A huge swastika that has scarred the walls of an Austrian castle for the past 80 years is still on view despite breaching strict postwar rules banning all Nazi symbols. Austrian officials stand accused of prevarication over the massive swastika that was painted on the side of Hochkraig Castle in the state of Carinthia in […]
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A 3000 Euro reward has been offered up for any information which leads to the killer of two lynxes, which were found in a plastic bad in Ysper, in Melk, Lower Austria earlier this month. WWF is calling for the case to be solved as soon as possible and together with the Kalkalpen National Park […]
Hypo Alpe Adria subsidy will be sold
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The final negotiations about the sale of the Austrian subsidy of the bank group Hypo Alpe Adria are currently underway. The Indian “Srei Group” with headquarters in Calcutta allegedly has good chances. The Srei Group is a listed company and one of the leading private financial institutes in the infrastructure sector of India. However, the […]
Triathlete Hannes Hempel renounced doing the B-test after his positive doping test result in a training control on 8 March. He also announced his immediate retirement. The 39-year-old man from Carinthia, who was banned for four years in 2008, could have been banned again for a long time. “From my experience I can tell that […]
Arrests in Ethiopia murder case
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Two arrests have been made over the murder of an Austrian national murdered in Ethiopia as they took part in a tour of the Nile. The 27-year-old tourist from Upper Austria was robbed and murdered whilst holidaying in Ethiopia last week. Now police in Ethiopia have arrested two suspects in the case. The two suspects […]
A private donation of more than 200 very valuable handwritings and certificates as well as 250 printings from the middle ages to modern times were given to the Austrian National Library by the Styrian collectors family Loibl. The National Library emphasises that this donation is “one of the most important new acquisitions of the last […]
The chance to own the earliest recorded image of the 260-year-old London landmark that was a backdrop to the Olympic beach volleyball games is being offered by a Vienna auction house. The image of the New Horse Guards building taken from St. James’s Park and painted by Venetian master Canaletto is veray similar to a […]
The Austrian National Library said it would pay 135,000 euros (164,000 dollars) for thousands of books in its possession that were taken by the Nazis from Jews during World War II.In a symbolic gesture, library director Johanna Rachinger handed over the books to the Austrian National Fund for the Victims of National Socialism at a […]