More postal package boxes to be introduced in Vienna

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General News

The Austrian post office wants to reduce the number of people having to come and pick up packages from post collection centres in the Austrian capital of Vienna. By the end of the year the postal service wants to double the number of parcel boxes in apartments blocks in the city meaning that less people […]

Referendum in Vienna terminated

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Politics

Offices for the Vienna Referendum 2013 closed last Saturday. The preliminary voter turnout is 29,44 percent. The result will be announced tomorrow (Tues). The published figure of the voter turnout consists of ballot papers sent by post as well as those that were handed in personally, said the responsible town councillor Sandra Frauenberger (SPÖ) in […]

Post AG turnover up by six per cent

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Business

Austrian postal services company Post AG has managed to increase its turnover and earnings. The partly state-owned firm said yesterday (Weds) it achieved a turnover of 605.7 million Euros in the first quarter, six per cent more than in the same period of 2011. Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed by 14.4 per cent […]

Post AG staff benefit from turnover jump

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Business

Austrian postal services provider Post AG has managed to increase its turnover despite lower interest in sending letters. Post AG chief Georg Pölzl said yesterday (Thurs) that the firm’s turnover rose by 4.2 per cent from 2010 to 2011 to 2.3 billion Euros. He explained that his company registered significantly fewer posted letters and postcards […]

Company bosses look back on windfall

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Business

The chiefs of Austria’s biggest companies earned more in 2010 than in the previous year, according to an investors’ protection group. IVA officials said yesterday (Tues) the incomes of members of the executive boards of companies listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG) rose by 13.6 per cent from 2009 to the following year. The […]

Number of Post Partners soars

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Business

There are more than 1,200 so-called Post Partners in Austria, federal postal services provider Post AG announced today (Fri). The company has closed hundreds of regular post offices in the past years to save costs. Laws demand that the firm provides a comprehensive service to people everywhere in Austria. This is why Post AG agreed […]

Postal parcel drop boxes to be tested

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General News

The Austrian Post will start testing domestic drop off boxes to receive packages when the receiver is not at home. The boxes will be placed close to the existing postboxes. If a package receiver is not at home, he will get a notification and a code card with which to operate the drop off box. […]

Dwarf police concerns as ministry considers amendment

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General News

Opposition leaders fear that the Austrian police force could become a “squadron of midgets” as the interior ministry plans to scrap a minimum body height rule for applicants.A spokesman for the federal interior ministry – which is headed by Johanna Mikl-Leitner of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) – announced today (Tues) that the plan was […]

DHL centre opens at VIA

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Business

A subsidiary company of Deutsche Post AG has opened a logistics and competence centre in Austria.German postal services provider Deutsche Post said today (Mon) its express mail branch DHL’s Global Forwarding department started operating a cold warehouse at Vienna International Airport (VIA).Deutsche Post explained DHL will store temperature-sensitive products at the site but also work […]

Post AG profit jumps despite fewer letters

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Business

Österreichische Post AG (Post AG) has managed to increase its profit despite fewer letters being set in Austria.The state-owned postal services provider said today (Tues) its profit soared by 48.5 per cent to 118.4 million Euros from 2009 to 2010. Turnover however edged down by 0.2 per cent to 2.357 billion Euros.The company, which is […]