A high-ranking official is suspected of channelling large sums into leisure associations run by his wife.In a reaction to reports in the Austrian press, a spokeswoman for Peoples Party (ÖVP) Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner said the embezzled European Union (EU) subsidies were “significantly lower than one million Euros”.The accused official has been suspended as prosecutors […]
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TV icon Peter Alexander dies aged 84
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Peter Alexander, one of the greatest entertainers in German-speaking Europe, died at the age of 84 in Vienna at the weekend.The Austrian singer and actor passed away on Saturday, his spokeswoman Erika Swatosch said yesterday (Sun).Alexander born Peter Alexander Neumayer starred in more than 50 films and hosted dozens of TV shows. He […]
Animal activists are up in arms over a Viennese performance artists announcement to jump into a basin of fledglings.Artist Renfah said today (Fri) he planned to hurl himself into a glass container of 10,000 male chicks which would be turned into food immediately after birth at his studio in Wieden district next Wednesday (8 September).A […]