Manchester United have signalised interest in David Alaba. German sport newspapers reported yesterday (Tues) that the Premiership team want to sign the Austrian national team star. Bayern Munich are not expected to let Alaba go. Speculations about a possible transfer to England follow claims that FC Barcelona want to snatch up the 19-year-old former FK […]
Bayern Munich ace David Alaba is optimistic regarding his team’s chances of reaching the UEFA Champions League final. The Austrian national team star said after last night’s (Tues) 2-1 win against Real Madrid in the first leg of the semi final that Bayern were well prepared and knew what to expect from the Primera Division […]
Black Wings Linz boss Rob Daum is determined that his team will prevail in the EBEL Hockey League’s semi final. Daum, whose squad is set to clash with Ljubljana in the best of seven series, said today (Tues): “We got tailwind after defeating Vienna Capitals. We should enjoy whatever is yet to come this season.” […]
The number of hiking and climbing fatalities in an Austrian tourism hotspot has soared. Rescue officials in the province of Tyrol announced today (Tues) that 13 people had lost their lives in the region’s mountains so far this year. They pointed out that just four people had died in the same time span of 2010. […]
An elderly woman was freed by firemen using special cutting equipment after getting stuck in her bathroom.The 70-year-old called for help when her arm got entangled in the sliding door of her cubicle shower yesterday (Tues), police in Viennas Leopoldstadt district said.She was freed unharmed after a neighbour called the local fire brigade.
Police arrested two men suspected of channelling banknotes into manipulative devices at cash machines.The duo allegedly set up thin metal plates at cash machines at a cash terminal in Laaben in Lower Austria where they were arrested yesterday (Tues) to get hold of cash withdrawn by bank customers.It is unclear how much money […]
A hapless robber fled empty-handed when a betting shop clerk fled into a back room.The masked man asked the employee to hand over all of the days takings in the hold-up yesterday (Tues), officials in Vienna-Margareten said today. The man behind the counter dashed into a room in the back of the betting office to […]
Dozens of employees fear losing their jobs as a Carinthian wood industry business filed for bankruptcy.St. Veit an der Glan-based Vito asked a court in Klagenfurt to start controlled insolvency procedures today (Tues), according to the Creditors Protection Association of 1870 (KSV). KSV said Vitos debts range around 5.2 million Euros. The association also announced […]
A former TV star from Romania is in intensive care after undergoing surgery at a clinic in Vienna.Ex-TV presenter Teo Trandafir who is a member of the Democratic Liberal Party in the federal parliament in Bucharest needed an operation for an acute pancreatic disease. She is under surveillance at the AKH Hospitals intensive […]
A 23-year-old Romanian faces legal consequences for driving his car into an Alpine authority official.The 67-year-old Austrian ordered the young man to stop as he was travelling on a cycling path outside Inzing near Innsbruck in Tyrol on Sunday afternoon. The Romanian however hit his accelerator, knocked the man down and drove off.He was tracked […]