A jobless teenager was arrested after shooting with his gun inside a tram in Vienna.Police in the capital announced today (Tues) David W. fired a shot into the ceiling of the line 5 tram wagon with his gas-powered sport gun on Sunday afternoon after having argued with other passengers for some time.The 18-year-old dashed out […]
Vienna city hall chiefs have promised to increase the number of checks on Fiaker horse carriage drivers after a Wallach horse died at a tourist hotspot in the heart of the capital.The six-year-old animal collapsed and perished at the Heldenplatz Square on Sunday just a stone’s throw from the Hofburg Palace which features the […]
A Viennese entrepreneur has revealed plans to launch legal action over the Austrian Sunday shopping ban.Richard Lugner, whose Lugner City shopping centre opened in 1990, said today (Tues) he had assigned a lawyer to file a complaint to the Federal Constitutional Court (VfGH) about current regulations.Federal law disallows shops of all kind to do business […]
All eyes are on Austrian designers creative output and international fashion at Viennas Museumsquartier (MQ) from today (Weds).Hip Austrian fashion labels like Gina Drewes and Kayiko will present their products, while international designers from dozens of countries across the world participate as well.The event is also a sales fair as current collections and accessories are […]
Belgium Team Quick Step withdrew Iljo Keisse from the Austria Tour after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) repealed his acquittal from doping.The Belgium cycling ace was found guilty of doping two years ago, but his countrys anti-doping agency overruled the ban.Now his team decided to take him out of the currently ongoing Austria […]
A Romanian survived a flight from Vienna to London by clinging on to the planes landing gear, according to reports.Newspapers report today (Tues) that the 20-year-old man “dropped frozen stiff from the fixed landing gear” of the United Arab Emirates State fleet aircraft after its landing at London-Heathrow on Sunday.The jumbo jet landed at […]
Lay Catholics have claimed the Pope is “ruining” a Church which is now a corrupt “sect”.Herbert Kohlmaier, the head of the Catholic lay initiative, today (Tues) launched a stinging attack on the Church following controversial comments by ultra-conservative Pastor Gerhard Maria Wagner over the Haiti earthquake which have caused public outrage.In an interview in Oberösterreichische […]