Dozens of concerts and exhibits will be on in Styria over the next few weeks as part of the Regionale10 festival.Fifty-one communities in Liezen district take part in the second edition of the event featuring theatre performances, musical shows and art exhibitions under the motto “In der Mitte am Rand” (In the Centre At […]
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Combat dress student knifes father
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A 25-year-old deranged university student was arrested last night (Weds) after he tried to kill his father.The Vienna resident drove to Bad Gams, Styria, where his parents live to ambush his father wearing a camouflage-coloured combat uniform.Local police said today the physics student severely injured his 57-year-old father as he stabbed him in the back […]
Graz officials have said a jailed Bulgarian brothel owner is accused of organising a prostitution ring from behind bars.Prosecutors said today (Fri) the woman, 51, had over the last year and a half arranged for seven Bulgarian prostitutes aged between 20 and 29 to be sent to Austria.Investigators found the woman had made calls worth […]
A fighter jet was damaged during landing yesterday (Weds) as the runway was slippery after a heavy rainfall.Officials at the army base in Zeltweg, Styria, said today the Eurofighter pilot had to use the jets parachute to create a braking effect. Its bottom panel and engine were damaged in the landing procedure, they added.Austrian army […]
Video game thieves nabbed
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Two men and a woman who stole 105 video games from Metro stores have been arrested.The two men, aged 47 and 58, and the woman, 42, had used counterfeit or illegally obtained keys to open locked display cases at the stores and take the video games, worth 10,000 Euros, on 24 and 25 March in […]
A former police dog trainer claims he has a pack of hounds with noses so sensitive they can sniff out lung cancer in patients.Wolfgang Gleichweit from Zeltweg, Styria, said his animals could detect minute traces of gasses given off by tumours in their earliest stages and particles of cancer-inducing compounds like Benzene breathed out from […]
A German man who decided to go ski touring by himself died in an avalanche yesterday (Thurs) in Styrias Liezen district, police said.The man, 63, from Hirten, Germany, had gone to Styria for a winter holiday as a member of a group of 15 people. The others decided to go skiing yesterday, but he opted […]