Three baby snow-leopards born in Salzburg’s Hellbrunn zoo six weeks ago got their first brief taste of the outdoors this week. The two female cubs and their brother frolicked around in their enclosure for half-an-hour before mum Mira decided they’d had enough and took them back inside. Zookeeper Andreas Gfrerer said: “This is the first […]
A man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman on an underground line during rush hour in the Austrian capital has been arrested in Graz, Styria. The 25-year-old man from Vorarlberg was recognised at a tram stop by an eyewitness and then arrested and detained in Graz. The young woman boarded the train at the underground […]
Austrian youngsters are only getting about 50% of the daily exercise that they need according to experts. And the lack of physical effort is leading to overweight and other problems including diabetes. That was the result of the study which was presented this week in Salzburg which also urged more sport in school to correct […]
Campaigners demanding more physical education for children are calling for parents to sign a petition supporting the idea. As of Monday the group said that they had managed to get more than 30,000 signatures for their demand that kids have to get an hour a day in sport at school. Innsbruck University Sport Science Expert […]
A Styrian triathlete has been fined nearly 200 Euros for speeding. The athlete went 63 kilometres per hour (kph) on his bicycle during a training session in Illmitz, Burgenland. He revealed today (Weds) police ordered him to cough up 193 Euros for ignoring the 50 kph limit, overtaking slower cars and failing to pull over […]
Police have decided not to arrest a drunken driver – although the man bombed along a road in a 50-kilometre-per-hour (kph) limit zone at more than 150 kph. The boozed-up man was caught going at 152 in Hörsching near Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday evening (Sun). He failed to stop when a police car followed him. […]
A German lost his licence for racing at nearly 190 kilometres per hour (kph) on a motorway in Salzburg yesterday evening (Tues).Traffic police in Zederhaus said today the 56-year-old from Ravensburg was stopped on the A10 Tauern motorway for going at 189 kph in a 100 kph limit zone.The general speed limit on Austrian highways […]
Heather Mills had to be hospitalised with a serious shoulder injury after suffering a skiing accident, it has emerged.The former model who split from pop icon Paul McCartney after a six-year marriage in 2008 crashed on a slope on the Mölltaler glacier in Carinthia yesterday (Weds), according to local media. Reports have it […]
A two-year-old girl underwent surgery after she was bitten in the face by a dog.The child was attacked by a friends Border Collie at a garden party in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, yesterday (Tues). The canine reportedly bit the kid when she tried to catch a tennis ball herself and that others had thrown into the air.The […]
Meteorologists have announced a gale warning for many parts of Austria.Experts at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said today (Fri) winds raging at around 100 kilometres per hour (kph) registered in mountainous areas of the province of Styria last night. They added storms of a similar scale are likely to hit Lower […]