A museum has covered up hundreds of huge posters showing three naked footballers advertising an exhibition celebrating nude men in art. The full frontal poster – showing an image called Vive La France by artists Pierre & Gilles – sparked hundreds of complaints in Vienna, Austria. One angry local threatened to paint over the model’s […]
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Conman operated for 24 years
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Austrian police have arrested a conman from Wels in upper Austria who allegedly travelled the country for 24 years defrauding people and businesses as he went. Police were alerted to the man’s activities after an acquaintance of his complained that they had lent him €7000 in a written contract – and that he was refusing […]
Easter delicacies under scrutiny
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Food hygiene inspectors across Austria are swarming out to take a closer look at Easter market offerings.Officials said today (Thurs) checks on stalls at popular markets will especially focus on the quality of products like ham and egg.Businesspeople are currently offering souvenirs and food at hundreds of Easter-themed markets in all nine provinces of Austria.News […]
Fraudster nabbed in Romania
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A Croat wanted internationally by police in Austria was arrested in Romania, it has emerged.The Romanian Times reports today (Mon) that the 34-year-old was caught by police in the southern county of Ilfov.Austrian authorities had issued an international arrest warrant for serious fraud and secret data theft on the man.The suspects Austria-based companies accrued hundreds […]
A Czech man has been arrested after traffic policemen discovered dozens of marijuana plants in his car during a traffic check in Lower Austria.Officers found 83 hashish seedlings in the boot of the 32-year-olds vehicle during a campaign in which hundreds of drivers were checked on the A5 northern motorway yesterday afternoon (Weds).The man told […]
Quadruple lotto jackpot holds 8mn
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This Wednesdays quadruple lotto jackpot is worth eight million Euros, Austrian Lotteries have announced.The company said today (Mon) it was only the 10th time in its 25-year history that none of the hundreds of thousands of participators lottery tickets had shown the correct six out of 45 numbers three times in a row.Lottery tickets are […]
An elderly Austrian nicknamed the “King of Burglars” has been identified as the ringleader of a drug-smuggling syndicate.Police in Vienna announced today (Weds) that Erich K., who spent many years in prison on account of hundreds of break-ins, was arrested earlier this week. Nineteen alleged accomplices are facing charges as well, officials added.The 77-year-old criminal […]
A young postman faces three years in jail for making up two armed robberies.The 20-year-old from Schwertberg told police last week he was threatened by a masked man when his car broke down on a snow-covered countryside street near St. Georgen an der Gusen.The Post AG employee claimed in police interviews that the attacker was […]
Burglars nicked 200,000 Euros worth of clothes from a shop in Vöcklabruck, leaving less valuable items, police have announced.Upper Austrian authorities said today (Tues) that the gang escaped with hundreds of items of pricey designer outfits for women from Italy and France. They said the criminals seemed to have known what they were looking for […]
Worker buried by collapsing treetop
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A 57-year-old forestry worker had to be hospitalised after he was hit by a falling treetop in woodlands near Horn yesterday (Weds).The man from Geras, Lower Austria, was buried by hundreds of kilos of branches for some minutes before colleagues managed to free him. The frail treetop reportedly collapsed after the workers cut back trees […]