The listed oil producing company OMV increased its revenue in the first quarter of 2013 by 4 percent to 10.8 billion Euros compared to the same quarter of last year. The company not only managed to increase the revenue but also the net surplus by 52 percent to 951 million Euros. However, the surplus before […]
A man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman on an underground line during rush hour in the Austrian capital has been arrested in Graz, Styria. The 25-year-old man from Vorarlberg was recognised at a tram stop by an eyewitness and then arrested and detained in Graz. The young woman boarded the train at the underground […]
Environmental campaigners are hailing a victory after local officials in Carinthia agreed to a complete stop on further building around the lakeside at the Wörthersee. After decades of uninterrupted expansion of buildings with jetties and concrete steps leading into the water there is now a situation where more than half of the lakeside has been […]
Dozens of TV sets have been stolen from a lorry in Lower Austria on Tuesday night, it was announced today (Fri).Police said 30 flat screen TVs worth around 850 Euros each disappeared from a Hungarian truck while it was parked at a motorway rest stop on the A1 western highway near Völlerndorf. Officers […]