Nonstop U-Bahn well received on New Year’s Eve

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Around 145,000 people used Vienna’s 24-hour underground service on New Year’s Eve, it has been announced.Public transport agency Wiener Linien said today (Tues) the 145,000 registered passengers made last Friday’s New Year’s Eve the busiest night since it started offering U-Bahn operations throughout the night on weekends and before national holidays.Around 750,000 celebrated New Year’s […]

New Catholic priests figures in decline

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Fewer Austrians decided to become Catholic priests in the first half of this year than in 2009 as the church’s crisis continues.Church officials said today (Thurs) 24 men will be consecrated priests in 2010 by the end of this month. They said 33 consecrations took place in the first six months of last year.The Austrian […]