Dan Byron and Sergiu Mitrofan play at CapaTosta in Vienna on 9 & 10 August

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Culture

byron Acoustic Duo: Dan Byron and Sergiu Mitrofan play at CapaTosta in Vienna on 9 & 10 August Friday, August 9, and Saturday, August 10, the acoustic duo consisting of Dan Byron (vocals, flute, guitar) and Sergiu Mitrofan (keyboards, guitar, vocals) from the band byron will play live at CapaTosta Soul & Pizza in Vienna, […]

Nova Rock: first fans arrived

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Culture

The first of 50,000 punters descend on Nickelsdorf (Burgenland) for the Nova Rock music festival today (Thursday). The biggest music festival in Austria, Nova Rock, begins this Friday. Police spokesman Bernhard Griensteidl said: “The parking lots will open at 10 am and the camping lot will open at 12 pm. We are prepared.” But he […]

Another base jumper dies – body recovered as snow melts

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Sports

A Styrian extreme sportsman, who has been missing in Switzerland since the beginning of March, was found dead. The 29-year-old man from Graz fell in an attempt to fly through a canyon near Walenstadt in a wing suit. A jump in the Schattenbach canyon in the Swiss canton St Gallen on 3 March 2013 proved […]

Call to assess risks of Alpine lake tsunami in Austria

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General News

Lakeside towns and villages should reassess the risk from tsunami as global warming leads to a melting of the permafrost “glue” that holds many of the peaks together. Large parts of the Alpine region that lie higher than 2,500 meters are held together by the soil which is permanently frozen. Until recently only the surface […]

Fracking is a health risk in Vorarlberg

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Green Austria

Green groups have raised the alarm over plans to use a controversial mining technique known as Fracking around Lake Constance in Germany that is already banned in some countries. Gas and oil is harvested naturally after it leaks into underground reservoirs from source rocks – but with fracking the natural process is accelerated. Expanding chemicals […]

The Rocky Horror Show at MuseumsQuartier

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Culture

By Rebecca Musgrave Corsets, transvestites and ray guns. It can only mean one thing – The Rocky Horror Show is back in Vienna. Richard O’Brien’s iconic musical in all its grotesque glory is currently being performed in the MuseumsQuartier and over 38 years after it was first staged in London, appears to still be attracting […]

Molotov make Vienna go loco

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Culture

Mexican flags and football jerseys were not an uncommon sight at the Szene club in Vienna on Monday night when crossover rock stars Molotov rocked the house. The four-member band from Mexico City performed both new songs and their biggest hits like “Voto latino” and “Gimme tha power” – to the delight of the enthusiastic […]

Sepultura and Skunk Anansie roll into Austria

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Culture

A highly influential metal band and a celebrated alternative rock group will come to Austria in the coming weeks. Brazilian metal legends Sepultura are lined up to rock the Szene club (www.szenewien.com) in Vienna on 25 July before performing at the p.p.c. (www.popculture.at), a concert venue in the city of Graz, on 14 August. Sepultura […]

Slovenian rock music fan killed in car crash

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General News

A young woman from Slovenia has died after an accident on Austria’s A2 southern motorway.The 19-year-old was sitting in a car steered by a 21-year-old pal yesterday morning (Tues). The driver and another passenger – a 16-year-old boy – sustained severe injuries when the vehicle came off the road and overturned before landing in a […]

Elderly man falls into river trying to pat dog

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Courageous citizens have rescued a pensioner from a raging river.The 65-year-old man lost his balance and fell over when he bent down to stroke his dog as he took the canine for a stroll along the Salzach River in the city of Salzburg yesterday afternoon (Tues).Three people did not hesitate to leap into the ice-cold […]