Hotels in Linz were identified as the most expensive among Austrias five largest cities.Hotel price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) found today (Mon) that a standard double room in the Upper Austrian capital currently costs an average 138 Euros significantly more than what hotels in Innsbruck (116 Euros) and Graz (101 Euros) are charging.Hotels in […]
Infamous veteran playboy Richard Lugner has defended his plans to invite the teenager at the heart of a scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to the Vienna Opera Ball.Lugner, 78, announced today (Mon) that his in negotiations with the representatives of erotic dancer Karima El Mahrough better known by her stage name Ruby […]
Rapid Viennas bid to win the league a 33rd time has suffered a further setback.The team of Peter Pacult is already nine points behind leaders SV Ried after failing to beat title holders Red Bull Salzburg yesterday (Sun). Ex-Rapid striker Roman Wallner found the net for the Bulls in the 35th minute before Rapid defender […]
Strabag SE chief Hans Peter Haselsteiner is optimistic despite a decline in building activity.Haselsteiner said today (Mon) that his Vienna-based construction company carried out assignments worth 12.78 billion Euros last year, down by 1.9 per cent compared to 2009.He said: “We will be able to increase our performance by five per cent to 13.5 billion […]
A new theatre production focuses on the many ups and downs of the life of legendary boxing champ Hans Orsolics.Orsolics became European light welterweight Champion aged just 20 in 1967. The Vienna-born won 42 of his overall 53 fights before falling into financial debt and becoming addicted to alcohol.Orsolics got his life back on track […]
State prosecutors have submitted a bill of indictment over a murder in which a student stabbed his ex-girlfriend 200 times.Prosecutors in Vienna said yesterday (Thurs) they will ask judges to detain Philipp K. in an institution for deranged criminals. The 22-year-old is accused of killing his former girlfriend Stefanie P. by stabbing her around 200 […]
Up to four out of 10 teens may have experienced bullying on the internet in some way, an expert has warned.University of Vienna project assistant Margarita Köhl said today (Thurs) various recent studies suggest that 20 to 40 per cent of Austrian children and teenagers have made experiences with so-called cyber bullying. Köhl pointed out […]
Movie icon Bo Derek “will be unable to attend” the Vienna Opera Ball, her spokeswoman has declared.The 54-year-old US film star was asked by Austrian businessman Richard Lugner, 78, to accompany him to the VIP event set to take place at the State Opera in Vienna on 3 March. The veteran playboy admitted earlier this […]
The number of burglaries in Vienna is on the rise again, according to a report.The daily Kronen Zeitung newspaper cites a secret police document which shows that eight per cent more houses were broken into in the city in the final three months of last year compared to the same time span of 2009.Police in […]
Italian giants AC Milan have set their sights on a 15-year-old Austrian, it has been claimed.Sports press in Vienna reported today (Weds) that David Domej was invited to spend a weekend in Milan to have a look around the training and living facilities with his family by bosses of the Serie A leaders.AC Milan managers […]