Linz could seal title on Sunday

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Black Wings Linz need one more victory to win this season’s EBEL Ice Hockey League title. The team of Rob Daum beat KAC 4-1 last night (Thurs). The next match of the best of seven final series – which is scheduled for Sunday (1 April) – could already be the last since yesterday’s winning side […]

Black Wings beat KAC

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Black Wings Linz took the lead in the best of seven final series of the EBEL Ice Hockey League last night (Tues). The Upper Austrian team beat KAC 6-2. Linz now lead 2-1. The next match of the series will take place tomorrow.

Urban Ice comes to Austria

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A 30 metre high wall of ice appeared in the Austrian town of Bad Gastein in Salzburg over the weekend for a new ice climbing competition. The enormous wall played host to 20 competitors whilst more than 1,000 spectators watched on. Such scenes are normally only associated with the mountainous Austrian countryside but on Saturday, […]

Child in clinic after falling into creek

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A kid has been airlifted to a clinic after falling into an ice-cold mountain river.The child – whose sex and age have not been revealed – plunged into a stream near Dienten in Salzburg’s Pongau region this morning (Fri) while sitting in its buggy. The kid’s dad managed to drag the youngster out of the […]

Ice cream price hike predicted

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Sweet-toothed Austrians have been dealt little mouth-watering news.Economy Chamber (WKO) Silvio Molin-Pradel announced today (Fri) ice cream parlours in Austria will charge around 20 Eurocents more for a small cone this summer. Molin-Pradel explained businesspeople of the trade decided to react to rising foodstuff prices as the trade rates for cocoa, hazelnuts and other products […]

Sacher bitter over new ice cream

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Sacher bosses are irritated after a leading ice cream company has presented a Sachertorte flavour.In what is considered as an attempt to tackle Sacher’s unique reputation regarding its famous cake production, ice cream maker Eskimo brands the new product as the perfect birthday surprise.Enjoying a piece of Sachertorte – which was invented by Franz Sacher […]

Elderly man dies after night-time outing

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A dementia sufferer has died shortly after he was found lying on an agricultural field near Haslach wearing nothing but pyjamas, a vest and slippers.The 92-year-old Upper Austrian man was reported as missing by retirement home staff at 1am on Thursday morning. He was rushed to a clinic in Rohrbach after a police tracking dog […]

German driver survives 40-metre plunge

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A German woman had a lucky escape when she survived a dramatic car accident yesterday (Weds).The 41-year-old sustained injuries to her vertebra after she came off a pass road and fell down a 40-metre ravine near Brandberg in Tyrol.The car, which landed on its roof, had to be salvaged with a rope after the driver […]

Plunging ice injures car passenger

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A teenager suffered a cut above his eye in a freak traffic incident yesterday (Mon).The 15-year-old was sitting in the passenger seat of a car being driven by his father near Bergheim in the province of Salzburg when a three-centimetre thick sheet of solid ice smashed through the windscreen window.The object, which was a square […]

Fox stuck on floe saved

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Styrian fire-fighters rescued a fox trapped on an ice floe floating in the middle of a pond this morning (Fri).Officials in Wartberg said the local fire brigade used a canoe and a fishing net to bring the distressed animal to safety.Tourists enjoying the slopes informed lift operators after spotting the fox erratically going round in […]