Klaus Kröll has broken his leg in a motocross accident. The skier underwent surgery at a hospital in Krems, Lower Austria. His doctors say Kröll will be discharged within the coming days. The downhill specialist announced yesterday (Weds) he planned to undergo a rehab programme in the next six to eight weeks to get in […]
Council officials in Vienna are working overtime to get the 950 fountains in the city cleaned up and ready to be officially switched on during the UN World Water Day on 22nd of March. Fountains ranging from simple drinking fountains through to massive monumental structures are closed down over the winter to prevent damage during […]
Everything about water is the motto at the world’s oldest zoo, Vienna’s Tiergarten Schönbrunn, from the 19th to 25 March. The projects all of which are water-based have been organised to mark world water day. A spokesman for the zoo said that moors, marshes, rivers and lakes were among the richest in flora and fauna […]
Austria’s oldest citizen has died aged 111. Hermine Nistler was born on 24 December 1900 in Favoriten in Vienna and had up until her death lived a long and healthy life. The first few years of Hermine’s life were far from easy however. When she was just eight years old, she lost both of her […]
The Schladming ski resort in Styria will host the Ski World Cup Men’s Night Slalom tonight (Tuesday). The Planai mountain in Schladming in the Liezen district is a well known ski region and has a ski world cup slope that has been prepared for the event. Over 30,000 tickets have been sold in advance, the […]
Austrian women have taken their clothes off in protest against the building of a railway tunnel south of Vienna. Countryside protection organisation “Alliance for Nature” has bought out a scantily clad calendar in efforts to prevent the building of the Semmering base tunnel. The historical Semmering mountain railway was built in 1854 and since 1998 […]
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 […]
By Rebecca Musgrave Cuba is set to arrive in Vienna in March 2012 to wash away the winter blues. The MuseumsQuartier will play host to “The Bar at Buena Vista” hailed as “The grandfathers of Cuban music” at the beginning of March, continuing the Caribbean celebration with Dance Company, “Ballet Revolución” later in the month. […]
An Italian beat more than 100 contenders to win a Sauna World Championship staged in Styria at the weekend. The competition – held in a spa in Graz on Saturday and Sunday – did not focus on how long people could endure boiling hot temperatures but on participants’ techniques of creating a perfect sauna experience […]
Some of the world’s best vocalists are ready to rock Vienna. Bands from Germany, Sweden and Great Britain among other countries will hit the stage at the 14th edition of Voice Mania, a festival celebrating the versatility of singers, beatboxers and a capella artists. Concerts will take place at venues across the city such as […]