Skiing legend Karl Schranz has been hospitalised after suffering a severe concussion and bruises on a ski tour in Tyrol yesterday, it was confirmed today (Thurs).A spokesman at Zams clinic said newspaper reports that the 71-year-old was hospitalised yesterday after an accident near Sankt Anton am Arlberg were correct.Schranz told the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper today: […]
A panel discussion about US president Barack Obamas vision of a world free of nuclear weapons organised by top international organisations will take place in Vienna next week.The Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip) and the United States Mission to International Organizations, both based in Vienna, announced the debates high-profile list of participators today (Fri).Glyn […]
The Danish media have slammed the countrys football team after Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Austria.Online sports newspaper sporten.dk called the teams defence “as weak as soft, soggy bread”.Daily Berlingske said Arsenal star Nicklas Bendtner’s goal and the debut of Ajax Amsterdam talent Christian Eriksen were the only positive points in a match played in front […]
Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer called yesterday (Mon) evening for a full investigation of the Czech Defence Ministrys purchase of 107 Austrian Pandur II light wheeled tanks in 2009.The ministry bought them from Upper Austrian firm Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF) for 559 million Euros. The Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes has reported that SSF bribed Czech […]
The Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes reported that Austrian firm Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF) had bribed Czech politicians to secure a tank deal.The newspaper said the deal was the Czech Defence Ministrys purchase of 107 Pandur II light wheeled tanks from SSF for 538 million Euros in March 2009.It added that one of its journalists posing […]