Wiener Linien is adding it’s first hybrid buses to its public transport operation in the next fortnight, in addition to the twelve electric buses introduced into the city centre. The move is part of a bid to modernise their fleet of buses around the city and make Vienna transport cleaner and more environmentally friendly. The […]
A Porsche 911 belonging to Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is to go under the hammer in Vienna, Austria, next month (June 2). The 1979 pearlescent turquoise Turbo model – bought brand new just four years after Gates set up his fledgling software business in 1975 – is expected to sell for up to 50,000 Euros […]
Nearly one of two Austrians fear being unable to finance appropriate old-age care for themselves.GfK Austria said today (Fri) 49 per cent of the polled citizens of all age groups said they are afraid of possessing too low assets to pay for good care in case they need it when they get older. The agency […]
Police in Carinthia are investigating after an expensive tractor was nicked from a agricultural vehicle dealers estate last week.Officials in the southern province announced today (Thurs) the new Fendt Vario model had been taken between from the open air showroom in Grafenstein near Klagenfurt on the 6th or 7th October.They added the tractor was worth […]
Thousands of workers at Magnas Graz plant are back in full-time work as the car industry supplier registered a sharp increase in orders.Around 4,500 staff were put into an 18-month part-time model to avoid sackings.Workers Union official Thomas Stoimaier said today (Fri): “The companys order situation is currently very good and this is why it […]
A suspected double killer soon to be released from behind bars has already walked free from jail once before after issuing death threats to one of the victims, it has emerged.Briton John Sweeney, 54, is wanted by cops in two countries as prime suspect over the brutal deaths of prostitute Paula Fields, 31, and model […]
Police in Croatia have begun an investigation after an Austrian reported his yacht has been stolen in Adriatic coastal town Opatija.Online news platform Index reported today (Weds) that the man, 30, told cops that his 11-metre-long yacht had disappeared from the towns Icici marina yesterday or on Monday night.The yacht is an eight-year-old Performance 1107 […]