Linz prosecutors have dropped an investigation against BAWAG PSK after finding no evidence of wrongdoing. The announcement was made on Wednesday when prosecutors in the city said that they could not find proof that staff at the bank had tricked the municipal government into a 2007 swap deal. However a civil case is still being […]
A 3000 Euro reward has been offered up for any information which leads to the killer of two lynxes, which were found in a plastic bad in Ysper, in Melk, Lower Austria earlier this month. WWF is calling for the case to be solved as soon as possible and together with the Kalkalpen National Park […]
An Austrian doctor has been jailed for life after he was accused of killing a patient that died when he was not even in the building. Surgeon Eugen Adelsmayr was back in his native Austria when the verdict was delivered in his absence, and he branded the ruling a shock. He said: “It is hard […]
Cellar girl Natasha Kampusch, 23, had a baby while held captive by pervert Wolfgang Priklopil according to opposition politicians from both the right and the left who are demanding an independent investigation. Opposition leader Heinz Strache from the FPOe claims police ignored evidence that Kampusch gave birth to Prikopil’s child whilst in the cellar in […]
By Rebecca Musgrave A valuable artwork has turned up in the Vienna Dorotheum, Austria, almost 10 years after it was stolen. The porcelain relief of Tsar Peter the Great, which was taken from the Ostankino Estate Museum in Moscow, Russia, arrived in the auction house from an unknown seller in France ready to be sold. […]
A man found dead at a building site was a homeless person who died from serious head injuries sustained in a fall, police in Graz have said.The body was discovered by a businessman who was interested in setting up an office on the site. Officials announced today (Thurs) that the dead person was a homeless […]
Police and political decision-makers are facing fresh pressure after the former head of the Federal High Court (OGH) claimed Kampusch case investigator Franz Kröll was “driven to suicide”.Johann Rzeszut, former OGH president and part of a special commission to investigate the polices handling of the Kampusch case filed a 46-page report to the justice ministry […]
Twelve holidaymakers had a lucky escape as a crane crashed on a gondola suspension yesterday (Thurs).Officials in the Tyrolean tourism hotspot Mayrhofen said today it was still a matter for investigation why the building crane used at a nearby construction site landed on the lift framework.But they added it could not be ruled out that […]
Police in Croatia have begun an investigation after an Austrian reported his yacht has been stolen in Adriatic coastal town Opatija.Online news platform Index reported today (Weds) that the man, 30, told cops that his 11-metre-long yacht had disappeared from the towns Icici marina yesterday or on Monday night.The yacht is an eight-year-old Performance 1107 […]
The Innsbruck public prosecutors office announced yesterday (Tues) that it had ended its investigation of three scientists who had participated in a controversial experiment with pigs.An investigation into three scientists accused of carrying out controversial experiments on pigs has ended with a no guilty verdict.The Innsbruck public prosecutors office announced Tuesday it had ended its […]