The lawyer for the alleged rogue trader at the centre of a scandal that might cost the federal province of Salzburg up to 3 billion has accused the regional governor of not telling the truth when she said she did not know anything about the scandal until 3 of December. Lawyer Herbert Hübel said that […]
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Salty old Santa slides into Christmas
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Christmas with a difference is being offered to visitors to the Hallein Salt Mine in the province of Salzburg. Instead of arriving on a sleigh Santa arrives on one of the giant wooden slides that leads into the massive Salzbergwerk Dürrnberg tunnel network, part of the underground salt mine located in the Dürrnberg plateau above […]
Salzburg chooses their Christkind
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The jury has finally settled on the choice of Christkind for the Salzburg Christmas market after a jury selected the winning candidate and 3 angels from the young girls that applied to take part at the weekend. The selection took place in the studio of RTS and the jury included advertising professional Nadica Petrovic who […]
The Salzburger Hof in Zell am See in Salzburg State has been voted Austria’s hotel of the year . The testers from Gault Millau praised the five-star hotel for its facilities and also the quality of service. Guests are always welcome and personally by the senior manager Gisela Holleis and she’s also on hand as […]
The Red Bull Stratos project may have attracted a record number of viewers but it failed to deliver much of real scientific value, according to experts. Even scientists working in extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner’s hometown of Salzburg who carefully followed the project said that from a scientific point of view it delivered nothing. In Austria […]
Runaway Lynx found killed by a train
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A wild lynx that escaped in spring after a small landslide from a hill around its enclosure demolished a wall has been discovered run over by a train. Keepers have spent months setting up traps around the Mautern adventure Park near Salzburg in Austria without any sign of the eight-year-old female wildcat named “Hera”. Officials […]
Red Bull Salzburg will have to pull their socks up if they are to qualify for the Champions league. The Austrian champions were defeated 1:0 by Luxemburg’s tiny F91 Düdelingen squad in the second round of the qualifiers and need a win at home next week if they’re to go through. Pundits described the visitors […]
Austrian Nordic combined athlete Felix Gottwald, 37, has been given the Ehrenzeichen honorary medal of Salzburg for his sporting achievements. He was born in Zell am See, and now lives in Salzburg, and was an Austrian Nordic combined athlete from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009, including the Olympics. After the […]
Immigrants fight beggars in Salzburg
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Austrian police were called after a group of 20 young men all with an immigrant background and armed with sticks laid siege to an abandoned factory in Salzburg where a group of Gypsy beggars had taken up residence. Police have not yet commented on the reason for the altercation but have confirmed that in general […]
Moniz linked with Wigan
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Ricardo Moniz might leave Red Bull Salzburg (RBS). The Dutchman – whose team won the Austrian Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup last season – is rumoured to replace Roberto Martinez as manager of English Premiership side Wigan Athletic. Martinez is considering an offer by Liverpool, according to sport papers.