Long-term contract for Lindner

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FK Austria Vienna bosses decided to extend the contract of Heinz Lindner. Yesterday’s (Weds) agreement means that the 21-year-old keeper is set to stay with the Austrian Football Bundesliga club until 2015. The team of Ivica Vastic will clash with leaders Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) on Sunday. The Austrian Bundesliga table after 27 of 36 […]

From Salzburg to the slums of Colombia

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A pensioner from Pongau in the Salzburg region is to be honoured on her 80th birthday in the province of her birth for her work over 60 years in Colombia in helping the poor and dispossessed. Margaretha Moises, who is originally from Bad Hofgastein (Pongau), was voted as Salzburger of the year in 2006 and […]

Rapid lose in Innsbruck

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Rapid Vienna’s mission of winning the Bundesliga for a 33rd time has been shattered by a setback. The Green-Whites lost against Walter Kogler’s Wacker Innsbruck 1-2 on Sunday. Marcel Schreter scored both goals for the Tyrolean side. Atdhe Nuhiu netted for Peter Schöttel’s team. Leaders Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) reached a 2-2 draw against FC […]

Cafe Demel in Salzburg to close

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Green Austria

The famous Demel cafe in Salzburg is to be closed down. The Hofzuckerbäckerei Demel, or simply Demel as it is usually known, is a famous pastry shop and chocolatier in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1786 on the Michaelerplatz. In 1857, August Dehne (the son of the founder Ludwig Dehne) gave the company to […]

RBS keep ahead

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Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) have managed to stay on top of the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The squad of Ricardo Moniz beat Peter Stöger’s Wiener Neustadt 2-1 yesterday (Weds). Second-placed Rapid Vienna crushed Kapfenberg (3-0) while SV Ried beat FC Admira 2-1. Sturm Graz – who won the title last season – defeated Wacker Innsbruck (1-0). […]

School fruit and veg project flops

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Green Austria

Austrian schools have only claimed around a fifth of the 1.3 million euros made available as part of an EU project to provide kids with fresh fruit and vegetables. In a study in Salzburg local officials said that only five of the schools and about two dozen kindergartens had joined in with the program. In […]

ORF making waves

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Green Austria

A report on ORF television in Vorarlberg about specially shaped waves designed to catch and deflect negative energy from ley lines has provoked a huge reaction. Dozens of people who have purchased the waves and had them mounted in their homes have since contacted the consumer protection office in Vorarlberg to ask about getting a […]

RBS back on top

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Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) and Austria Vienna have caught up with Rapid Vienna at the weekend. RBS beat Rapid 3-1 on Saturday before Austria Vienna – who are coached by ex-Sturm Graz captain Ivica Vastic – celebrated a 2-1 win over FC Admira. All three teams now count 38 points. ÖFB Cup champs SV Ried […]

Salzburg Festival Ball unveils its traditional dress

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Preparation work is gearing up for the very first Salzburg Festival Ball set to take place at the Felsenreitschule on 1 September. And Festspielpräsident Helga Rabl-Stadler had the chance to get an idea what would be an offer together with ballroom professional Elisabeth Gürtler and Intendant Alexander Pereira in Gössl´s Gwandhaus. He said: “We will […]

Previously unknown Mozart piece discovered

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A previously unknown piano piece from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered in Tyrol in Austria. The Mozart Foundation in Salzburg has reported that the piece was recently found in a music book from 1780. According to the “Stiftung Mozarteum”, the music book, which dates back to the 18th century, was found by university lecturer […]