The highest representatives of the Austrian Catholic Church gathered with Vatican officials to speak about a group of priests who declared themselves “disobedient”, it has emerged. The Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper revealed yesterday (Weds) that Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and two other members of the Conference of Austrian Bishops, went to Rome on Monday to […]
A soldier from Upper Austria who was seriously injured whilst on operation in Kosovo is to be flown home today (Weds). The KFOR (Kosovo Force) troops came under attack from Serbians in northern Kosovo during a demonstration on Monday afternoon. Boxed in by road blocks the soldiers, who were from Austria and Germany, were pelted […]
A Styrian triathlete has been fined nearly 200 Euros for speeding. The athlete went 63 kilometres per hour (kph) on his bicycle during a training session in Illmitz, Burgenland. He revealed today (Weds) police ordered him to cough up 193 Euros for ignoring the 50 kph limit, overtaking slower cars and failing to pull over […]
A 10-year-old kid had a lucky escape as she got away with just a few bruises when a car knocked her down in Vienna. The girl crossed the street at a pedestrian crossing against red yesterday afternoon (Weds), officials in the district of Margareten said today. She suffered serious bruises when a car – driven […]
A man confined to his wheelchair fell into a creek trying to avoid colliding with an oncoming cyclist. The 41-year-old man was dragged out of the water by witnesses of the incident yesterday (Weds), police in Niederndorf in Tyrol said today. Officials did not say anything about the severity of his injuries. The man – […]
An Upper Austrian doctor is accused of having molested a young patient. The man was arrested yesterday (Weds), local officials said today. They explained investigators became active after having received tip-offs accusing the medic of sexual abuse. Prosecutors in Wels announced that the general practitioner was accused of having produced pornographic images of children for […]
Police are investigating after horse-riding equipment worth tens of thousands of Euros had been stolen from a shop in Lower Austria.Officials in Lassee in the district of Gänserndorf said today (Weds) unidentified burglars made off with horse tacks and various other items from the store on Monday night.The stolen items are worth around 60,000 Euros, […]
A 29-year-old man was caught shortly after he broke into three parked taxis.The felon – who was looking for cash and valuables – was nabbed thanks to information by witnesses, police in Vienna-Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus said today (Weds) about the incident on Monday night.Earlier this month a 25-year-old woman and a man, 36 were arrested […]
An Egyptian who murdered his wife has been sentenced to life behind bars.The 43-year-old was found guilty in a court in Vienna yesterday (Weds) of suffocating the 39-year-old woman in a row in their flat in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district in January.The defendant denied all guilt. The verdict is not yet legally binding since his lawyer decided […]
A German has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for blackmailing Austrian food companies.Markus Rewinski sent threatening e-mails to confectionery company Manner and delicatessen producer Wojnar’s last year. He also laced products of the Viennese firms and placed them on shelves in shops in Tyrol. Police stressed after arresting Rewinski last […]