Morgenstern dumps partner and 3 month old baby for affair with massage therapist

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The Austrian ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern split up with his girlfriend Kristina after a ten-year relationship and three months after the birth of their daughter. He went to Hawaii with his new lover. It seems like Thomas Morgenstern has jumped once again – away from his problems to relax by the sea. The 25-year-old estate […]

Facebook wall post cost teenager her job

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Waitress Stephanie Panner, 19, is taking her employer to court after she was fired when another colleague posted a critical comment about their employer on her Facebook wall. The waiter had posted a comment on Stephanie’s page when she was not even on the social networking site and never saw the message before getting a […]

Danish kidnap dad evades police across Europe

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The Danish man who together with an accomplice kidnapped his son by force from his ex-wife in Austria and then managed to evade an international arrest warrant as he fled over 1,000 miles back to Denmark is unlikely to have to hand the boy back. Dane Thomas Sörensen had used an accomplice to pin down […]

Intercell names new CEO

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Business

Struggling vaccine developer Intercell AG has presented a new company chief.The Vienna-based research firm said today (Thurs) board member Thomas Lingelbach will take over as CEO next Tuesday (10 May). Current head Gerd Zettlmeissl will leave the company “to pursue other personal and professional interests,” Intercell added.Lingelbach has been the company’s COO since 2006. He […]

Ex-First Lady dies of cancer

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Politics

Former First Lady Edith Klestil has passed away.The ex-wife of late President Thomas Klestil died last week, Viennese newspapers reported today (Mon). The 78-year-old mother-of-three had suffered from cancer of the lymph glands since 2006.Edith Klestil moved out of the presidential villa in Vienna-Döbling in 1994 before filing for divorce four years later. Thomas Klestil […]

FC Dallas snare Villar

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Former Austria Salzburg star Ricardo Villar has joined FC Dallas.Schellas Hyndman, manager of the Major League Soccer (MLS) side, announced today (Thurs): “We’re very happy to have Ricardo as a part of FC Dallas. He’s a player that comes in with great experience, having played in Germany and Austria.”The FC Dallas boss praised the 31-year-old– […]

Lauda presents new sponsor among anti-gay dancing dispute

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Business

Niki Lauda has found a new “head sponsor”.The three-time Formula One (F1) champion almost died when his Ferrari caught fire at the Nürburgring racing course in Germany in 1976. “I didn’t want people looking at the black, burnt skin,” he explained when being asked why he decided to don a baseball cap. The businessman, who […]

Austria-bound Hannover 96 opt for anti-FSME jabs

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Hannover 96 coach Mirko Slomka said today (Mon) all squad members will be vaccinated against FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) as the team hold a pre-season training camp in Austria.Slomka explained he decided to get all players vaccinated ahead of the eight-day-long camp taking place in Bad Radkersburg, Styria, from 19 July as many runs through forests […]