The Japanese Freestyle Motocross driver Eigo Sato died a few days after his performance at the event “Masters of Dirt” in the Vienna City Hall. Although the details of his death have not been revealed, unofficial reports state that Mr Sato had an accident when attempting a backflip on his motorbike. He is said to […]
The Danube wine region in Lower Austria has won an international award. An American wine magazine wrote an article about the ten best wine travel destinations. The Austrian wine region won second place. It could even overtake renowned wine growing areas such as Italy, Portugal or South Africa. The wine area Rioja in Spain came […]
The launch of the hearing of Karl-Heinz Grasser, the former Minister of Finance, against the Republic of Austria has been postponed. Mr Grasser is suing the prosecutors as they launched a press release regarding searches at his house. Mr Grasser claims that the civil charges are an infringement of his personal rights and constitute damage […]
The Salzburger Hof in Zell am See in Salzburg State has been voted Austria’s hotel of the year . The testers from Gault Millau praised the five-star hotel for its facilities and also the quality of service. Guests are always welcome and personally by the senior manager Gisela Holleis and she’s also on hand as […]
One of the representatives for Austria in the Olympic Games in London this summer will be the Judoka Ludwig Paischer. However, the Olympic Games are not new to him, he already participated twice – in Athens in 2004, where he failed in the first round, and in Beijing in 2008, where he won a silver […]
Austrian postal services company Post AG has managed to increase its turnover and earnings. The partly state-owned firm said yesterday (Weds) it achieved a turnover of 605.7 million Euros in the first quarter, six per cent more than in the same period of 2011. Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed by 14.4 per cent […]
A Porsche 911 belonging to Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is to go under the hammer in Vienna, Austria, next month (June 2). The 1979 pearlescent turquoise Turbo model – bought brand new just four years after Gates set up his fledgling software business in 1975 – is expected to sell for up to 50,000 Euros […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) tickets could be more expensive later this year. ÖBB CEO Christian Kern refused to rule out price hikes yesterday (Thurs). Kern pointed out that ÖBB did not up passenger tickets in the past four years. “We are not a charity organisation,” he said. Kern underlined that a further improvement of services was […]
FIMBAG boss Klaus Liebscher has admitted uncertainties regarding whether the state will ever again see any of its Volksbank AG (ÖVAG) participation capital. Liebscher told radio station Ö1 today (Thurs) it was impossible to make a definitive statement regarding the issue. He admitted that it was unlikely that the more than one billion Euros would […]
The Austrian state auditor has criticised the sharp increase in the cost of teachers in lower Austria. It said that with the teaching costs for compulsory schools alone the increase was around 21 percent. The report on teaching staff costs has now been presented to the regional government. According to the report the region has […]