Anna Fenninger won todays (Fri) Womens Super-Combined World Championship race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.The 21-year-old skier from Salzburg, who debuted in the World Cup in 2006, claimed the gold medal ahead of Slovenian Tina Maze and Swede Anja Pärson.Elisabeth Görgl failed to win silver in the end, despite having led the field after the competitions downhill […]
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Sean Penn calls for Haiti investments
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Hollywood star Sean Penn has claimed Haiti is a good place for investments.The actors J/P Haitian Relief Organization (jphro.org) has set up around 200,000 all-weather tents in the country which was hit by a massive earthquake one year ago.Penn told Austrian magazine News: “Every company of the Western World can make a profit in six […]
Van Persie and de Jong await Austria
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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong may make a comeback in the Dutch national team against Austria.The Premiership stars were called up by manager Bert van Marwijk for the match against Dietmar Constantini’s team. The friendly is set to take place in Rotterdam next Wednesday (9 February).The 22-member squad […]
Bungling event managers reported a pricey sound system as stolen several weeks after the theft probably happened.Police in Lower Austria said today (Weds) organisers of a party realised the 23,000-Euro high-end sound appliance had been nicked after they used the rented device at an after-race party last month.Managers of the event said the sound […]
The discovery of a wartime hand grenade caused panic in Vienna yesterday (Tues).Workers called the police after unearthing the World War Two era grenade during excavation activities at a building site in Landstraße district yesterday morning, police in the capital announced today.Explosives experts of the federal interior ministry, who were alerted by police, secured the […]
A Carinthian has been awarded the best barkeeper in the world.Mario Hofferer, who runs two bars and a catering company in his hometown Klagenfurt, won the “Classic” competition in the 2010 edition of the event which took place in Singapore.The International Bartender Association (IBA) announced today (Tues) the 27-year-old two-time Austrian bartending champion finished ahead […]
The 52nd Austrian Ball took place in Montreal this week honouring the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.The Austrian Ball of Montreal for just over half a century has celebrated the splendor of the Viennese ball tradition during a magical evening with wonderful waltzes, elegant atmosphere, and charming debutantes, while […]
A Romanian shopping centre into which Austrian Sparkassen Immobilien poured 200 million Euros has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest indoor Christmas light display.Guinness World Records officials acknowledged the bid as a new world best after visiting the installation which features 449,658 lights at the Sun Plaza mall in […]
The first person in the world who controlled his prosthetic arms solely with his thoughts has died two days after a car crash, it has emerged.Doctors at the LKH clinic in Graz, Styria, announced today (Fri) that Christian Kandlbauer passed away yesterday. The 23-year-old sustained serious head injuries after losing control of his Subaru on […]
Massive Mercedes callback in Austria
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Mercedes Benz is recalling more than 2,500 cars in Austria.Car club ÖAMTC informed today (Fri) that the German company was asking owners of the C (W204), E (W212, C207, A207) und GLK (X204) series to have their vehicles checked at a garage amid potential steering malfunctions.The possibly affected cars were produced between June 2009 and […]