An elderly Upper Austrian died after he fell off a ladder picking apples yesterday afternoon (Weds).Officials in Pettenbach announced today that the 83-year-old man’s body was found lying next to the collapsed ladder which was set up on an sloping pasture – by his son. He suffered a broken neck.A local doctor could only […]
A pensioner has died after he slipped while spending a penny close to a riverbank.Police in Peggau, Styria, said today (Tues) the 68-year-old had probably lost his balance while relieving himself on top of an embankment at the local Hammerbach creek.The mans body was discovered floating in the 40-centimetre deep water by a pedestrian last […]
Ten per cent of Austrians struggle to make ends meet, according to a new survey.Pollsters IFES and SORA who carried out the study for the Upper Austrian Labour Chamber (AKOÖ) announced today (Fri) that one in 10 Austrians (350,000) said they were unable to get along on what they earned. The agencies stressed […]
Magna founder Frank Stronach has claimed his decision to withdraw from day to day decision-making will not have unpleasant effects on his home provinces “car cluster”.The 77-year-old businessman recently decided to accept a multi-million payout for losing his voting rights at the Austrian-Canadian car parts maker.Stronach reportedly received around 800 million Euros after accepting his […]
Telekom Austria (TA) is engaged in a bidding war for Serb telecommunications firm Telekom Srbija, according to reports.Belgrade daily Politika claims today (Fri) that the Austrian market leader has interest in taking a 50 per cent stake in the company from the Serb government. The report also has it that Germanys Deutschen Telekom, Egyptian firm […]
The Vienna-based Austrian Times Group has today launched two regional editions covering Salzburg and Vienna. Austrian Times general manager David Rogers said: “The two local newspapers will carry many extra stories from Salzburg and Vienna respectively in English – in addition to anything relevant from our main newspaper – and it is hoped they will […]
Famed rock singer Joe Cocker will perform in Vienna in November, it was confirmed today (Fri).The 66-year-old Sheffield-born star is set to hit the stage at the citys 12,000-capacity Stadthalle on 17 November, according to Britishrock.cc.Cocker rose to fame in the 1960s and has toured and released albums ever since. “With a little help from […]
An Upper Austrian pensioner was hospitalised with smoke poisoning after an exploding battery from an electric bike caused a massive blaze in his flat yesterday (Weds).The man, 73, tried to fight the fire with blankets himself before firemen called in by a neighbour dragged him to safety. He passed out minutes later.Fire-fighters in […]
Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong visited Austria last week to take part in a TV chat show aired tonight (Thurs), it emerged.Private broadcaster ServusTV revealed only today that Armstrong the first man on the moon took an invitation to a special edition of the “Talk im Hangar-7” show produced at Salzburg Airport to mark […]
A railway employee lost a leg when he was run over by a slow-moving train in Carinthia yesterday (Weds).The 52-year-old from St. Veit an der Glan was engaged in repair and maintenance work at a Weißenstein chemistry firms railway system when he failed to observe an oncoming train.Christoph Posch, a spokesman for Federal Railways ÖBB, […]