The victim of a freak car crash has been revealed as the deputy head of the Federal High Court (OGH).The OGH announced today (Mon) that Josef Gerstenecker died instantly when his car crashed against a bridge pier on the S6 main road near Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, last night.The 63-year-olds vehicle is a write-off. The 20-year-old […]
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BZÖ wants ÖBB privatisation
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Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) boss Josef Bucher has suggested to privatise parts of indebted Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to help the company to recover.The head of the opposition party said today (Thurs) the government should list some departments of the struggling firm, which is close to the state, on the stock market. […]
AWO to host ‘Down Under’ workshop
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Economic experts will speak about the “excellent opportunities” Austrian companies find in New Zealand and Australia at an upcoming congress organised by the Austrian Economy Chambers Foreign Trade Department (AWO).The AWO said today (Thurs) Guido Stock head of its trade delegation in Sydney, Australia will present recent figures and an outlook for doing […]
Residents of a small town in Carinthia feared they were doomed after a bird nicknamed the “Owl of Death” started to make strange sounds in the middle of the night.Locals in Drobollach at the Faaker Lake consulted the local hunter after several sleepless nights of the shrieking beeping sounds from the Eurasian Scops-owl. Obscure myths […]
Strabag to team up with cement top dog
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Strabag boss Hans Peter Haselsteiner said today (Weds) his company wanted to protect itself from volatile cement market prices as the firm is set to cooperate with the cement productions world market leader.Haselsteiner and Bruno Lafont, head of French firm Lafarge, announced yesterday the companies joint venture will start doing business by the beginning of […]
Eight beehives stolen in Vorarlberg
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Vorarlberg police said a beekeeper rival might be behind a beehive theft which occurred over the weekend.Officials in Doren said yesterday (Tues) it was unlikely that the thief who made off with eight hives – home to 250,000 bees – did not know about beekeeping.An estimated 1,800 Euros worth of damage was caused by the […]
Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll has said he is planning to get banks on board to help financially struggling Greece.Pröll said yesterday evening (Sun) he would speak with the heads of Austrias main banks about whether they could imagine getting involved in the international subsidisation plan for the financially struggling European Union […]
A 39-year-old Tyrolean ski tourer had a lucky escape after being dragged 150 metres by an avalanche in the provinces Axamer Lizum ski resort.Local officials said today (Mon) the man was rescued after he managed to stick out his head in yesterdays incidence.Another ski tourer walking up a different mountain spotted the mans head after […]
Christoph Cardinal Schönborns announcement that Waltraud Klasnic will head a commission dealing with victims of Catholic Church abuse and violence has been met with harsh criticism.Schönborn said in a TV interview on Sunday that the former Styrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) governor will head a special commission checking on all claims and reports of sexual abuse […]
Around 3,000 people attended a “sea of candles” protest march against the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz in Vienna last night (Thurs), according to police.Rosenkranz has come under fire over failing to make clear her statements about Austrias Nazi past and the existence of gas chambers at the Third Reichs death camps.The ultra-conservative […]