A spectacular panorama viewing platform the so-called Jubiläumswarte at the Gloriette in Eisenstadt in Burgenland was opened officially at the weekend. The new platform was built because the old one was no longer serviceable and needed to be replaced. The new 16-meter-high construction was put up in record time and is made entirely of wood, […]
Data protection watchdogs have given the go-ahead to take pictures of roads and house fronts across Austria for a controversial internet information service.The Austrian Data Protection Commission (DSK) announced yesterday (Thurs) that American IT firm Google was not banned any longer from taking panoramic views of Austrian towns and cities for its Street View portal. […]
A zoo worker has been fired after he was found growing cannabis in the rhino enclosure.Salzburg Hellbrunn Zoo director Sabine Grebner said today (Mon): “Its horrible! We never thought such a thing was possible. We are here for families and kids and we dont have anything to do with drugs.”Police said the 59-year-old rhinoceros […]
ORF bosses have banned a commercial praising a tank used by the Nazis as a “living legend”.Red-faced officials at the national broadcaster were pressed to act after hundreds of disgusted viewers called to complain about the TV ad screened last Monday offering a do-it-yourself model of the “Tiger” tank.The controversial clip by internationally […]