Former Austrian interior minister and Euro MP, Ernst Strasser, has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribe-taking. His lawyer has instantly said he will appeal meaning that Strasser will not go to jail until the appeal has been heard. Strasser, 56, of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (OeVP), was one of four MEPs […]
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A businessman from Lower Austria who wanted to take out a loan online has been conned out of 51,000 Euros. The Lower Austrian was drawn in by a tempting offer made by the fraudsters based in the UK. They promised the man a quick and easy loan of a million Euros on the condition that […]
Baby Expo exhibition in Vienna
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Event: Friday 17 June – Sunday 19 June 2011 09.00 – 18.00 Venue: Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D. Everything you could ever want to know about babies and how to look after them is on offer from 17 June until Sunday 19 June in Vienna when the Baby Expo, “Austria’s fair for the young family”, comes […]
Ballet star fired over nude shots
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A ballet dancer sacked by the Vienna State Opera after posing for nude shots has claimed she was “discriminated against as a woman”.Russian-born Karina Sarkissova was given the sack by heads of the prestigious opera house after a series of nude photographs were published in Austrian men’s magazine Wiener.State Opera officials stressed the 27-year-old blonde […]