Krems in Upper Austria was splitting blocks of wood when his left hand was hacked off at the wrist. Local police said today it was unclear how exactly the accident happened, adding that the 82-year-old had many […]