Complaints by consumer protection groups that politicians should do more about “reckless” speculations triggering soaring foodstuff prices are unlikely to recede considering new inflation figures. Statistik Austria announced today (Thurs) Austrians had to fork out 3.3 per cent more on various products and services of daily life last month than in June 2010. It was […]
“When I arrived in a city, I was feeling lost, and just wanted to meet other expats and discover the best places to go.” That was how former journalist Malte Zeeck used to feel whenever sent on a new assignment – and that was the motivation that led him comparatively recently to set up what […]
A demolition worker is fighting for his life after plunging 10 metres to the ground yesterday morning (Weds), it was reported today. The 56-year-old man was part of a group of workers assigned to tear down a building in Vienna’s Simmering district. He was airlifted to a clinic. Officials gave no information considering his state […]
A young resident of Vienna-Wieden has died after slipping while having a shower.The nine-year-olds motionless body was found by her mum yesterday evening (Tues). The woman called an ambulance. Doctors managed to revive her before the child died due to severe head injuries at the citys SMZ Ost Clinic a few hours later.Meanwhile, a woman […]
A Styrian woman had the shock of her life when she was informed by her internet provider that she amassed a 150,000-Euro bill in two days.The 53-year-old from Bad Aussee decided to inform the police who assigned a team of internet fraud experts to examine the issue. An investigator said today (Thurs) that felons based […]
A young boy is fighting for his life after a bathing accident.The four-year-old was fished out of the water by his mum after he leapt into a public pool in Braunau, Upper Austria, yesterday afternoon (Tues). The woman resuscitated the unconscious kid before he was transferred to the local clinic.Doctors decided to airlift him to […]
Courageous citizens have rescued a pensioner from a raging river.The 65-year-old man lost his balance and fell over when he bent down to stroke his dog as he took the canine for a stroll along the Salzach River in the city of Salzburg yesterday afternoon (Tues).Three people did not hesitate to leap into the ice-cold […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife are splitting up in their 25th year of marriage, it has emerged.The Austrian-born “Terminator” star and Maria Shriver, an author and charity campaigner, announced in a joint statement today (Tues), that they were separating “while we work on the future of our relationship.”The pair went on: “This has been a […]
Brooke Shields will attend this years Life Ball, it has emerged.Organisers of the HIVand AIDS awareness event said today (Tues) that the Hollywood star will come to Vienna for the bash at the City Hall on 21 May. Other notable guests of the 19th edition of the ball are former US President Bill Clinton […]
Incest monster Josef Fritzl’s house of horror is to be torn down this week.The house on the Ybbsstrasse in Amstetten, Austria, became a world-wide symbol of evil when it was revealed that perverted Fritzl had kept his daughter Elisabeth there as a sex slave for 24-years in a secret dungeon under the family home.The liquidator […]