Asylum seekers are human traffickers, claim

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By Rob Hyde Following widespread protest at the deportation of the “abbey asylum seekers”, Vienna state prosecution has announced that 3 are human traffickers. The prosecution says that Azhar I., Ali S. and Sabtain S., whose surnames have been withheld for legal reasons, managed to smuggle around 1,000 people from Pakistan to Austria, France and […]

Freak theme park accident puts three in clinic

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Three people were injured when a rollercoaster crashed against a crane in Vienna yesterday evening (Thurs).Two young women from Slovakia were sitting in the high-speed “Volare” wagon as it steered into the crane’s hoist which was set close to the rails of the attraction.Macedonian painter Arben S., 21, sustained a serious head injuries when he […]

Woman declared dead after mum dies

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An elderly woman lamenting her mother’s death has been pronounced dead herself by bungling pension officials.Retired restaurant boss Edda S. revealed she stopped receiving payments from her public pension agency after the recent death of her mother at the age of 88. The 66-year-old Carinthian – who ran an eatery at the Ossiacher Lake – […]

Transsexual allowed to teach

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Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation.The man turned woman named only as Walter S. caused outcry among some parents by informing her  students via e-mail at a polytechnic in Vienna-Margareten that she will be a woman when everyone returns for […]

First losses for s-Immo in company history

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Sparkassen Immobilien AG, also known as s-Immo, said today (Weds) it suffered losses for the first time in its 22-year history last year.The company – which belongs to Austrian bank group Erste – announced annual losses reached 78.9 million Euros in 2009. The main factor for this development was a devaluation of its Eastern European […]

Man jailed for biting off girlfriend’s nose

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A Salzburg man was sentenced to 18 months and fined 2,000 Euros for biting off part of his girlfriend’s nose during a drunken night-time argument.Judge Bettina Maxones-Kurkowski heard how Wolfgang S. attacked his 28-year-old girlfriend in their bedroom in an argument which earlier started when the couple went to a night club.”I threw the roses […]