Stiegl has revealed ambitions to become a “sustainable” brewery in the coming years.The Salzburg-based enterprise said today (Thurs) it aimed to use waste materials of its production to generate energy at the facilities. Speaking to the Kurier newspaper, the brewery also presented plans to switch to solar electricity production at the site.Stiegl, which produces around […]
Doctors have warned of a year with a strong pollen pollution.Experts said at a conference in Vienna yesterday (Thurs) that the amount of pollen in the air could be twice as high in some areas in Austria this spring and summer than in 2009.The panel of doctors warned many people would underestimate allergies. They explained […]
A Romanian politician is to undergo pancreas surgery in Austria, it has been reported.Online newspaper Romanian Times reports today (Thurs) that Democratic Liberal Party MP Teo Trandafir needs to go under the knife at Viennas General Hospital (AKH).The 42-year-old MPs condition has worsened in the past days, according to the report. Trandafir a former […]
Viennese media have claimed there is much speculation surrounding the death of an ambassador at the age of just 42.Fuad Ismayilov – the Azerbaijani ambassador to Austria – died of cardiac failure, according to an official statement. His body will be transferred to Baku, the federal capital of the Eurasian country to be buried, according […]
Household appliance manufacturer Miele Austria has managed to improve its turnover for the third year in a row.Company boss Josef Vanicek said today (Thurs) that the firm – which is based in Wals near Salzburg – achieved a turnover of 190 million Euros in 2010. Vanicek said this was a seven per cent increase compared […]
A Styrian pensioner was beaten and chained up by a robber yesterday (Thurs), police in St. Margarethen an der Raab have said.The 75-year-old woman was in the bathroom of her house when a masked man suddenly appeared. The criminal, who did not say a word during the whole break-in, punched the woman in the face […]
An Upper Austrian woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for cutting down trees in her neighbours garden.The 28-year-old was in court in Ried im Innkreis yesterday (Thurs) for axing several spruces in her next-door neighbours back garden with a chainsaw last year. The actions were the final chapter in a bitter feud […]
People suffering from sleeping disorders face a high risk of having accidents, a scientist has warned.Graz-based scientist Manfred Walzl said today (Thurs) that people affected by insomnia and other sleeping disorders for a long period of time are 650 per cent more likely to be involved in all kinds of accidents during the daytime.”People who […]
A young man suffered several broken bones when he fell out of a second-floor window last night (Thurs/Fri).Roland P. opened the balcony door in the family home in Zwettl, Lower Austria, before falling over the handrail, police said today.The 21-year-old, who had never sleepwalked before, was found by his girlfriend who started looking for him […]
A 32-year-old Austrian is accused of having masterminded an internationally operating human-trafficking gang.Austrian police announced today (Thurs) that the man was arrested earlier this week. He is the main suspect in investigations into a prostitution business in Ibiza. Women from the Czech Republic, Germany and other countries were lured to the Spanish island.The Austrian and […]