Rats take up residence in Schönbrunn

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 By Rebecca Musgrave Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, will open a new rat house on Sunday. A variety of the creatures will be on display at the zoo, hoping to improve their image as merely pests and unhygienic rodents. Visitors will be able to meet Rolf Rüdiger, the most famous rat in Austria and organiser […]

Canadian crevasse fall kills Austrian

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An Austrian plunged to his death while taking a picture at a mountainous region in Canada, it has been announced.Leo Steiner jr. – a Salzburg-born ski instructor who shared his time between Leogang in his home province and Atlin in Britsh Columbia, Canada – plunged down a crevasse after its snow cover collapsed while he […]

IBM Austria gets new boss

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Tatjana Oppitz has been named new chairman of International Business Machines (IBM) Austria.The businesswoman has worked for the American technology company since 1989. She succeeds Leo Steiner who was assigned by IBM North East Europe, it was announced today (Fri). Steiner was the firm’s CEO for four years.It was also announced that Christian Keller will […]

Skydiver changes flights in spectacular manner

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Daredevil skydiver Paul Steiner pulled off a breathtaking stunt as he somersaulted from one glider to another 2,000 metres in the air.The Salzburg-based extreme sports athlete first crawled from the cockpit of one Blanik L-13 glider above the Styrian Alps, before flipping himself under the wing to land on the second aircraft flying below.Steiner – […]