Fire fighters called to save a couple from drowning in a cesspool found a wild boar stuck in the mud. Firemen rushed to a farm in Thalheim near Wels in Upper Austria yesterday (Thurs) after a caller claimed the owners of the estate were about to die in a liquid manure tank. However, all the […]
Vienna has been found one of the most liveable cities in the world. The Austrian capital came second in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest check on around 140 cities in the world. Melbourne in Australia topped the list. Three Canadian cities – Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary – took the places behind Vienna. The top […]
A 56-year-old man from Carinthia succumbed to his head injuries sustained when he crashed into the back of a tractor.The motorist may have been speeding when he slammed into the agricultural vehicle which was going at walking pace on the B114 near Trieben in the Styrian district of Judenburg yesterday evening (Thurs).The farmer got away […]
Officials at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) said today (Fri) that they were aiming to appoint a successor of current chief Bernhard Felderer this autumn.The think tank revealed that 14 economists and business experts have applied for the post. The deadline for applications was last Tuesday.”A company-internal committee will meet to discuss the applications […]
The Austrian economy is continuing to recover from effects of the global downturn, new figures confirm.The Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), a Viennese think tank, said today (Tues) that the Austrian gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter of the same year.WIFO […]
ORF bosses have banned a commercial praising a tank used by the Nazis as a “living legend”.Red-faced officials at the national broadcaster were pressed to act after hundreds of disgusted viewers called to complain about the TV ad screened last Monday offering a do-it-yourself model of the “Tiger” tank.The controversial clip by internationally […]
Two people were injured when a compressed air tank exploded at a diving club in Vienna-Penzing yesterday (Tues).Authorities said today a divers right hand was shredded by the blast as he filled a compressed air tank with oxygen, adding that the man suffered serious injuries to his lower body as well.His eight-year-old grandson, who was […]
Bank Austria (BA) chief economist Stefan Bruckbauer said he expected Austrias industrial branch to grow “by at least four per cent” this year.Bruckbauer said today (Thurs) preliminary figures showed a record increase from foreign companies in demand for Austrian industrial firms products this month.”These developments confirm that Austrias industrial branch is to become a decisive […]