Four men have been arrested after committing 113 break-ins, 21 thefts and causing at least 260,000 Euros worth of damage. The crimes committed ranged from a break- in at a fire station to theft of traffic road signs across Vienna and Lower Austria. A 25 year old man was initially arrested for the break-in at […]
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A British soldier who tackled the frozen Austrian Alps wearing just shorts and a T-shirt has been rapped by officials after he had to be rescued from the snowy peak. Rescuers in Hohe Tauern, a mountain range near the western city of Salzburg, say the 37-year-old man had ignored warnings that he could freeze to […]
A Romanian escort girl has on Friday been sentenced to two years in prison by a Salzburg Regional Court after she was found guilty of tricking a Canadian man out of 230,000 EUR. The woman, who has a PhD degree in nuclear physics and was living in Austria, was broke when she met the man […]
A British hobby historian and photographer is appealing for help in tracking down background to a series of 70 black and white pictures taken by a British embassy employee in Austria sometime around 1938. Ken Johnston, who lives in North West England, is a company director, but he’s also somebody who in his spare time […]
A man has died after falling when out trying to collect grasshoppers in Pians, Tirol, Austria. The 74-year-old was found dead after a search party was sent out to look for the man who had been reported missing by his son when he didn’t return from his walk as planned yesterday (Tuesday). The man who […]
At the end of August Austria’s first man-made wild water trail will open on the Donauinsel as part of the new water sports centre. The project which cost a total of 3.9 million Euro means that Olympic sports such as rowing and canoeing can take place on the Danube. The rowing centre is still being […]
A taxi driver was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend yesterday evening (Tuesday) in Wörgl, Tirol, Austria. The 44-year-old man has admitted killing his 54-year-old former lover after being arrested at his apartment this morning (Wednesday). The 44-year-old farmer stabbed the women to death with a pen knife in the throat. The pair split around […]
By Rob Hyde A husband in Austria has been told he cannot have his marriage annulled just because he has had no sex for 14 years. Austria’s supreme court (OGH) told the man that just because his wife is not able to sleep with him, and therefore also not able to bear him children, this […]
By Rob Hyde A girl in Austria died after she drank mineral water which had been laced with liquid ecstasy, a court in Austria was told. Having taken a deep swig from the bottle, the 27 year old girl suddenly felt sick then fell into a coma, before she died at the Vienna General Hospital […]
By Rob Hyde Thieves managed to remove the contents of a hundred cellars within the same municipal housing complex on a street in Vienna. Shoes, tools, clothes, bikes and even skis were stolen from a hundred cellars of flats belonging to the Schüttausstraße housing estate, which lies just a brief stroll away from the United […]