Vastic fined for court no-show

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A footballer widely regarded as one of the best players who ever stepped on a pitch in Austria has been fined for staying away from a trial. Ivica Vastic was ordered to go into the witness box in a hearing dealing with alleged malpractices at his former club, Sturm Graz, yesterday (Thurs). However, the ex-Sturm […]

Woman jailed for chainsaw rampage in neighbour’s garden

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An Upper Austrian woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for cutting down trees in her neighbourÂ’s garden.The 28-year-old was in court in Ried im Innkreis yesterday (Thurs) for axing several spruces in her next-door neighbourÂ’s back garden with a chainsaw last year. The actions were the final chapter in a bitter feud […]

Ex-airport clerk faces trial over embezzlement

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A former Blue Danube Airport employee will be in court for alleged embezzlement next month, it emerged today (Thurs).The Provincial Court in Linz, Upper Austria, announced that the 52-year-old faces a trial on 4 February. She is suspected of having pocketed more than 585,000 Euros of the airport’s assets since May 2002.The airport is located […]

‘UFO crash’ concerns rock Tyrol

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A spaceship of aliens may have crashed in the Austrian Alps, extraterrestrial life enthusiasts have claimed.The German Central Research Centre for Celestial Phenomena (CENAP) announced today (Weds) that a man spotted a “glowing fireball” cruising across the sky in the Tyrolean Alps around 8.30pm yesterday evening.CENAP said the Austrian could have been witness of an […]