Property price rise continues

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Business

The price of property in Vienna has now spiralled so much that every 4th apartment comes with a price tag of 500,000 or more. And every second flat costs 300,000 or more. One of the reasons is that the shortage of available property is resulting in many appartements being renovated and also investment in attic […]

Ukrainian Politicians Given Austrian Passports, Claim

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Politics

Ukraine’s last Prime Minister, the current intermediary Prime Minister and the man likely to be the next Prime Minister have all allegedly been secretly given Austrian passports. The naming of Serhiy Arbuzov, Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister following the resignation of Mykola Azarov, as well as Azarov himself and Andriy Klyuyev, expected to be named as […]

Many people want a flat with a terrace

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Lifestyle

A survey shows that 95 percent of all people looking for a property in Austria wish to have a free space such as a balcony, a terrace or a garden in front of their next property. The real estate platform Immobilien.net asked 750 people in an online survey in March. 64 percent of Austrians, who […]

Vienna sees big rent prices increase

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Business

Rental prices for office space in the Austrian capital of Vienna is some of the most expensive in Europe. Experts from property company EHL Immobilien also warn that the rental prices will continue to rise. In top locations such as Vienna’s first district location Kohlmarkt office space goes for 390 Euro per M2 per month. […]

Real estate fraudster sought by police

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General News

Police in Vienna have issued this wanted photograph of a man who managed to somehow get a front door key for an empty flat – and then put an advert in to the newspapers offering to rent out for a cash payment of €10,000 upfront. In Austria although technically not legal or difficult to demand […]

Hitler home town mayor fed up with saying sorry for the war

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Politics

The Mayor of Adolf Hitler’s home says he doesn’t want the building where the dictator was born to be turned into a memorial because the Fuhrer “only lived there for three years anyway”. Mayor Hannes Waidbacher from the conservative People’s party (OVP) said that instead he was keen to see the property that was previously […]

Swastika Shaped Austrian School Rebuilt

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Austrian education officials have spent more than £6 million rebuilding a school – after an aerial shot showed that it looked like a swastika from the air. The resemblance to the Nazi symbol was not noticed after the school was built in 1979 and it was only when Google Earth snaps were studied that the […]

Hotel Rebuild after Christmas fire

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Builders are working overtime at Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Pinzgau to rebuild the “Glemmtalerhofs” hotel in time for the winter season. The property was almost completely destroyed and that was practically just a shell left after a blaze at Christmas. Luckily for the Schnell family that owned the property – the rebuilding work is being covered by […]

Bodies bricked up in wall in Vienna

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Builders working on an attic conversion in Vienna have found the remains of three bodies bricked up in a wall. Police refused to discuss the case in detail but confirmed that only the bones remained – indicating the bodies had been there for some time – and that these had been handed over for forensic […]

Giveaway millionaire exposed as conman

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An Austrian millionaire who became an Internet sensation when he revealed he had given away everything in order to help the poor is really a conman who simply wanted to get publicity to sell his house and pay off his debts. Media around the world rushed to cover the story of Karl Rabeder when he […]