A Lower Austrian trying to kill himself by crashing his car was stopped by police after going at breakneck speed for dozens of kilometres up a busy motorway on Tuesday.Authorities announced today (Fri) the 44-year-old man was tracked down driving his Audi sports car at dense traffic on the A9 Pyhrn motorway after several horrified […]
These cows are enjoying the grass – and the view – on the world’s most expensive pasture in the form of a 17 million euro meadow. Look closely and you can see that this narrow strip of land that runs through the village of Trebesing in Carinthia, Austria, was once a motorway that has now […]
Experts have warned of the “worst traffic weekend this summer”.Officials of ÖAMTC and Arbö Austrias leading motorists associations said today (Mon) record-breaking jams were expected to occur on several key travel routes across Austria as summer holidays start in the German provinces of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.Helmut Beigl of ÖAMTC said: “There was a […]
A 37-year-old Hungarian has been arrested after police found 500 packets of cigarettes worth 40,000 Euros stashed in his car last night (Tues).A spokesman for Austrian motorway police forces said today (Weds) the man who didnt have a valid driving licence was stopped on the A1 western motorway near the Eberstalzell exit in Upper Austria.This […]
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 trios luggage in the boot during a search […]
A controversial motorway tender deal in Romania that was bitterly contested by Austrian firm Strabag has collapsed after the winning French-Greek consortium pulled out of the deal.Romanian Times reports today (Thurs) that a consortium of French construction group Vinci and Greek builder Aktor withdrew from the 4.8-billion-Euro deal.The deal involved building of a 58-kilometre motorway […]
Alpine Bau GmbH is to build two motorway sections and seven bridges in Serbia as part of the Pan-European Corridor project.Alpine will build a 5.8-kilometre bypass around the city of Dimitrovgrad and another motorway section of 8.6 kilometres towards Bulgaria.The Salzburg-based construction company is also set to construct seven bridges in the country.Officials said today […]
Styrian police discovered 47 puppies stashed in a Slovakian van during a routine motorway traffic check on the A2 yesterday (Weds).Cops said the animals were transported in carton boxes and on the cars floor.The 31-year-old driver is facing animal cruelty charges. He admitted he had been driving nonstop for hours and was on his way […]