A British soldier who tackled the frozen Austrian Alps wearing just shorts and a T-shirt has been rapped by officials after he had to be rescued from the snowy peak. Rescuers in Hohe Tauern, a mountain range near the western city of Salzburg, say the 37-year-old man had ignored warnings that he could freeze to […]
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Four-year-old attacked by Rottweiler
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A four-year-old child is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by his grandmother’s Rottweiler dog. The attack happened in Ferlach, Carinthia. The child was visiting his 66-year-old grandmother together with his six-year-old sister. The attack happened when the grandmother left the house briefly to let her two Rottweilers out of their kennel […]
Emergency Helicopter Shot At
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An emergency helicopter operated by the OAMTC has been hit by a 9mm gun shot in Vienna, Austria. A replacement machine had to be brought into operation after one of the rotors was shot through on the helicopter Christophorus 9. Ralph Schüller, from the OAMTC said: “A 9mm shot went right through one of the […]
Suicide Sculptures Get the Push
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‘Suicide’ sculptures by British artist Anthony Gormley are to be removed from Alpine passes in Austria where they sparked fears of a rise in the rate of mountain rescue call outs. The 100 sculptures – identical to works in London and New York – show life-sized men standing on the edge of precipices over 100 […]
A helicopter pilot could face manslaughter charges after heavy cloud meant he failed to realise how high they were when he released a rope – and dropped a mountain rescue expert to his death. Alpine policeman Franz Franzeskon, 52, and two colleagues were being lowered on a harness in a bid to rescue a 40-year-old […]
Heavy snowfall in mountainous areas around Austria over the last two days has resulted in nine avalanches and the death of two people. Several roads around the country are impassable after the new snow with the state of Vorarlberg left completely cut off from the rest of Austria. A series of severe avalanches in the […]
Emergency app for stranded skiers in Tyrol
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A new app developed by the control centre for mountain rescue in Tyrol and the Tyrolean mountain rescue clubs is set to make mountain rescues easier by pinpointing the exact location of the stranded person. Winter sports fans will be able to download the app – and if they run into difficulty a simple click […]
The US website Daily FX Market News and Analysis reported today that Austria may well be the next victim of the Euro zone debt crisis. This has to do with Eastern and Central European countries having taken a good part of their debt in Swiss Francs to take advantage of Switzerland’s low interest rates. Daily […]
A paraplegic woman is recovering after plunging down a steep embankment.The 60-year-old holidaymaker from Germany sustained multiple injuries when she fell down an eight-metre decent after one of her electric wheelchairs wheels got stuck between tree roots on Sunday morning.Police in Unken, Salzburg, said today (Tues) the woman was rescued by a mountain rescue team […]
Paraglider dies after hitting rocks
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A 31-year-old paraglider died instantly after crashing against a rock face yesterday (Thurs).The man from Linz, Upper Austria, was paragliding in a mountainous area in the Styrian district of Liezen. He was already dead when a helicopter rescue team discovered him shortly after the incident around 3pm.Only last week, a 35-year-old Tyrolean paraglider was killed […]