A German holidaymaker had to be hospitalised after a kayaking accident.The 25-year-old was rescued by friends after capsizing in a river in the Tyrolean district of Reutte yesterday (Sun). He was unconscious when an ambulance arrived to take him to a clinic.The mans pals said his head was underwater for some minutes before they eventually […]
Austrian police have arrested a man accused of masterminding a German crime syndicate.The 48-year-old was put in detention after travelling on a train from Munich to the Upper Austrian capital of Linz where he was put in detention.German police issued an international arrest warrant on the suspected head of a group of criminals specialised in […]
A top banker has been accused of “showing personal characteristics of greed and arrogance” after he branded Austrias political elite as “too stupid and cowardly.”Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Bank) boss Andreas Treichl incited an intense discussion about the decision-making of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) when he claimed at a business […]
Insurance company UNIQA Versicherungen AGs (UNIQA) international operations are prospering, figures presented today (Fri) show.The Vienna-based companys international operations department achieved premiums of 2.4 billion Euros last year, around 20.8 per cent more than in 2009. UNIQA Austria earned 3.8 billion Euros at the same time, up by 1.8 per cent compared to 2009.UNIQA does […]
Austrians are putting the most trust in the Greens when it comes to how badly political parties are infiltrated by corrupting networks.Public opinion company Karmasin found that 31 per cent of Austrians think that the Green Party was the least corrupt political force in the country. The agency said the Social Democrats (SPÖ) came second […]
Managers of Austrias biggest airport have decided to hold an open day at a disputed construction site.In what is regarded as an attempt to improve the aerodromes reputation, Flughafen Wien AG officials said today (Thurs) that the Skylink terminal building site can be visited free of charge between 10am and 5pm on 10 April.Skylink is […]
An elderly Viennese man is accused of killing his wife.The 86-year-old resident of the district of Döbling was hospitalised with a gunshot wound to his head yesterday afternoon (Sun). Investigators assume that the pensioner who is understood to be in a serious condition tried to commit suicide after shooting his wife. The 90-year-old […]
A Dutch holidaymaker died after coming off a skiing slope and crashing against a tree.The 37-year-old died before a team of paramedics reached the scene, according to police in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg. The man died of serious internal injuries and multiple fractures in the incident which occurred yesterday morning (Weds).The tourist has been the 15th person […]
A teenager is fighting for his life after plunging from an escalator in Vienna at the weekend.Rafael F., 17, was balancing on the handrail of the moving staircase at the Spittelau underground train station when he lost his balance. He sustained life-threatening head injuries in the eight-metre plunge which occurred on Saturday night, police said […]
Bank Austria (BA) bosses have said they wanted to increase the institutes focus on private clients in Burgenland.New BA Burgenland chief Andrea Staufer-Waldert said today (Weds) that the bank currently has 52,000 private customers in the eastern province. She added that BAs 13 branches in Burgenland were serving more than 2,100 small and medium-sized enterprises […]