Two Canadian women and a man from Lower Austria have been hospitalised after crashing into each other on their bikes.Police in Lienz, East Tyrol, said today (Thurs) the holidaymakers from overseas were going at high speed on their racing cycles when they collided with the Baden-based man on Tuesday.The trio sustained undisclosed injuries in the […]
Young golfers from Austria are being urged to test their skills against some of the worlds top talent at a major junior golf tournament this summer.Around 500 players from 30 countries are expected to descend on Scotland for the 2011 U.S. Kids Golf European Championships Europes premier tournament to showcase the next generation of […]
Nearly 80 per cent of children suffering from cancer in Austria nowadays make a full recovery, it has been announced.An Austrian Childrens Cancer Charity (Österreichische Kinder-Krebs-Hilfe) said today (Mon) that 80 per cent of Austrian kids suffering from different forms of the disease 40 year ago died. The statistic has now been turned on its […]
By Adam GoodwinFilzmoos prides itself as a family ski resort and as keen English skiers, ranging from the novice to the intermediate, we decided to put it to the test. We being a family of five. My wife, myself and three children: Evie, aged 12, Esme, eight and three-year-old Albert.The resort itself is situated in […]
A kindergarten in Vienna has decided to shut the door on Nikolaus.Michaela Müller-Wenzel of the the Kinderfreunde kindergarten in Favoriten district said today (Thurs) that they had agreed that Saint Nicolas will only wander through its garden while the children wave to him from inside.Speaking to Viennese daily Heute, Müller-Wenzel said she and her colleagues […]
Prosecutors are investigating after it has been claimed carers tortured kids at a childrens home in Styria for years, it emerged today (Fri).Police and state prosecutors in Leoben started looking into accusations that five children, aged between five and 13 were forced to stand in the snow with bare feet for 15 minutes during the […]