Husband asked to buy grave for wife who isn’t dead

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General News

By Rob Hyde A gravestone company in Upper Austria tried to sell a man a grave for his wife who is still alive. Franz Lengauer, 73, was shocked to received a prospectus addressed to the family of “the deceased Mrs Maria Lengauer” when she was sitting right next to him at their house in Mauthausen. […]

Finance scandal reason for early election

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Politics

The financial scandal in Salzburg has been hotly debated since last December. Many people lost their trust in the government and this has led to early elections on 5 May. The former financial adviser Wolfgang Eisl (ÖVP) issued a letter of attorney ten years ago, which allowed three state servants to make risky financial deals. […]