The European Union (EU) would react “immediately” to a request for help by Japan, the EUs ambassador in the country stressed.Hans Dietmar Schweisgut told the Kurier newspaper today (Tues): “Several EU member states already sent support teams to Japan. The EU crisis aid mechanism can only be activated after an official request by an affected […]
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The Austrian foreign ministry has appealed to Austrians to leave the Greater Tokyo Area.Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, a spokesman for the ministry, said today (Tues) people were well-advised to depart from the region. He said: “It cannot be estimated how the situation will develop after the incidents at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.”Several explosions occurred at the […]
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 […]