A Styrian haulier could be on his way into the record books.Franz Pregartner from St. Ruprecht an der Raab has not had any kind of accident in 44 years. The 63-year-old who has never been off work due to illness throughout that time said he had covered around 4.2 million kilometres.”I have been […]
A courageous pensioner scared away two muggers trying to rob the wife of an Italian diplomat, it has emerged.Maria Rosaria the spouse of Eugenio dAuria, the Italian ambassador in Vienna was attacked by two women in front of the State Opera in Viennas Innere Stadt district after a performance. The duo used pepper […]
More than 100 people gathered in Vienna to commemorate the death of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, it has been claimed.Amer Albayati, a journalist and founder of the Association of Liberal Muslims in Austria, told the Kronen Zeitung today (Tues) he has information that 120 supporters of the dictator came together in Vienna recently to […]
One of the most powerful and influential men in Austria passed away today (Thurs) after Kronen Zeitung boss Hans Dichand died aged 89 at a Viennese clinic.Dichand was chief editor of the Kleine Zeitung and the Kurier before re-establishing the Kronen Zeitung in 1959. The tradition-rich daily was abandoned during the Nazis Third Reich regime.Dichand, […]
A Vienna man was given a nine-month suspended sentence after posting anti-Semitic statements on the internet.A court in the capital heard today (Weds) how the 46-year-old wrote “all Jews should be gassed as in 1938” in the discussion forum of the Kronen Zeitung newspapers website.The accused also posted “they should be put against the wall […]