Gomez ends Austrian Euro2012 hopes

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Austrian football fans were left frustrated once more as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against old rivals Germany on Friday.The Austrian national team performed extraordinarily well after Germany controlled the scenery only for the first 10 minutes in the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Austria’s squad showed a lot of effort in […]

Spanish side target rebel Arnautovic

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A star-studded Spanish football team have set their sights on a wayward Austrian talent.Villareal CF are interested in snatching Marko Arnautovic, according to sport newspapers. Reports have it that the team – who finished last season in fourth place – are ready to pay more for the 22-year-old than his current club Werder Bremen forked […]

Sturm celebrate Bundesliga triumph

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Sturm Graz have won the Austrian Football Bundesliga for a third time in the club’s history.The team managed by German Franco Foda beat Wacker Innsbruck 2-1 last night (Weds). Red Bull Salzburg (RBS), who won the league last season, overtook Austria Vienna to claim second place in the final standings. The squad of Ricardo Moniz […]

Vienna tops global congress ranking

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Vienna hosted more congresses than any other city in the world last year.The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) announced today (Fri) that 154 international summits took place in the Austrian capital in 2010. This figure helped the city to stay on top of the ICCA’s global ranking. Vienna was tied for first place with […]

Nadine suffers ESC fiasco

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Culture

Nadine Beiler finished last Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in a disappointing 18th place.The 20-year-old pop singer competed with the ballad “The secret is love” in the event held in the German city of Dusseldorf. Beiler had to go through the semi final last Tuesday before performing as 18th of 25 contenders on Saturday. She […]

ATB braces for sky-high losses

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Struggling engine manufacturer ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB) has warned shareholders it could have suffered immense losses last year.The Vienna-based company – which runs factories in the Austrian province of Styria, Germany, Great Britain and Serbia – said yesterday (Thurs) its annual loss could be higher than half of its nominal capital. ATB added that […]

Vienna debut for WPT

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A World Poker Tour (WPT) is taking place in Vienna for the first time.Cardplayer.com reports today (Thurs) that the 3,500-Euro buy-in tournament at the Montesino Casino in the city’s Simmering district starts today. The online games news platform added that four more events will take place at the venue until 30 March.The WPT will then […]

VCM runs towards top attendance

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The Vienna City Marathon (VCM) is on its way to break records.Organisers of the competition – Austria’s biggest sporting event – said today (Thurs) over 28,000 athletes from 110 countries all around the world have already registered to participate in the VCM’s various competitions on 17 April.Especially the Half Marathon competition and the relay race […]

Snowboard and Freeski Slopestyle Contest at Semmering

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The lower Austrian and Viennese titles for the Snowboard and Freeski Slopestyle Contest as part of the Raiffeisen Club Eastcup Snowboard & Freeski took place in Semmering at the weekend. A strong field of competitors gathered at the Split-Park on Zau[:ber:]g with 35 Newcomer’s and regulars competing in the Slopestyle discipline. Snowboarders and Freeski offers […]

OMV and Zumtobel top staff branding ranking

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An energy sector group and a lighting systems manufacturer are tied for first place in a survey assessing how Austrian businesses use their homepages to hire the best-qualified staff.Milan-based corporate communications consultancy Lundquist announced today (Mon) oil and gas firm OMV and Dornbirn-based Zumtobel headed the first Austrian edition of its Employer Branding Online Awards.OMV, […]