Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has questioned his surfing capabilities. The athletic actor told Austrian showbiz magazine Live today (Fri): “I had little time to go surfing recently. First, I took two years off to spend all my time with my family. Then I did three movies in a row. “I’m not a good surfer anyway […]
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Josef Fritzl planned to kill his daughter and their incest children in acid so he could “rest in his old age”, a former cellmate has revealed.Patrick Jakob, who shared a cell in St. Pölten prison with Fritzl before the 75-year-old was transferred to Stein jail in Krems, said today (Fri) that Fritzl had revealed to […]
Would-be robbers fled in horror when their tobacconist victim began clubbing them with a bludgeon.Police in Vienna-Brigittenau said today (Fri) the 40-year-old woman grabbed the wooden stick she kept behind the counter for self protection when the duo entered the her shop.Officials said the men described by the newsagent as aged between 20 and […]
Austrians save more money than EU average
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Austrians save more than the European average, new figures show.Federal statistics agency Statistik Austria said yesterday (Weds) Austrians put eleven per cent of their incomes into saving accounts last year while the average European Union (EU) rate was 5.5 per cent. And 8.3 per cent of incomes in the Eurozone the 16 European […]
The country’s first driving school for disabled people has opened in Upper Austria.Catholic charity Caritas, which manages the driving school in Leonding near provincial capital Linz, said today (Fri) people with physical disabilities and people with learning difficulties could take driving lessons at the institution.Caritas official Mathias Mühlberger explained: “Getting a drivers licence is often […]
The Austrian national football team say it is on its way to regaining some self esteem after beating Denmark 2-1 last night (Weds).Red Bull Salzburg striker Roman Wallner, who scored Austrias second goal (37), said: “This victory was important despite being just a friendly. But we should not overestimate it.”Red Bulls Franz Schiemer scored the […]