Oil industry equipment maker Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO) has taken over an Arabian rival, it has been announced.The global market leader, which is headquartered in Ternitz, said today (Mon) it had acquired a 100 per cent interest in Dubai-based Drilling Systems International Ltd. (DSI). A takeover price was not disclosed by the Lower Austrian […]
Peoples Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Maria Fekter said she “feels confirmed” by the public debate about Thilo Sarrazins new book.The former Deutsche Bundesbank executive board members bestseller “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (Germany Abolishes Itself) caused outcry with its theories about a possible connection between immigrants intelligence, crime rates and their will to integrate.Fekter has been […]
Vienna-based artist Petronilla Hohenwarter is travelling to Chicago this October to take part in the art project Artists Respond Globally (ARG).The project pairs artists in Chicago with international artists from South Africa, Malaysia, Brazil, Austria, Bulgaria, France and Germany, who then work together remotely. The project finishes with an exhibition in Chicago in October 2011.ARG […]
Priceless paintings by an iconic Austrian artist have resurfaced four months after being stolen, it has emerged.Viennese police confirmed today (Weds) that “Architectura Caelestis Monstranz” and “Der Gekreuzigte zwischen dem Versucher und dem Engel der Tröstung” by Vienna School of Fantastic Realism spearhead Ernst Fuchs were placed in the garden of a weekend lodge […]
Paul Scharner has been given the chance of a comeback for the Austrian national team.The midfielder who joined English Premiership side West Bromwich Albion (WBA) after five seasons at Wigan Athletic earlier this year has received a call-up by Austrian boss Dietmar Constantini for the upcoming Euro2012 qualifiers against Azerbaijan in Vienna on […]
Badly Drawn Boy will perform in Vienna later this year, it has been announced.Britishrock.cc reports today (Mon) that the Mercury Prize-awarded singer-songwriter will give a concert at the citys WUK on 16 November.The Bolton-based artist, whose real name is Damon Gough, won critical acclaim with his 2000 studio album “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”. The follow-up […]
Mirna Jukic, Austrias best swimmer of all time, has announced her retirement at the age of 24.Jukic announced at a party held for friends, family and sports press in Vienna last night (Thurs): “It was a beautiful time, but now its over.”With tears in her eyes, she stressed making the decision “was not easy”. Rumours […]
Around 6,000 immigrants have opened accounts at Erste Bank in the past three years following a groundbreaking project targeting foreigners.Peter Thier, a spokesman for the institute, said today (Fri): “Our pilot project worked so well that we decided to keep and expand it.”He explained five clerks speaking Serbian, Croatian and Turkish worked in branches in […]
Rapid Vienna star Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink may face legal action over a foul in a Bundesliga match earlier this week.Ex-Austrian national team midfielder Stefan Lexa suffered a ripped collateral ligament and a partly torn cruciate ligament in a tackle by the Dutchman in SV Rieds 3-1 victory over Rapid on Wednesday.Ried prosecutor Alois Ebner […]
B&H Airlines will offer flights between Banja Luka and Vienna from next month.The aviation company, which was founded as Air Bosna in 1994, announced today (Thurs) it will start offering two connections per week between Bosnia and Herzegovinas second largest city and the Austrian capital from 31 October.B&H Airlines added it also won the rights […]