Austrian chefs have been listed among the worst in Europe in a new survey.Chefs working at restaurants and hotels in the Alpine country only garnered three per cent of the votes handed in by 10,500 participants in the poll by internationally operating travel ratings platform Zoover.Only British, Swedish and Portuguese cooks did worse, while Italians […]
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Vorarlberg confident of spending power
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Residents of Vorarlberg are putting more trust in their own spending power than last year, according to new research.Dornbirn-based agency Team a5 found that 64 per cent of interviewed people rated the spending power of people living in the province as “good” or “excellent”, up by 16 per cent year on year. The study also […]
A 37-year-old Hungarian has been arrested after police found 500 packets of cigarettes worth 40,000 Euros stashed in his car last night (Tues).A spokesman for Austrian motorway police forces said today (Weds) the man who didnt have a valid driving licence was stopped on the A1 western motorway near the Eberstalzell exit in Upper Austria.This […]
Austrian single women want babies
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Seven in ten single Austrian women aged around 30 want children, a survey has shown.Online partner agency Parship, who questioned 611 of its registered members, said today (Weds) 70 per cent of single women around the age of 30 said they want to have children of their own. The survey however also showed that only […]
Peoples Party (ÖVP) Science Minister Beatrix Karl may have to brace for harsh opposition by student protesters after revealing plans to set up admission tests for popular university courses today (Thurs).Thousands of students have joined occupations of auditoriums at several Austria universities and street marches over the past few months to make the public aware […]
More than two thirds of Austrians back so-called study fees and admission tests at the countrys universities and other higher educational institutions, a new poll has shown.Public opinion research agency Market said today (Weds) 68 per cent of the 704 Austrians aged 15 and older who had been polled had said they were in favour […]
By William GreenLowering motorway speed limits will cut pollution, a new study has claimed.A speed limit of 100 kilometres an hour on motorways significantly reduces fine-dust pollution, a study by Graz Technical University has concluded.The newspapers Kleine Zeitung and Kronen Zeitung reported today (Thurs) that the study had shown that periods of lower speed limits […]