Brothers Luigi and Leo Doci who own the renowned Luigi restaurant chain will be cooking up a storm in Semmering this winter. These two top restaurateurs will be providing catering services through the “Luigi Gastronomy” branch of their company to make the winter season even more delicious in the town of Semmering in Lower Austria, […]
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Austrian women are earning on average 23.4 percent less than men in the country, according to Statistik Austria. Many women in Austria only have part time jobs but often also bear responsibility for unpaid jobs such as childcare and domestic housework. “This is very traditional in Austria – that women do unpaid jobs and men […]
By Rob Hyde Male students in Austria are getting more financial support from their parents, a recent survey shows. In a report from the non-profit research body, the Institute for Advanced Studies (HIS), women students receive on average 40-80 Euros less funding per month from their mothers and fathers. The figures show that male students […]
Women safer than men on roads
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Drink-drivers, speeders and drivers who routinely forget to wear their seatbelt are mostly men, statistics from the Austrian traffic club reveal. According to the research, women in Burgenland (eastern Austria) are much safer on the road than men. Indeed, women are generally three times safer than men on the road. Traffic club (Verkehrsclub Österreich, VCÖ) […]
A Viennese-born woman who single handedly rewrote the constitution of Japan to give women equal rights has died aged 89, the New York Times reports. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna on Oct. 25, 1923, as the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, and died of pancreatic cancer, her daughter, Nicole Gordon, said. Beate was […]
Austrian police have issued these CCTV images of a man they suspect might be responsible for a series of rapes on the Vienna U6 underground line. The man is believed to have struck three times at least and police have not ruled out that the might be other victims who have not yet come forward. […]
Europe’s biggest mega-brothel is set to open in Austria – with 150 hookers servicing more than 1,000 punters a day. Businessman Peter Laskaris – who’s behind the 16 million Euro scheme – explained: “It’s more than just a brothel. It will be more like a four star hotel with all the usual facilities – but […]
Catch me if you can crook caught
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Austrian police have released this picture of a “Catch Me If You Can” marriage swindler who claimed to be an airline pilot to meet single women and con them out of money. In the film “Catch Me If You Can” a fake pilot played by Leonardo DiCaprio travels the world and also lies to women […]
Archaeologists have uncovered the world’s oldest bra. The lace and linen undergarment dates back to hundreds of years before women’s underwear was thought to exist. The bra and several other items of medieval lingerie had lain hidden in a vault beneath the floorboards of East Tyrol’s Lengberg Castle since the 15th century. Despite their state […]
The electronics company Media Markt wants to create a new target group out of women. In Austria the company is now testing the integration of special shopping-zones for women. Since 40 per cent of their customers are women, they want to customize the shopping experience for them as well. With theme weeks and possibilities to […]