A rare bald Ibis that seems to have a different sense of direction to her fellow birds has once again had to be rescued after getting stuck trying to find a different route to the southern Italian feeding ground. The Northern Bald Ibis was made extinct in Europe over 400 years ago due to excessive […]
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A corrupt MEP caught by a British newspaper offering to propose amendments to EU laws in exchange for 100,000 euros a year has been given a three-year-jail term. Austrian Ernst Strasser, 58, also a former interior minister of Austria, was originally given a four-year term in 2013 after he was filmed by reporters from the […]
Possible move to Newcastle for Soriano
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Football player for Salzburg Jonathan Soriano has been linked to a move to Newcastle United, according to reports in Austrian media. Twenty-nine-year-old Soriano has been playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria since January 2012, and during that time the club has won the Austrian championship in the last two seasons. Soriano himself is […]
City of Vienna further in debt in 2013
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The level of debt run up by the Social Democrat controlled Vienna city council is at a record high after increasing by 285 million EUR in the last year to 4.63 billion EUR The statistics show that the city paid 84 percent of its running investment costs from the current budget, but about 16 percent […]
A load of cobblers brightened up the stage in the Austrian capital of Vienna when the annual Shoemaker Ball saw the best and brightest shoe designers from all over the world attend the industries VIP annual event. The highlight of the Schuhmacher (shoe maker) Ball which first took place in 1938 was this year as […]
Karlheinz Essl steps away from Baumax
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Baumax founder Karlheinz Essl who hit the headlines earlier this year after he offered to sell his large art collection to Austria to help raise capital for his business, has stepped down as the chair of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has replaced himself with his son Martin Essl, who has been CEO of the […]
Austria’s embattled finance ministry has been dragged into a new scandal after it emerged that at the same time as demanding schools save 57 Millionen Euros in the coming year, they were also expected to find an additional 3 million to buy an approved set of weighing scales. The scales are not just any weighing […]
Austria will receive 350 million EUR owed by bank BAWAG PSK today, in the final repayment of the state aid provided to the lender during the financial crisis. The repayment comes after further capital was provided to BAWAG PSK by shareholders in March. Rumours that owners including investor Cerberus Capital Management are looking to sell […]
Drop in passengers at Austrian airports
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Austrian airports saw a 1% drop in visitors last year when compared to 2012, with smaller airports in particular struggling to keep up passenger numbers. Linz Blue Danube Airport showed the weakest figures, seeing the second significant drop in two years, with passenger numbers falling by 11.8%. Between 2011 and 2012, they had dropped off […]
Austrian Airlines reopens flights to Iran
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Flights to Tehran from Austrian Airlines have began again after a year’s interruption of the service following disputes over refuelling in Iran and economic sanctions. The airline will begin to fly again to the Iranian capital on 11th March, providing five weekly flights. The announcements comes as Europe and the US begin to lift sanctions […]