A Carinthian has been awarded the best barkeeper in the world.Mario Hofferer, who runs two bars and a catering company in his hometown Klagenfurt, won the “Classic” competition in the 2010 edition of the event which took place in Singapore.The International Bartender Association (IBA) announced today (Tues) the 27-year-old two-time Austrian bartending champion finished ahead […]
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Wolves say Maierhofer is for sale
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National team star Stefan Maierhofer is expected to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead of the upcoming season after coach Mick McCarthy revealed there is interest in the striker from other clubs.The former Ireland manager said today (Weds): “Stefan is for sale. ( ) I tell the players if they can go and then I guess they tell […]
Surgeons at the AKH clinic in Linz managed to reattach a 60-year-old forestry workers lower arm in a marathon operation.Leopold M. from Luftenberg in the Upper Austrian district of Perg was rushed to the hospital after his right arm got entangled in the rotating circular saw on Tuesday. Colleagues put the chopped off lower arm […]
Speculations that Rapid Vienna will have to let their two best strikers go have intensified after the club announced the signing of a young talent.The clubs executive director Alfred Hörtnagl said today (Tues) Austrian Under-21s national team ace Atdhe Nuhiu will join Rapid for next season from league rivals SV Ried. Nuhiu, who is 197 […]
WIFO says industry will do well in Q2
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Austrias economy will recover in the second quarter of this year, a leading think tank has predicted today (Thurs).Vienna-based Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) said the countrys industrial branchs engagement will soar by three per cent to 79 per cent compared to the first three months of 2010.WIFO said engagement will continue to increase. “The […]