Two sentenced as customer drinks caustic detergent

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Bakery staff were given suspended sentences yesterday (Weds) after they sold a bottle of mineral water filled with detergent last year.David D. is still recovering from taking one gulp from the bottle he bought at the shop in Grafenschachen in Burgenland’s Oberwart district last November.The bakery’s 40-year-old boss told judges at Eisenstadt’s provincial court that […]

Blue Tomato to open Vienna flagship store

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Business

Snowboard, surfing equipment and clothing chain Blue Tomato will open a 1,000-square-metre flagship store in Vienna this autumn.Company officials announced today (Weds) that renovation of a former Niedermeyer store on Neubaugasse in the city’s Neubau district had already begun. The plan was to open the new shop in September, they added.The Styrian firm plans to […]

Rhinoceros iguana worth €5,000 stolen in Graz

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A thief stole a rhinoceros iguana worth 5,000 Euros Monday night from a store in Graz, police said.The man broke into the shop through a window between 6:45pm on Monday and 8:20am on Tuesday. Nothing else was missing from the store.Police said they suspected “a reptile enthusiast”.