The Austrian economy will grow less strongly than initially expected, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD research shows that Austria’s gross domestic product (GDP) will rise by 0.6 per cent from 2011 to 2012. Only in May, the organisation announced it expected the GDP to climb by 2.1 per cent. […]
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A 17-year-old boy has been caught after selling 17,000 Euros worth of electrical equipment that he acquired after forging contracts and identification in Salzburg. For more than a month beginning in April of this year, the boy completed contracts with different mobile network operators in Salzburg under a false name. Through these contracts he received […]
Salzburg Juvenile Court Judge, Peter H. appeared in court himself yesterday for possession of child pornography. The 47-year-old has been sentenced to five months behind bars and a 2,250 Euro fine. Whilst his career as a magistrate is over he will still keep his new position in the Department of Justice. The criminal would only […]
Thievish postal clerk convicted
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A former post office deputy manager has been found guilty of stealing cash from hundreds of letters for a number of years. The 45-year-old woman received a suspended 15-month prison sentence in a court in Leoben, Styria, yesterday (Thurs). She denied financial difficulties but spoke of a “personal crisis” when asked to comment on her […]
OMV ups oil production
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OMV AG has produced more oil in the past months, according to the company’s latest trading statement. The Viennese company – one of the most powerful players on Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) energy sector – said today (Fri) it produced 283,000 barrels of oil a day in the third quarter of 2011, up from […]
Metal industry labour dispute settled
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Around 165,000 Austrian metal industry workers will earn 4.2 per cent more from next month. Unionists and company representatives agreed about stronger increases of low salaries and one-off payments to employees of the sector in a 14-hour discussion at the headquarters of the Federal Economy Chamber (WKO) in Vienna which ended at 4am this morning […]
Four prisoners escaped this (Fri) morning from Hirtenberg prison in Lower Austria’s Baden district. Two of them were caught 20 minutes after their escape, a grand scale search for the other two is being conducted by a joint effort of 80 justice officials and police staff and a helicopter from the interior ministry. The four […]
Crane manufacturer Palfinger AG has said it plans to get busier in Russia and China as its turnover and profit increased in the first half of this year. The Salzburg-based company announced today (Weds) its turnover shot up by 39.3 per cent from the first six months of 2010 to the same period of 2011 […]
AUA adds extra Linz link
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Austrian Airlines (AUA) has decided to introduce additional domestic flights in autumn. The company said today (Thurs) it would add a morning service from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) on 30 October. The new flight will take off at the airport situated near the capital of Upper Austria at 8.20am. […]
Boars plague Vienna’s rich
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Residents of a posh district in Vienna are up in arms over wild boars invading their homes. The animals have been scouring the back gardens of houses in Döbling for months. Now local Social Democrats (SPÖ), People’s Party (ÖVP) officials and representatives of the Döbling branch of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) decided to show unusual […]