Freedom Party (FPÖ) chiefs have turned their guns on Peoples Party (ÖVP) officials in the wake of detonations at a nuclear power plant in Japan.FPÖ deputy chairman Norbert Hofer said today (Tues) former ÖVP Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel must make a decision over whether he wanted to be a “lobbyist for the nuclear power industry or […]
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Geiger counters sold out
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Geiger counters have sold out across Austria, according to radio reports.The detector, which establishes the amount of nuclear radiation, is not available anymore at the countrys leading electronic appliance stores. A spokesman for a firm said today (Tues) demand for the product has been “incredible” since last weeks earthquake in Japan.Several detonations occurred at a […]
Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are deeply shocked after the death of one of their members during a hiking trip in Japan yesterday (Weds).The world-famous orchestra announced today that 41 year old contrabassist Georg Straka fell down a 400-metre ravine after slipping on an icy surface during an expedition on the 3,776-metre Fuji Mountain.The […]
iPad to come to Austria in July
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The US firm Apple has announced its new iPads will be available in Austria in July.The company said the product would also become available in Belgium, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore in July.The iPad, which has been on sale only in the USA, will go on sale in Germany, […]
England will play their final test match ahead of this summers World Cup in Graz, it has emerged.Organisers of the national teams training camp in Styria announced today (Thurs) that the star-studded squad would play against Japan at UPC Arena in Graz on 30 May.The friendly would be broadcast live in Japan, they added, but […]