A Green politician sitting on the local council in Wolfsberg wants to see the return of aristocratic titles which were banned in Austria after the first world war. Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, himself a descendant who would have the title Archduke, wants them to be returned to their former owners and their descendants by 2018 at the […]
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Anger over Nazi-named hiking paths
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Constitutional authorities are under pressure to act after it emerged that the names of dozens of hiking paths implied links to the neo-Nazi mindset.Austrian hiking and climbing platform Bergsteigen.at revealed popular paths across the country had names like “Riefenstahl” or “Swastikaar”. While the former term clearly seems to refer to Third Reich filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, […]
Burgenland police warned people today (Mon) against purchasing smuggled Asian chainsaws being sold on the street by Eastern Europeans, mostly Romanians, as STIHL products.The saws, produced in Asia and smuggled into Europe by sea, sell for 25 Euros at home but are being hawked in Austria at a price of 300 Euros under a fake […]