The Austrian project for a central matura – the equivalent of the A-Level exams – is being piloted in professional colleges this year. The controversial measure is an attempt to provide all pupils taking their final exams with the same paper. They are then marked according to fixed corrections. However, it has proven more difficult […]
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Gorm-less vandals art attack
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A life-size nude sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Antony Gormley has had its manhood removed with an angle grinder, say police in Kanisfluh, Austria. The work – on a mountain peak at more than 6,000ft above sea level – is one of 100 ‘suicide sculptures’ due to be returned to Britain after being on show […]
A vet from the city of Krems in Lower Austria has fulfilled a lifelong ambition of walking from Mexico to Canada. Sabine Schroll shut up shop in her veterinary practice and completed the 4,300 kilometre trek in six months. The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from the U.S. border with Mexico all the way to British […]
A young milk delivery man has claimed a masked duo tried to chain him to a level crossing barrier. The 21-year-old Tyrolean told police in the province’s Ziller Valley he was attacked by the two criminals in Stummerberg yesterday evening (Thurs). The man explained he hid in nearby woodland after having managed to escape. He […]
Floodings in Austria
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Despite an increase today (Fri) the water level in the Danube around Vienna is stable, officials have said.This morning the level rose to 6.50 metres from 6.45 yesterday and danger of flooding is expected if it reaches seven metres.But the citys Emergency Flood Service has said Vienna should escape due to its “relief channel” (Entlastungsgerinne), […]
Avalanche risk to rise
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The danger of avalanches in Austrian mountains ranges from slight to considerable at present but is expected to rise over the weekend as the weather worsens.The Lower Austrian avalanche warning service said today (Fri) the level was three in areas bordering on the Ybbs Valley and the Rax-Schneeberg area, two in Türnitz Alps and one […]
A top scientist in Croatia has warned Austria to prepare for an ice age instead of talking about global warming, online newspaper Croatian Times reported today (Weds).Physician Vladimir Paar suggests one would not need to cross the sea when travelling from Ireland or the UK to Croatia via the rest of Europe.”A majority of Europe […]