Rapid Viennas bid to win the league a 33rd time has suffered a further setback.The team of Peter Pacult is already nine points behind leaders SV Ried after failing to beat title holders Red Bull Salzburg yesterday (Sun). Ex-Rapid striker Roman Wallner found the net for the Bulls in the 35th minute before Rapid defender […]
A confused elderly man tried to find his way home in a German town almost 400 kilometres from his Austrian hometown, it has been reported.Newspapers in Bavaria reported yesterday (Mon) that the 81-year-old from Vienna had wandered around a retirement home in Breitbrunn at the Ammer Lake for more than three hours on Saturday before […]
Bernd Volcic, one of the best players of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL), will be sidelined for an indefinite period of time due to cardiac problems.Oberwart Gunners executive director Andreas Leitner announced today (Weds) doctors discovered cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation when the 34-year-old was hospitalised after the match against Traiskirchen (68-84) on Sunday.”He didnt […]
A climber faces involuntary manslaughter charges over the death of a colleague.Prosecutors started investigating today (Tues) after a 21-year-old Styrian passed away on Saturday due to the serious he suffered in a 12-metre fall at a climbing hall in Graz last Wednesday.His friend of the same age is accused of being responsible for the death […]
SV Ried have retained the top spot in the Austrian Bundesliga.The team of Paul Gludovatz beat Magna Wiener Neustadt 2-0 at home on Saturday while second-placed Sturm Graz only reached a goalless draw against struggling title holders Red Bull Salzburg yesterday (Sun).The Bulls are in sixth after just five victories so far this season. Rapid […]
Up to one out of three deaths in Upper Austrian are down to a sepsis, a leading doctor has claimed.Walter Hasibeder of the Barmherzige Schwestern Clinic in Ried im Innkreis said today (Weds) the cause of between every fifth to every third fatality was the inflammatory syndrome.Hasibeder stressed that the medical condition was often diagnosed […]
Police have said an errant shot during a pheasant hunt could have caused a technical failure in railway operations.Officials in Fehring, Styria, said today (Mon) they had investigated the local railway lines guarded barriers after a breakdown over the weekend. They said a switchbox went out of order due to what seems to be a […]
A 34-year-old Hungarian trying to flog fake U2 tickets has been arrested.Officials in Salzburg said today (Thurs) the man was travelling to Munich by train yesterday where the Irish rock giants appeared last night.His belongings were checked when police found out that he was banned from staying in Austria due to his criminal record.Officers discovered […]
The BBC is to visit Austria in a battery-operated car as part of an online web-documentary.Producer Kevin Dawson, said: “The premise is simple – we want to look at the emergence of battery cars. We’ll investigate the technology, the infrastructure and political will behind the growth of the battery-vehicle culture.”By embarking on this ambitious journey […]
Some of Europes best brass bands will perform at this weekends Blasmusikfestival Vienna.Organisers of the festival which first took place in 1980 said today (Mon) highlight of events this Friday and Saturday will be a march from Helden Square to City Hall Square on Saturday (3pm) in which 1,800 musicians will take place […]