Only the fittest for scaled-down army, says ÖVP

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The People’s Party (ÖVP) has suggested the Austrian army should be able to pick only the best young Austrians to serve the mandatory six-month service.ÖVP Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and the party’s Interior Minister Maria Fekter said today (Fri) they wanted to give the army the right to call up only the 10,000 most-skilled of […]

One third paid for sex at least once, poll shows

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Almost one in three men have had sex with a prostitute, a new survey has found.Pollsters Market said today (Weds) 32 per cent of interviewed men admitted to having paid for sex at least once in their lives. The Linz-based institute explained 44 per cent of men aged 60 and older have slept with prostitutes […]

Boozy duo stopped after hit and run offence

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Two pals face traffic charges after forcing police into a wild street chase following a hit and run crash.Officials in the city of Salzburg said today (Weds) a 21-year-old drink driver called up his friend after steering into two parked cars last night.The 24-year-old – who was also found to be over the legal limit […]

Brit faces armed robbers in Linz

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A British man has described the terrifying moment when an armed robber pointed a gun at him after he went into a high street bank in the centre of Linz yesterday (Tuesday).Simon Byrne, 24, from Liverpool, said: “I had only just walked into the bank in the middle of the day. I wanted to open […]

Compulsive gambler makes up mugging

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A Croat worker who lost more than 1,000 Euros gambling faces charges for wasting police time for claiming he was robbed.The 24-year-old told police officers in Stockerau, Lower Austria, on Wednesday night two men beat him up and threatened him with knives after work.The warehouseman said the duo took 1,176 Euros he planned to spend […]

Indians found under seats of Vienna-bound train

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Two Indian citizens have been found hiding under the seats of the international Bucharest – Vienna train by Romanian border police.The Romanian Times reports that the two men, aged 22 and 27, were discovered at the Romanian – Hungarian border in Curtici in Romania’s Arad county, where they told border guards they were heading for […]

Newsagent beats wannabe robbers with stick

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Would-be robbers fled in horror when their tobacconist victim began clubbing them with a bludgeon.Police in Vienna-Brigittenau said today (Fri) the 40-year-old woman grabbed the wooden stick she kept behind the counter for self protection when the duo entered the her shop.Officials said the men – described by the newsagent as aged between 20 and […]

Most singles don’t want future girlfriends to love football

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Less than two in ten single men want their future partners to share their passion for football, according to new research.Online partner agency Parship said today (Thurs) 15 per cent of interviewed men said they would appreciate their girlfriends to be as mad about the sport as they were.The company – which spoke to 4,670 […]

Authorities quarrel over Nazi criminal’s health bills

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Austrian authorities are at odds over the health bill of an alleged World War Two criminal.Josias Kumpf was extradited aged 84 to Austria from the United States in April 2009. The Austrian-born man is accused of being involved in the shooting of 8,000 Jewish women, men and children while working as a guard at Trawniki […]

Austrian drug smugglers arrested in Bavaria

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Three Austrians aged 34, 43 and 45 have been arrested at a traffic check point on the A3 motorway near Passau, Bavaria, for possession of four kilos of hashishGerman police said they had found the drug and 35,000 Euros in cash in a plastic sack underneath the trio’s luggage in the boot during a search […]