Vienna police present hotel safety initiative

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Business

Vienna police have announced plans to cooperate with the city’s hotels more closely in a bid to tackle crime.Police official Walter Hladik said today (Fri) they would get in touch with all four and five star resorts in eight of capital’s 23 districts to create tighter connections in an attempt to cut down the number […]

Rapid Vienna ‘will not relocate’

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Sports

Rapid Vienna bosses have rubbished claims they plan to relocate to a new stadium.Rumours that the club might leave the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Penzing district increased after a member of the city parliament suggested the team would be better off somewhere else than in the crammed housing estate the 17,500-seat arena is located.Vienna newspapers […]

Jelavic departure nears as Rovers send scouts

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Sports

Blackburn Rovers are closing in on signing Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic.British press reported earlier this week that the English Premiership giants were interested in producing the striker’s services.Now Rovers boss Sam Allardyce said: “The (current Football) World Cup (in South Africa) means a price hike on the international transfer market. We are checking out […]

Austrian tourist handed €37,000 mobile roaming bill

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General News

An Austrian woman on holiday in Croatia received a 37,000-Euro mobile phone bill from Mobilkom Austria for internet roaming charges.The 37-year-old used her smartphone to browse the internet while in Croatia, using 15 gigabytes during her four-week long vacation, according to a Croatian Times report from today (Thurs).Mobilkom Austria reportedly helped its client by wiping […]

Rapid to play RSC Anderlecht

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Sports

Rapid Vienna will meet Belgian champions RSC Anderlecht in a pre-season friendly, club bosses have said.Rapid announced today (Weds) that the team will play against the side coached by Ariël Jacobs on 10 July at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. The match will be the “final rehearsal” for the squad of Peter Pacult before […]

Jelavic may snub top offers as striker prepares with squad

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Sports

Nikica Jelavic may stay at Rapid Vienna as the striker joined his teammates for the pre-season training kick-off yesterday (Mon).The Croatian national team star has been linked with a move to Benfica after the Portuguese champions sent scouts to watch him performing for Rapid several times throughout the final weeks of the past season.Several German […]

Besiktas call off Vienna fixture

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Sports

Besiktas cancelled a friendly against Austrian Bundesliga vice champions Austria Vienna.The Turkish giants announced today (Fri) they will not meet the team coached by former defender Karl Daxbacher at Vienna’s Franz Horr Stadium on 8 July.The club failed to give reasons for their change of mind, but it is assumed the twist had to do […]

Punk stars to launch double strike on Vienna

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Culture

Californian melodic punk stars No Use For A Name and Lagwagon will perform on one night at Vienna’s Arena next month.Britishrock.cc announced today (Thurs) that the associated bands were to rock the abattoir-turned-concert venue on 26 July.Both bands won many fans across the world through extensive touring. While none of their albums achieved top chart […]

Legendary studio’s archives opened for upcoming photo exhibit

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Culture

More than 100 photographs from the archive of one of Vienna’s most renowned studios will be on display at the city’s WestLicht (www.westlicht.com) gallery from next week.Organisers of the “Photo Simonis” exhibit said today (Thurs) the archive material of the studio of the same name was rescued when the company stopped doing business in 2005. […]

Liverpool to play friendly in Vorarlberg

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Sports

Premiership giants Liverpool FC will play Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in Altach, Vorarlberg, on 17 July.Organisers said today (Tues) the friendly will mark the 20th anniversary of the town’s stadium which used to be called Schnabelholz. The venue, which has a capacity of 8,500, was recently renamed Cashpoint Arena after the local second-league team’s main […]