The tax proceedings of the extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner are still underway. Mr Baumgartner told the Austria Press Agency that he asked the Independent Finance Senate (UFS) to resolve his case. Mr Baumgartner has recently told the newspaper “Kronen Zeitung” that the Ministry of Finance denied his tax-saving status as part of an external audit. […]
The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner has lived in Arbon, Switzerland, for a year. Despite a long waiting list, he has already received a place to park his boat. Nothing is impossible for Felix Baumgartner (43): he was the first human to break the sound barrier when he jumped from the stratosphere. Rita Fischer of […]
A Styrian triathlete has been fined nearly 200 Euros for speeding. The athlete went 63 kilometres per hour (kph) on his bicycle during a training session in Illmitz, Burgenland. He revealed today (Weds) police ordered him to cough up 193 Euros for ignoring the 50 kph limit, overtaking slower cars and failing to pull over […]
Olympic champion Andrea Fischbacher has been awarded Salzburgs Sportswoman of 2010 award.The skier who claimed the gold medal in the Super-G competition of last years Vancouver Olympic Games was honoured in a ceremony attended by hundreds of fans, businesspeople, politicians and artists at Salzburg Airport yesterday evening (Thurs). She was also awarded the […]