Vienna police chief Karl Mahrer’s streak of bad luck continues as he was bitten by an award-winning dog last night (Thurs).Mahrer decorated German shepherd Verdi with a special medal for sniffing out a stolen suitcase containing 183,000 Euros earlier this year.But as soon as he was led to the podium by police woman Sabine Empacher, […]
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Virus claims more than 100 bunnies
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Dozens of rabbits have died within weeks in a Lower Austrian town, it has emerged.Holger Herbrüggen, a vet responsible for the provinces Wien-Umgebung district, announced today (Tues) that more than 100 could have passed away in Klosterneuburg during the past few weeks as the town is struck by myxomatosis.The expert stressed it was impossible to […]
Greens MP Peter Pilz has claimed one to two million Euros was a “realistic” amount of financial compensation for kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch.The politician caused a stir some weeks ago by publishing top secret police files suggesting that authorities attempted to cover up investigation blunders into the abduction case.The documents show that investigators failed to […]
Hundreds of residents were evacuated in Vienna yesterday (Sun) over fears their apartment building might collapse.Officials said the renters of the 100-odd apartments in Machstraße will be kept from returning until at least tomorrow.Experts feared the 50-year-old eight-storey building might come down due to activities on a nearby construction site and massive permanent rainfall. They […]