Residents of Vorarlberg are putting more trust in their own spending power than last year, according to new research.Dornbirn-based agency Team a5 found that 64 per cent of interviewed people rated the spending power of people living in the province as “good” or “excellent”, up by 16 per cent year on year. The study also […]
A slight earthquake occurred in Vorarlberg this morning (Mon), according to meteorologists.Viennas Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) announced the quake occurred at the border between the western province and Liechtenstein at 4.50am.ZAMG said the eruption reached 1.7 on the Richter scale, adding that it did not expect any reports of damage.The incident comes around […]
Robert Hartlauer, head of eye wear and electronic goods specialist Hartlauer, has presented plans to open up to 30 new shops.Hartlauer said today (Tues) the firms concept is to increase its number of branches from the current 160 to between 180 and 190. A new shop opened in the Vorarlberg town of Rankweil only last […]
Police are investigating after a man was electrocuted while working at a transformer station in Vorarlberg this morning (Fri).The 24-year-old suffered burns to his arms when he started his tasks at a 220 kilovolt line at a substation in Werben. He was hospitalised in Dornbirn.Police have said they are looking into the accident since the […]
A teen joyrider faces charges for driving an unregistered car on a motorway in Vorarlberg.The 16-year-old boy from Wolfurt was stopped by traffic policemen on the A14 Rhine Valley Motorway last night (Weds/Thurs) after he ignored the 130 kilometre per hour (kph) speed limit.Officers found that the licence plate of the vehicle, considered as being […]
Jürgen Melzer could be up against five-time US Open champion Roger Federer in the round of the final 16 of the upcoming Grand Slam event, drawings have shown.The Lower Austrian faces Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of the 22.7-million-US dollar tournament. If Melzer who reached the 2010 French Open semi finals beats […]
A Vorarlberg man has admitted stealing thousands of Euros in coins from offertory boxes at churches in the province.The 26-year-old was caught red-handed at the St. Antonius chapel in Lustenau on Tuesday, police said today (Thurs).He admitted in police interviews having raided cash boxes in more than 170 churches in the province of Vorarlberg over […]
Yesterdays (Tues) grand opening of the 65th Bregenz Festival (Bregenzer Festspiele) was overshadowed by the death of a staffer.Event organisers announced today (Weds) that the technician probably suffered cardiac arrest shortly before the beginning of the ceremony.The man whose age and identity were not revealed suddenly collapsed and colleagues and paramedics were unable […]
A faulty brake conduit is to blame for a dramatic train crash in Vorarlberg, according to an expert commissions report.Rene Zumtobel, a spokesman for Federal Railways (ÖBB), said today (Fri) an investigation showed that the car-transporting cargo trains brake line had been defunct. He added that experts ruled out human error.Around half of the 320 […]
Austria suffered four places in the FIFA world ranking released today (Weds).The team, which has been coached by former Mainz 05 manager Dietmar Constantini for around one year, fell from 64th to 68th place.Brazil lead the ranking ahead of Euro2008 winners Spain who will arrive in the western Austrian province of Vorarlberg for a […]