Boozy Danish-French encounter puts two in clinic

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Two people had to be hospitalised after a fight in an après ski bar in Salzburg yesterday evening (Tues).Police in the ski resort of Wagrain said today a 26-year-old tourist from Denmark smashed a glass beer mug over a Frenchman’s head after the boozed-up Frenchman, 30, made advances to the Dane’s girlfriend.The French holidaymaker’s pals […]

Copper cable thieves collared

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Four people were arrested after police discovered copper cables weighing nearly 400 kilograms in their car.The suspects – three men and one woman from Poland – were put in custody in Salzburg after a random traffic check in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria yesterday (Thurs).The group claimed to have bought the cables in Italy. […]

Spar Austria achieves market share increase

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Spar Austria has announced that it has managed to increase its market share.The Salzburg-based firm said today (Thurs) that its share in the Austrian supermarket business rose by one per cent to 29.5 per cent last year thanks to a 4.5 per cent turnover jump to 5.15 billion Euros.Spar Austria is the second-biggest foodstuff shop […]

FC Dallas snare Villar

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Former Austria Salzburg star Ricardo Villar has joined FC Dallas.Schellas Hyndman, manager of the Major League Soccer (MLS) side, announced today (Thurs): “We’re very happy to have Ricardo as a part of FC Dallas. He’s a player that comes in with great experience, having played in Germany and Austria.”The FC Dallas boss praised the 31-year-old– […]

Pogatetz set for Austria comeback

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Emanuel Pogatetz may make a comeback to the Austrian national team.The Hannover 96 defender, who has been out of action for months recently due to injury, will feature on the team’s 23-member squad for an upcoming friendly against the Netherlands. Dietmar Constantini’s team will face the 2010 World Cup finalists in Rotterdam on 9 February.Austria […]

Salzburg’s 2010 overnight stay figures resemble Mozart Year level

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Salzburg recorded more overnight stays in 2010 than in the previous three years, but the hotels’ occupancy rate is still low.People’s Party (ÖVP) Vice Mayor Harald Preuner said today (Tues) that hotels and guesthouses in the city registered 2.2 million overnight stays between January and December 2010. He pointed out this was the best annual […]

Sledging crash puts German in hospital

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A German tourist suffered serious injures in a sledging accident yesterday evening (Thurs).The 38-year-old man came off the illuminated track in Jerzens, Tyrol, and skidded down a 15-metre ravine. He was unconscious when pals discovered him at the bottom of the rocky descent shortly after the incident.The man was transferred to the valley by mountain […]

Inter snare Knasmüllner

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An up-and-coming Austrian footballer has joined 2010 UEFA Champions League winners Inter.Christoph Knasmüllner’s agent Otto Hauptmann said today (Thurs) that the midfielder’s current club Bayern Munich had agreed with the Italian giants on a transfer.Knasmüllner, who joined the German Bundesliga champions from the youth department of Austrian Bundesliga Austria Vienna in 2008, will undergo medical […]

Heads may roll as €500,000 James Bond flick PR losses disclosed

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A western Austrian city ended up with losses of 500,000 Euros after spending more than it earned from promoting its attractions following the shooting of some scenes for a James Bond movie.An investigation by the Federal Audit Office (RH) revealed that the Bregenz Tourismus & Stadtmarketing GmbH agency – in which the city of Bregenz […]

Plunging ice injures car passenger

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A teenager suffered a cut above his eye in a freak traffic incident yesterday (Mon).The 15-year-old was sitting in the passenger seat of a car being driven by his father near Bergheim in the province of Salzburg when a three-centimetre thick sheet of solid ice smashed through the windscreen window.The object, which was a square […]