Ice cream vendors and beer garden owners are hoping the weather cools down as they report drops in visitor numbers as people opt to stay at home to escape the heat. At the other end of the spectrum electronic goods retailers and mineral water producers are doing good business in the heat. When temperatures reach […]
A lorry driver was reprimanded for ignoring cargo safety rules.Police in the province of Salzburg said today (Tues) that tree trunks on the trailer of the truck from the German state of Bavaria were not secured with lashing straps or chains.Traffic police officers issued a report to provincial prosecutors after stopping the driver in Eugendorf […]
A motorist association has called on the government to interfere in the Austrian mineral oil industrys price determination.Arbö criticised today (Mon) that one litre of regular car fuel was 4.5 Eurocent cheaper at a petrol station in Germany than at a station in the adjacent Austrian province of Salzburg despite higher mineral oil taxes in […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) head Christian Kern has claimed that higher mineral oil taxes would be an immense help in the firm’s bid to sell more tickets.The businessman, who previously worked for electricity provider Verbund, told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper today (Thurs) he was convinced more people would switch to trains if car fuel taxes were […]
Austrian petrol firms pointing the finger at international trade developments are red-faced over revelations that they were behind soaring prices.The Federal Austrian Competition Authority (BWB) announced today (Fri) that domestic oil companies did not consider global price levels when it came to establishing the prices of diesel and regular fuel at petrol stations.BWB boss Theodor […]
Italy and Croatia are neck-and-neck as Austrians most popular destination for car holiday trips.Motorist association Arbö said today (Weds) it expected and equal number (18 per cent) of Austrians to go by car to Italy and Croatia this summer.Germany comes second with a share of 10 per cent, while Austria itself is third with nine […]
Peoples Party (ÖVP) Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner will meet with mineral oil industry bosses and petrol station chiefs to discuss soaring fuel prices.More and more Austrian drivers are fuming as petrol stations upped prices shortly before the Easter and the Whitsun weekend holiday breaks.A vast majority of 90 per cent of Austrians even think firms […]
Austrian-Czech mineral water bottler Waldquelle reported today (Weds) it had raised the amount bottled by seven per cent year on year to 120 million litres in 2009.The firm said its turnover had increased by 8.7 per cent year on year to 21 million Euros last year.Waldquelle chief Herbert Czech claimed that Waldquelle had the second-largest […]