The ski resort of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria is hoping to provide visitors with both a luxurious snowy and foodie experience this winter season with their snow pass packages. The legendary resort is known not only for its 170 kilometres of ski slopes but also for its high class gastronomy. The 60 runs are accompanied […]
After it seemed certain that Franco Foda, 45, coach of Styrian football club Sturm Graz would become the new coach of the Austrian national football team, the Austrian Soccer Federation (ÖFB) held talks with two more candidates. After former national team coach Dietmar Constantini resigned earlier this September and Foda seemed to be his chosen […]
Robin Haase celebrated his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour title at the weekend. It took the 24-year-old Dutchman exactly two hours to beat Spaniard Albert Montanes in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) in the final of the 450,000-US dollar tournament in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, on Saturday. Haase defeated Brazilian Joao Souza in the semi […]
A Tyrolean farmer has been seriously injured by one of his cows at the weekend.The 46-year-old was knocked down by the heifer as he tried to herd his cows back to be milked at his farm in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol on Saturday.Local police said today (Mon) that the man sustained a broken skull […]
An overheated DVD player caught fire in a hotel room last night (Sun).The manager of the resort in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol suffered minor injuries when he threw burning mattresses from the balcony. A neighbour had informed him about the smoke coming out of a window.Fire-fighters found out that an overheated DVD player started […]
A decreasing number of couples decide to buy real estate nowadays, according to a study.Researcher Andrea Baidinger said today (Fri) that just 61 per cent of unmarried and married couples aged 30 and younger were opting for the purchase of a house or a flat. She pointed out that around 75 per cent did so […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has cancelled a trip to his homeland following the death of his father-in-law, it has been claimed.Austrian newspapers have it that the former governor of California decided to stay in the United States to support and console his wife Maria Shriver as her dad Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. passed away at the age […]
Watches worth a quarter of a million Euros were stolen from a jeweller in a spectacular break-in on Christmas Day (Saturday), police said today (Mon).The unidentified criminals made off with 25 watches worth an overall 250,000 Euros in the break-in at a shop in the town centre of Kitzbühel, a posh Tyrolean ski resort.The burglary […]
Former “King of Clay” Thomas Muster has revealed plans to work with Rafael Nadal.Muster, 42, said today (Thurs) he had agreed with managers of the Spanish number one in world tennis over a cooperation this autumn.The former number one in the world, who recently launched a comeback in professional tennis, explained: “My training is based […]