Having booked over 90 shows this year, the band Worldly Savages are embarking upon their third European tour where they will stop off in Vienna for a night of “contagious folk punk energy”. The group who describe themselves as “Contagious Folk-Punk Energy with Ethno Music Spiciness” will perform at the city’s music venue Reigen on […]
Serbia have won the EuroVolley 2011. The volleyball national team are European champions for a second time after their triumph in 2001. Serbia beat Italy 3-1 in yesterday’s (Sun) final of the tournament in Vienna’s Stadthalle. Igor Kolakovic the manager of the Serbian national team, said: “No one believed in us, not even our own […]
A former army general suspected of war crimes in the Bosnian War has been put in custody in Austria.The federal interior ministry announced today (Fri) that Jovan Divjak was arrested at Vienna International Airport (VIA) yesterday evening. The ministry said the 74-year-old was put in custody on the orders of a court in Korneuburg. Judges […]
A group of Palestinian refugees detained in Romania said they were trying to reach Austria.Romanian border police put the five men aged between 23 and 25 into custody after they illegally crossed the border into Serbia near Jimbolia on Wednesday evening.Officials told the Romanian Times newspaper that the group planned to travel to Austria to […]
No one was injured when a bus collided with a tram in Vienna yesterday (Tues).Viennese newspapers report today that a bus crashed into a tram in the citys Ottakring district around midday.None of the vehicles dozens of passengers were harmed in the accident which caused long tailbacks.One of the worst traffic accidents that occurred in […]
A Romanian criminal tried to lock a prison warden in his own cell in a failed bid to escape on Monday night.One warden in a jail in Vienna-Mariahilf opened Liviu B.s cell after the 22-year-old claimed he needed to go to the toilet.The man in custody after he was caught driving a stolen car […]
Bosnia-Herzegovina is the number one exporter of barbeque coal to Austria, it has been reported.Statistik Austria said today (Tues) Austrian firms ordered most BBQ coals from the country, followed by Serbia and Germany last year.The state agency added coal imported from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia was worth an overall two million Euro.Other countries only have a […]
German 1990 World Cup winner Andreas Brehme has praised his countrys performance against Australia in the 2010 World Cup.The 49-year-old retired defender said: “Germanys performance (in the 4-0 win over Australia) was certainly the strongest seen in the tournament so far.”Speaking about todays (Fri) clash against Serbia, he told Austrian online sports newspaper: “I cannot […]
Skiing legend Hermann Maier and football hero Herbert Prohaska tip on Argentina to win the Football World Cup.Two-time Olympic gold medallist Maier, who announced his retirement in October, said today (Thurs) he expected the team managed by Diego Maradona to win the tournament which will be kicked off by a big ceremony tonight.The 38-year-old – […]
Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger has called for an end to “EU enlargement fatigue”.”The economic crisis should not be an excuse for enlargement fatigue,” he said today (Weds), adding that closer relations between states in the western Balkans and the European Union were in “Austrias own interest.”He called on the European Union […]