The trial of a 61-year-old man from Salzburg, who blackmailed the company Aldi South, started yesterday (Wed) in Duisburg, Germany. The defendant has already admitted that he demanded 15 million Euros from the firm. The defendant, who is the publisher of a German magazine in Pattaya, Thailand, stated that he was forced to blackmail Aldi […]
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Eduard Paulus, director of the public asset management of the federal state Salzburg, who should have supervised the rogue portfolio manager that gambled away close to 340 million Euro in the recent financial scandal, is still not facing sanctions. Paulus is a representatives of the Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP), and so far only a member […]
By Rachael Williams A recent investigation of 1,000 Austrian classrooms has revealed that the air is too dry, too warm and laden with CO2. The investigation was carried out by Environmental Hygiene Expert Hans-Peter Hutter and his team at the Medical University of Vienna. Hutter commented on the negative effect of such a classroom environment, […]
Baby grave found by builders
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Builders digging up land for a bypass at Schützen am Gebirge in Burgenland have unearthed a child’s grave dating back to Roman times. Archeologists say that the tiny grave surrounded by heavy stones had been undisturbed until it was found by the road workers, and that it dated back to the first century after Christ. […]
Sexual peak on offer on ebay
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A romantic couple are to be given the chance to reach new peaks – in a double bed nearly 10,000ft up a mountain in the Alps. The nature lovers will use a bed – laid on by tourism chiefs in Ramsau, Austria – placed at the top of a glacier in complete seclusion apart from […]
Right now at Vienna’s Workshop- and Cultural centre (WUK) a bicycle flea market takes place every month. In the courtyard, bikes can be purchased for a good price, and sold for the same. For one and a half years, the “Bicycle Self-help Workshop Organisation” has hosted the bicycle flea market. The market takes place on […]
Student representation organisations have warned teens from booking a summer holiday with Austria’s biggest post-graduation bash organiser for safety reasons. The Austrian Pupils Union warned yesterday (Weds) that the holiday resort in northern Cyprus chosen by DocLX was situated near a prohibited area. “There is an ammunition depot right behind the hotel. The students do […]
Lots of air found in food packs
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The Viennese Labour Chamber (AK) has called on politicians to act on the content of air in foodstuff packages. The chamber said today (Mon) it checked 35 products on sale in Vienna for the percentage of air. The organisation picked the items over suspicions that they contained a substantial amount of air. AK announced it […]
Parents of first-formers are bracing themselves to spend hundreds of Euros in the coming weeks, a poll has shown. Public opinion agency Integral announced today (Weds) people whose kids started school next month were expecting to fork out 400 Euros on various goods such as writing utensils and schoolbags. The agency pointed out that a […]
Common belief that the economic downturn is to blame for most bankruptcies has been debunked by an insolvency expert.The Creditors Protection Association of 1870 (KSV) announced today (Thurs) that only 19 per cent of all of last years 6,376 business bankruptcies had firm-external and crisis-related grounds.The organisation claimed 44 per cent of all of the […]