Heavy traffic is expected on the roads to the east of Austria as 470,000 children in Vienna, Lower-Austria and Burgenland start the nine-week summer holiday today. Regions to the west of Austria begin the summer holidays one week later, but holidays are also starting today for school children in Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and […]
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Uni offered not enough seminar places
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The Republic of Austria has to pay damages to a former student of the Medical University of Graz as the university offered not enough seminar places. The student’s union is pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision. The Medical University offered only 264 places in seminars in the winter semester 2005/06 of the second stage of […]
Spain beat Austria in Davis Cup
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Davis Cup captain Clemens Trimmel has described the matches against Spain as an “immense experience”. Austria did not stand a chance against the Spanish Davis Cup team in Oropesa del Mar at the weekend. The quarter final battle was lost 1-4. Spain will face the United States in the semi final in September. Argentina’s tennis […]
London tops Austrian holiday destinations
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The Austrian travel agents Association has confirmed London is now one of the top destinations for Austrians looking to enjoy an Easter break. London shares the top spot with Spain, the Dominican Republic and the Maldives as the most popular Easter break. For the package holiday deals Egypt, Turkey and Spain topped the list. All […]
VBI sale ‘to take place this month’
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A powerful Russian bank may acquire a majority stake in Volksbank International (VBI), the ailing affiliate of Volksbank AG (ÖVAG). VBI, which manages ÖVAG’s operations in Eastern Europe (EE), had 5,362 employees in 547 branches in Romania, Slovakia and six other countries. It sustained a loss of 22.37 million Euros in 2010. Sberbank has hinted […]
A Polish travel company has revealed plans to offer cut-price coach trips to Austria.PolskiBus announced it will launch a new budget travelling programme connecting 16 cities within the country later this month. The company added that it aimed at expanding the service across the continent. Polish newspapers report today (Fri) that Austrian capital Vienna, the […]
Czech pipeline assignment for Alpine
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Salzburg-based Alpine Bau GmbH (Alpine) has teamed up with a Belgium company to build a gas pipeline in the Czech Republic.The firm said today (Fri) the joint venture with Denys had a value of 76.7 million Euros. Czech state-owned gas provider Net4Gas assigned the firms to construct two pipelines of an overall length of 105.8 […]
The head of a railway company which plans to challenge Federal Railways (ÖBB) from December has said that his firms trains will have facilities for smokers.Stefan Wehinger, chief of Westbahn which will operate 13 times a day between Vienna and Salzburg, said today (Fri) that wagons will be equipped with “smoker cabins.”Speaking to the Kurier […]
A new 162 kilometre long St. James pilgrimage route from Mikulov in the Czech Republic to Krems, Lower Austria, will formally open on Easter Monday, it was announced today (Mon).The opening ceremony and blessing of the route will take place in Großrußbach.The route, which will go through Drasenhofen, Mistelbach, Großrußbach and Stockerau in Lower Austrias […]
A Brazilian teen who has an Austrian passport has scored two goals for the Austrian Under-18s team after he applied to coaches by posting a video showing his skills on the internet.Rafhael Domingues, who recently turned 18 and has Brazilian and Austrian passports, netted twice in the teams 3-1 victory against the Czech Republic in […]