A young Styrian faces embezzlement charges for spending thousands of Euros of his schoolmates savings for their upcoming graduation ball.Colleagues reported the 18-year-old to police after finding out that he spent around 3,500 Euros of money collected by them to finance their upcoming prom (Maturaball).Police in Liezen said today (Weds) 87 students in their final […]
Red Bull has decided to switch to other beverages at this weekends Formula One (F1) Grand Prix of Yeongam as the companys trademark energy drink has not yet been introduced in South Korea.Red Bull Racing announced today (Fri) crew members and drivers Australian Mark Webber and German Sebastian Vettel will not be served […]
A court has overruled the expulsion of a student nurse who was kicked out after posing for a series of saucy photographs.Bosses at the nursing college in Leoben decided to expel blonde Ramona Galler after she was portrayed in lingerie by a famous photographer in April.Galler asked her schools board whether she could invite Manfred […]
More than 400 Austrian towns participated in the European Unions (EU) 2010 Car-Free Day today (Weds).Austrian officials said 435 towns and communities across the country organised various initiatives in a bid to raise awareness for eco-friendly commuting and reduce car traffic.The EU-wide Car-Free Day awakens memories of a law passed by the Austrian government in […]
Two teenagers have been accused of setting dozens of hay bales on fire yesterday (Thurs).Officials in Prinzersdorf in the province of Lower Austria said today no one was injured when the 70-odd bales of hay burnt away on a pasture outside the town.Around 40 fire-fighters were kept busy for hours putting out the blaze, they […]
Austria has seen a second case of a once male teacher set to return after the summer holidays to school as a woman.Viennese polytechnic college professor Walter S. infuriated some parents and colleagues by revealing last week he has undergone a sex change surgery recently. The federal education ministry however gave the green lights for […]
Social Democratic (SPÖ) Education Minister Claudia Schmied is in hot water for splashing out more than 350,000 Euros on ads in a Viennese tabloid in less than two years.A parliamentary request by Freedom Party (FPÖ) MP Walter Rosenkranz forced the education ministry to announce that it had spent 365,271.56 Euros on “information campaigns” in free […]
Austrian Social democratic (SPÖ) Education Minister Claudia Schmied has ruled out a reintroduction of school uniforms following a heated debate over the issue by German decision-makers.Schmied said today (Fri) there were no plans whatsoever to enforce students to wear unified clothing at schools across Austria.Former Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries […]
Right-wing opinion leaders are up in arms as just two of the 200-odd students at a Vienna school are Roman Catholics.Brigittenau district schools inspector Walter Gusterer said today (Weds) the plan was to now let the children join religious education classes in a nearby school.She explained that high administrational costs could not justify holding religious […]
Five teenage would-be muggers did a runner after their judo champion victim proved his skills when they tried taking his mobile.The gang fled as the boy, 15, punched one of the attackers in the face in the after-school incident in Graz yesterday (Weds).The unharmed teenager then went to the next police station to report the […]