Health Minister Alois Stöger has presented an initiative aimed at tackling young Austrians’ unfavourable nutrition habits. The Social Democrat (SPÖ) announced yesterday (Weds) school canteen managers will be provided with free brochures and further guidelines on how to provide a healthy and balanced range of snacks and drinks to kids. Around one in 10 Austrian […]
Parents of first-formers are bracing themselves to spend hundreds of Euros in the coming weeks, a poll has shown. Public opinion agency Integral announced today (Weds) people whose kids started school next month were expecting to fork out 400 Euros on various goods such as writing utensils and schoolbags. The agency pointed out that a […]
The trademark drink of Austria’s most powerful brand in the world may soon be banned in a region of Russia, one of the strongest economies in the world. Moscow newspapers report today (Weds) that the State Duma, the country’s federal parliament, has begun discussing a prohibition of sales of Red Bull and other caffeine-based drinks […]
A 10-year-old girl suffered multiple fractures when she was hit by a cab.The child ran onto the street after school in Viennas Ottakring district yesterday (Weds). A taxi driver failed to stop in time and knocked her down. The man said he was unable to react sooner since she suddenly emerged between parked cars.The primary […]
Writers are outraged by news that Viennas libraries plan to get rid of hundreds of thousands of books.The IG Autoren, a group of authors, said in an open letter published today (Fri) it feared that the libraries will ban less popular works “which do not match the mainstream of the bestseller literature business.”A spokesman for […]
A Styrian company specialised in solar energy generation has received assignments worth 17.4 million Euros overall from businesses and town halls overseas.Graz-based Solid GmbH said today (Fri) it will install solar-powered heating and cooling systems at a school, a hotel and seven prisons in the US state of Arizona.It is not the first time for […]
Strong winds have caused substantial damage to a school in Vienna.A 50-square-metre panel of a primary schools flat roof was stripped off yesterday (Mon), police in Floridsdorf district said today. No one was injured when small fragments of the cover fell onto a nearby playground.Repair works are expected to take some more days.
More than three in 10 men say garnering information online is “more fun” than reading books.Linz-based pollster Market found that 35 per cent enjoy bringing themselves up-to-date on the internet more than reading a book. The agency said those men also said reading the news online was “more fun” than reading books. Only 23 per […]
Many young Austrians feel a strong pressure in school or at work, a survey has revealed.Pollsters GfK Austria said 40 per cent of Austrians aged between 12 and 24 claimed being confronted with an “immense pressure to perform” in school or at work.Around a third of those polled also said their financial situation causes them […]
The number of people living on the streets of Vienna is on the rise, a humanitarian aid expert has announced.Caritas Vienna head Michael Landau said today (Mon) that he expected more homeless people than ever before to be seeking help this winter.Landau explained that around 2,600 homeless people got in touch with Caritas workers at […]