A German football team have ditched their plans to play a friendly against Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) to highlight their point of view regarding the engagement of companies in the sport.Hamburger SV (HSV) announced today (Weds) they decided not to meet the Austrian league champions as initially agreed upon in the run-up to the next […]
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Pole stabs girlfriend’s ex
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A Polish man has been arrested for stabbing his girlfriends former partner.The 32-year-old was put in custody after he knifed his love rival a 28-year-old compatriot in the stomach once in the hallway of a housing estate in Vienna-Meidling yesterday evening (Mon).The victim was hospitalised with injuries described as not life-threatening by doctors.
ATB braces for sky-high losses
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Struggling engine manufacturer ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB) has warned shareholders it could have suffered immense losses last year.The Vienna-based company which runs factories in the Austrian province of Styria, Germany, Great Britain and Serbia said yesterday (Thurs) its annual loss could be higher than half of its nominal capital. ATB added that […]
Skylink may be too small for AUA
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A controversial new terminal built at Vienna International Airport (VIA) will not be large enough to handle all Austrian Airlines (AUA) flights, according to a newspaper report.Building activities started in 2005 as it was the plan to put the main parts of the terminal called Skylink into operation ahead of the European Football Championship in […]
Salzburg hotels price hike exposed
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Hotels in Salzburg have jacked up their prices, new figures show.Research by holiday information and price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) shows today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart currently costs 122 Euros, up sharply by 20 Euros to the previous month.Tens of thousands of holidaymakers are coming […]
A man arrested when police searched houses in Vienna and Styria for banned neo-Nazi memorabilia earlier this week will remain in detention, it was announced today (Fri).The Criminal Court in Vienna announced the man whose identity has been withheld will be kept in detention for longer as investigations continue. He was arrested alongside […]
Construction industry giant Strabag SE has acquired a German hydraulic engineering expert.The Vienna-based firm said yesterday (Weds) it fully took over Ludwig Voss GmbH retroactively on 1 January 2011, adding that it was awaiting the green light from competition watchdogs. Strabag did not disclose the takeover price.Ludwig Voss is a family business specialised in water […]
Küssel custody prolonged
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Neo-Nazi scene figurehead Gottfried Küssel remains in detention, it has been announced.Juridical officials in Vienna where the fascist was arrested last Monday said today (Thurs) they have decided to keep Küssel in custody.Various documents and data storage devices were seized by special police units investigating against Austrias far-right circles when six properties in […]
VIA shattered by Arab unrest
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Vienna International Airports (VIA or VIE) performance has been affected by the uprisings in North Africa and the Arabian region.Flughafen Wien AG, the company managing Austrias busiest aerodrome, said today (Tues) the number of passengers to destinations in the Far and Middle East edged down by 0.5 per cent last month compared to March 2010 […]
Neo-Nazi ringleader nabbed in Vienna
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An infamous fascist has been put in custody as investigations against a disputed website continue.Gottfried Küssel was arrested yesterday evening (Mon), prosecutors confirmed this morning. The outspoken neo-Nazi is accused of cooperating with the people behind “Alpe-Donau”, a controversial discussion platform of neo-Nazis on the internet. The site was taken offline last month after state […]