Gertenpalais Liechtenstein is inviting visitors to an exhibition with a different this time with a focus on all things to do with spring and a tour of its gardens. As part of a general renovation the gardens at the Gertenpalais Liechtenstein were given a new lease of life and now they can be seen in […]
Preparation work is gearing up for the very first Salzburg Festival Ball set to take place at the Felsenreitschule on 1 September. And Festspielpräsident Helga Rabl-Stadler had the chance to get an idea what would be an offer together with ballroom professional Elisabeth Gürtler and Intendant Alexander Pereira in Gössl´s Gwandhaus. He said: “We will […]
An elderly Austrian nicknamed the “King of Burglars” has been identified as the ringleader of a drug-smuggling syndicate.Police in Vienna announced today (Weds) that Erich K., who spent many years in prison on account of hundreds of break-ins, was arrested earlier this week. Nineteen alleged accomplices are facing charges as well, officials added.The 77-year-old criminal […]
A doctor who faced several years in jail for mistakenly removing a womans healthy leg got away with just a fine yesterday (Mon).Suspended surgeon Raimund V., 61, was sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 Euros and 5,000 Euros to the victim, a 91-year-old pensioner. His colleague Klaus B., 40, was fined 7,200 Euros for […]
A 70-year-old man has been accused of stabbing his brother, police in Tyrol have announced.The pensioner from Upper Austria was put in custody after the body of his brother was discovered in a flat in St. Johann this morning (Thurs).Police said the corpse showed several stabbing wounds. They added that the suspect, who has been […]
Surgeons removed a cancer sufferers healthy kidney, it has emerged.Klinikum Klagenfurt officials admitted today (Thurs) that doctors removed the wrong organ when they were meant to take out the affected kidney in surgery earlier this week.Authorities claimed the mix-up did not occur due to overburdened staff doing too much overtime. They added a pathologist informed […]
A special commission is set to investigate after a solider shot himself in the leg yesterday (Weds).Deputy Salzburg military commander Johann Hehenberger confirmed today that a 23-year-old solider was hospitalised after a gun bullet entered his thigh in the incident which occurred at the Ramsau / Molln shooting range.Hehenberger added that a commission was set […]
Bungling doctors performing delicate surgery to remove a womans leg first amputated the wrong one and then, realising their mistake, amputated the other, it has been revealed today (Fri).The 90-year-old woman had been rushed to St. Johann hospital in Tyrol after suffering from a serious vascular dysfunction. But after carrying out surgery to remove the […]
By David RogersThe Vienna insurance firm Allianz has called for more environmentally-friendly car repair.Firm board member Johann Oswald said today (Thurs) that a study by the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology in Germany had shown that smaller repairs instead of the installation of new spare parts resulted in significantly lower emissions of greenhouse gases.Oswald said such […]