Austrian police used Facebook to help catch a suspected killer after a cold case review revealed that the man they wanted had left the country and was now living in Australia. Student Daniela Kammerer was killed by a knife in a telephone kiosk in an Innsbruck park on 23rd of June 2005. At the time […]
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Hotels are more expensive in Innsbruck than in any other part of Austria according to a new study by the online booking portal hotel.info. The study also found that in general across the country Hotel prices have risen on the previous year by around 4.32%. In Innsbruck there are the highest prices as opposed to […]
The controversial “Urban Gardening Project” on the Pacherwiese in Pradl, a part of Innsbruck, Tyrol, will probably be terminated. Residents protested against the project. Massive protests of the residents culminated in a town meeting yesterday (Mon). The town government and the initiators thus withdrew the project. The planning commissioner of Innsbruck Gerhard Fritz (Green Party) […]
It is often hard to diagnose and treat diseases that were caused by glands. As these endocrinological diseases occur quite often, a special centre was opened in the hospital of Innsbruck, Tyrol (Western Austria). Every fifth Austrian citizen suffers from a disease caused by glands. Obesity, diabetes or osteoporosis are only a few examples of […]
Koller defends Constantini
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Marcel Koller has taken a stand on his predecessor’s policies. The coach of the Austrian football national team said about Dietmar Constantini’s decision to nominate 47 players in 23 matches: “Constantini had to create change in the team. You have to search and try out things if it is your intention to give young players […]
ÖVP head pounces on PPÖ
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People’s Party (ÖVP) Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger has branded the Pirate Party (PPÖ) as a “group of clowns”. The foreign minister said in a speech at Hofburg Palace in Vienna yesterday (Mon) that the increasingly popular party consisted of “political clowns”. Some analysts think that the established parties still fail to realise the threat the […]
Segway mountain plunge
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A tourist from Vorarlberg is in a critical condition after falling off a mountain path after using a Segway on an officially organised tour at Seefeld in Tirol. Local police who are investigating have admitted that the Segway might not be the best thing to use on a mountain route, and are investigating how safe […]
Oppitz-Plörer wins mayoral election
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Innsbruck Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer has been confirmed in office. The head of Für Innsbruck (FI, For Innsbruck), a conservative list which was established by former People’s Party (ÖVP) officials, received 56 per cent in Sunday’s runoff election. Christoph Platzgummer, who ran for the ÖVP, was supported by only 44 per cent of participating residents of […]
The slogan “love for the fatherland instead of Moroccan thieves” has got the FPÖ’s leading candidate in the Innsbruck municipal elections into financial trouble. The Innsbruck hotel owner August Penz, who was also a prominent FPÖ candidate in the municipal elections in Innsbruck, suffered a financial set back after many of his hotel guests cancelled […]
Pirates ‘are anarchists’
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Josef Bucher, the head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), has harshly attacked the Pirate Party (PPÖ). The newly established political movements celebrated its first significant success earlier this week when it entered the city hall of Innsbruck, the capital of the western province of Tyrol. The PPÖ, which has a dramatically […]