Another underage teenager freed in red light raid

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Police in Klagenfurt arrested a 15-year-old Romanian girl who was a victim of forced prostitution after a series of raids on the red light scene in the city. Police said that the teenager had been forced into prostitution and was severely traumatised by her ordeal. But they said that the girl had managed to get […]

From Salzburg to the slums of Colombia

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A pensioner from Pongau in the Salzburg region is to be honoured on her 80th birthday in the province of her birth for her work over 60 years in Colombia in helping the poor and dispossessed. Margaretha Moises, who is originally from Bad Hofgastein (Pongau), was voted as Salzburger of the year in 2006 and […]

Birthday card arrives 17 years late

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An elderly Viennese woman received a greetings card 17 years late, it has been reported.Local newspapers reveal today (Mon) that the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus resident got the card – which was sent off by her brother Manfred in France in 1994 – last week.The resident of France congratulated his sister Anneliese to her 70th birthday and expressed […]

Official jailed for passing on drugs to sister

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A juridical official has been sentenced to prison for providing his addicted sister with confiscated drugs.Gerhard Z. was given a four-year jail term, while his sister Eva N. was sentenced to three years behind bars at court in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, yesterday (Thurs).The former Vienna Criminal Court deputy chief was suspended when he was caught […]

Paralysed smoker dies in flat blaze

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A paralysed man perished when a fire ripped through an apartment in Graz yesterday evening (Weds).Paramedics failed to resuscitate the 52-year-old man after firemen entered the burning flat in the Styrian city. A female neighbour and the wheelchair-bound man’s sister had to be hospitalised suffering from serious smoke intoxication. The women had tried to extinguish […]

Court official accused of passing on seized drugs

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A juridical official has been put in custody for providing his sister with confiscated drugs.Officials in Vienna said today (Tues) the man was arrested and suspended as deputy head of the city’s Criminal Court. Internal investigations were started after several kilograms of seized cocaine disappeared in recent months. The main suspect is accused of having […]

Girl survives balcony fall

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A three-year-old girl must have a guardian angel as she survived falling from a balcony yesterday (Weds).The child was clambering around on the balcony at the family home in Prutz, Tyrol, before she fell six metres on to a concreted area. She is being treated in a hospital in Innsbruck. Doctors refused to announce what […]

Fritzl still married, says sister-in-law

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Rosemarie Fritzl has refused to file for divorce from her pervert husband, according to her sister.Christine Ranner told Austrian daily Österreich yesterday (Sun) Josef Fritzl asked her in a recent letter correspondence to find out whether his wife would agree to get divorced.Ranner, 57, said Fritzl – who kept his own daughter as a personal […]

Life Ball scores with Becker

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Boris Becker will attend this year’s Life Ball, it was announced today (Thurs).Organisers of the HIV/AIDS awareness event – set to take place at Vienna City Hall on 17 July – said the German tennis legend and his wife Lilly will be among star guests.They added former US President Bill Clinton and “Sister Act” star […]

‘Desperate Housewife’ Longoria visits Vienna

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“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria visited Vienna yesterday (Thurs), a city centre jeweller confirmed today.A spokeswoman for posh jeweller Kornmesser said the actress attended the opening of the firm’s new store at the Graben last night.She explained that Longoria was a “friend of the company”.The 35-year-old American was among star guests of last year’s Vienna […]