Austrians spent more than 150 million Euros on their hair last year, a survey has shown.GfK Austria found that the 8.5 million people living in the country invested 154 million Euros on hair care products and visits to the hairdressers in 2009.The agency said today (Tues) that its research has also shown five per cent […]
Almost one in three men have had sex with a prostitute, a new survey has found.Pollsters Market said today (Weds) 32 per cent of interviewed men admitted to having paid for sex at least once in their lives. The Linz-based institute explained 44 per cent of men aged 60 and older have slept with prostitutes […]
The worlds best press photographs are now on display at a Viennese gallery.The Galerie Westlicht in Vienna-Neubau is the Austrian location for the World Press Photo exhibit for a ninth year in a row. More than 18,000 people attended the last years World Press Photo exhibition at the gallery. Around 170 selected images are on […]
A new awareness breast cancer initiative has been launched as around 5,000 women develop the disease in Austria every year.Peter Fritsch of the Tyrolean department of the Austrian Cancer Society (Österreichische Krebshilfe) announced today (Thurs): “Around one in eight women suffer from breast cancer.”Fritsch explained around 200 sufferers were undergoing radiation therapy at the Klinik […]
A strawberry farm manager has come under fire for banning skirt-wearing women from picking the fruits for “hygienic reasons”.Reinhard Piribauer hit the headlines in 2008 when the rule was introduced for the first time at his “Erdbeerland” self-service picking farms across the province of Lower Austria.Now the businessman faces fresh pressure over his decision not […]
Austrian authorities are at odds over the health bill of an alleged World War Two criminal.Josias Kumpf was extradited aged 84 to Austria from the United States in April 2009. The Austrian-born man is accused of being involved in the shooting of 8,000 Jewish women, men and children while working as a guard at Trawniki […]
Seven in ten single Austrian women aged around 30 want children, a survey has shown.Online partner agency Parship, who questioned 611 of its registered members, said today (Weds) 70 per cent of single women around the age of 30 said they want to have children of their own. The survey however also showed that only […]