AC/DC gig organisers accused of wrecking environment

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Wels police have begun investigating after animal activists reported organisers of a concert by AC/DC for their handling of the event.Josef Limberger, head of the Nature Protection Union of Upper Austria, said today (Thurs) trucks drove around on territory organisers agreed they would not enter to protect the habitat of rare plants and animals at […]

Gmundner Molkerei to shut Freistadt dairy

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Business

Upper Austrian dairy Gmundner Molkerei has said it will close a plant in Freistadt after acquiring it less than four years ago.Gmundner Molkerei head Michael Waidacher announced yesterday (Weds) the 400 deliverers and 15 staff working at the site in Freistadt have already been informed. He added all of them have been offered to work […]

Austria to contribute €6mn to Auschwitz renovation

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Politics

Austria is to give a six million-Euro subsidy towards the renovation of Auschwitz concentration camp memorial site in Poland, it was announced today (Tues).People’s Party (ÖVP) Finance Minister Josef Pröll said: “Our plan is to contribute around six million Euros. That’s the benchmark.”Pröll stressed this would be exactly a tenth of the amount of Germany’s […]