A fourth of Austrians need better connection to public transport, the Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) reported today (Weds).Club expert Martin Blum said supply was not keeping up with demand and it was especially important to give the rail priority over roads.He added that 60 per cent of Austrians regularly used public transport, which accounted for […]
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Bundesliga thriller sold out
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Sundays Bundesliga face-off between league leaders Red Bull Salzburg and second-place Rapid Vienna was sold out as of this morning (Tues), Rapid bosses have announced.The match will be vice champions Rapids chance to overtake the “Bulls” in the table again. Peter Pacults team are currently three points down to the star-studded side coached by Dutchman […]
Blink-182 to rock Austria
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Reunited punk rock stars Blink-182 are set to perform in Austria later this year, it has emerged.Organisers of the “Two Days A Week” festival, taking place on 3 and 4 September in Wiesen, Burgenland, said today (Fri) the Californian trio will head the bill at the event while further acts will be confirmed shortly.The band, […]
British model Kiera Sunshine Chaplin will attend the event on 15 March at Viennas Museum Quarter at which the Vienna Awards for Fashion & Lifestyle will be announced, it emerged yesterday (Weds).Chaplin, the granddaughter of late actor Charlie Chaplin, will receive a Special Lifestyle Icon award at the event.Marjan Firouz, who is handling public relations […]
The Roman Catholic Vienna archdiocese has had an ombudsmen for sexual abuse of children since 1996, it revealed today (Weds).Erich Leitenberger, the press spokesman for the Vienna archdiocese, said psychotherapist and psychiatrist Johannes Wancata was the current ombudsman.Wancata said: “We are at the victims disposal. We take every suspicion seriously and are prepared to follow […]
Lohan payback sorted, Lugner claims
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“Mean Girls” star Lindsay Lohan is to be forced to pay back a speculated 200,000 Euro fee she took for attending the Vienna Opera Ball with a veteran playboy and then failed to turn up.The 23-year-old actress was due to be guest of honour at the posh Viennese bash, but was so late for the […]
The Austrian High Court (OGH) has confirmed Holocaust denier Gerd Honsiks conviction for spreading Nazi ideology.It emerged today (Tues) that the conviction had been confirmed in a private session several weeks ago.Vienna Appellate Court (OLG) will issue a ruling on 1 March on the question of whether his five-year sentence is long enough, OLG spokesman […]
Vienna opposition party leaders have attacked the ruling Social Democrats (SPÖ) after it emerged that the majority of residents taking part in a referendum back a 24-hour underground train service at the weekend.SPÖ Councillor Sandra Frauenberger announced today (Tues) around 54 per cent of people participating supported of an around the clock U-Bahn service on […]
Bundesliga match in doubt
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The Bundesliga match between Magna Wiener Neustadt and vice champions Rapid Vienna is in doubt because of the weather.Magna Wiener Neustadt vice president Ernst Neumann said today (Tues): “The pitch has been cleared of the snow three times over the past few days. But the soil is icy.”Neumann said he expected no positive change unless […]
A Croatian band famed for their Vienna concerts has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest tamburitza orchestra in the world.The “100 Tamburasa” orchestra features 100 of the most-prominent tamburitza players, Croatian Times reports.The orchestra is unique because the players and conductors sing the vocal parts of concerts. It performs in Croatia […]