Linz deputy mayor Klaus Luger (SPÖ) says a policy of targetting kids with language difficulties which he prioneered in local kindergartens has been vindicated by a German report. According to the new study by the Berlin-Institute for Population and Development, carefully targetted language initiatives in Kindergartens bring the greatest results in advancing the language ability […]
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Black Wings snatch title
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Black Wings Linz have won the EBEL Ice Hockey League. The Upper Austrian team beat KAC 3-1 in the fifth match of the best of seven series on Sunday. Black Wings managed to win the trophy back in 2003. This season’s triumph followed a humiliating exit in the quarter final of last year’s EBEL league.
Black Wings beat KAC
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Black Wings Linz took the lead in the best of seven final series of the EBEL Ice Hockey League last night (Tues). The Upper Austrian team beat KAC 6-2. Linz now lead 2-1. The next match of the series will take place tomorrow.
Trainee driver caused frontal crash
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A 20-year-old Austrian is critically ill in intensive care after his car was hit head-on by a trainee driver from Afghanistan, who was practising for his driving licence. The accident happened at the weekend on the B139 in Leonding in the Linz-Land district when the car driven by the Afghani learner driver, aged 33, crossed […]
KAC one step closer to championship
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KAC have won the first match of this season’s ECEL Hockey League final. The Carinthian club beat Black Wings Linz 3-2 last night (Thurs). The next match of the best of seven series will take place on Sunday (25 March).
Austrian victories in EBEL semi final
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Austria’s EBEL Hockey League semi final contenders celebrated victories last night (Tues). Carinthian team KAC crushed Zagreb in the first match of the best of seven series. The championship record holders won the clash 4-0 away from home. Several players engaged in a fistfight in the second quarter of the match. Black Wings Linz – […]
Black Wings Linz boss Rob Daum is determined that his team will prevail in the EBEL Hockey League’s semi final. Daum, whose squad is set to clash with Ljubljana in the best of seven series, said today (Tues): “We got tailwind after defeating Vienna Capitals. We should enjoy whatever is yet to come this season.” […]
Holy Posting by Austrian Parish
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Frustrated churchgoers have put an advert in the paper for a new Catholic priest after the local diocese failed to find a replacement when the current priest was moved to a new area. The advert says that people in Taufkirchen an der Pram at Schärding in Austria are looking for a qualified priest to manage […]
A woman went on a rampage through a hospital in Linz, Austria, yesterday (Tues) with a 15 centimetre knife. Police were immediately called to the scene and prevented any bloodshed. At around 12.15pm police were notified of the woman’s attack. “The woman suddenly jumped out, revealed a knife threatened everyone in the waiting room with […]
Hungarian stabs boyfriend
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A Hungarian woman and her boyfriend had to be hospitalised after a violent night-time argument. The 30-year-old attacked her partner, 31, with a knife in their apartment in Wels, Upper Austria, last night (Sun/Mon). She suffered injuries herself in the brawl, according to local police. Officials are set to question the woman trying to find […]