The Social Democrats (SPÖ) plan an initiative for shorter working weeks. SPÖ Labour Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer said yesterday (Tues) he would appreciate a reduction of the general working volume from 40 to 38.5 hours. Hundstorfer claimed such a reform could help keeping elderly labourers and employees in work longer. He argued that lowering people’s average […]
A tragic accident claimed the life of a 22-year-old Austrian this week. The young man from Oberndorf, in Flachgau, was travelling in Bavaria when he pulled into the lane used by oncoming traffic to overtake a row of cars. But he smashed into the side of another car driven by another Austrian driver, a 45-year-old […]
Richard Lugner has revealed details about his Sunday shopping initiative. The businessman – who owns and manages Vienna’s Lugner City shopping centre – recently said he contacted Social Democratic (SPÖ) Mayor Michael Häupl to find out whether the city of Vienna might issue an extraordinary regulation enabling him to open on the seventh day of […]
Semperit boss Thomas Fahnemann has said he expected next year to be “significantly more difficult”. Fahnemann told the Kurier today (Tues) the economy would not suffer as dramatically as in 2009. However, the German businessman warned that the economic environment might worsen next year compared to 2011. Semperit is a leading manufacturer of medical gloves, […]
The Slalom World Cup in Flachau in Austria has been given the go ahead. The FIS (International Ski Federation) declared the Hermann-Maier-World Cup course ready for the slalom competition at the start of next week this morning (Weds). Almost 70 centimetres of snow now lies on the course which will be sprayed over the coming […]
A 38-year-old Croatian has been arrested for selling drugs in Carinthia and Salzburg. Police in Villach, Carinthia, announced today (Tues) the man was put in custody last week. They said he dealt with “large amounts” of cocaine, explaining that he added milk powder before selling the illegal substance to his clients In related news, police […]
Austria’s 170,000 metal workers are ready to down tools and take to the streets. Labour union official said they would hold summits at the beginning of next week and may organise demonstrations. They made clear that strikes were another possible measure. The announcements come after staff’s chief negotiator Rainer Wimmer upset employers’ representative Christoph Hinteregger […]
German police and the Austrian foreign ministry are investigating after a chopped-up body found in a river in Berlin was identified as an Austrian. Investigators in the capital city of Germany want to await the results of a DNA check. However, they announced today (Weds) that a friend of Raoul Schmidhuber, 31, identified the torso […]
Austrian tourism officials hope some of Europes biggest clubs will draw the masses after Arsenal decided not to hold their pre-season training camp in the country for the first time in 10 years.Arsene Wenger, the French coach of the Premiership giants, was reportedly not in favour of touring Asia before the 2011/2012 season kicks off […]
A Dutch biker died after falling down a 30-metre roadside embankment.The man was already dead when an ambulance reached the accident scene at a main road near Reutte in Tyrol yesterday (Thurs). Officials said today the 51-year-old may have missed that the road was taking a bend to the left after a tunnel. They did […]