Organisers of a rave have defended themselves after the event was branded as a “drug orgy” by the press. Thirty people ended up in hospital after the festival in Falkenstein, Lower Austria, at the weekend. Six drug dealers were arrested. Around 80 people are facing drug charges. Newspapers claimed the event escalated into a “wild […]
A banker found guilty of one of the biggest investment belly flops in the history of the country will walk free due to his fragile health, it has emerged. Judges in Vienna announced yesterday afternoon (Thurs) that Helmut Elsner was too sick to serve the remainder of his 10-year term. The 76-year-old spent the past […]
Wiener Linien is testing a new generation of buses. The Viennese public transport agency announced today (Thurs) it had recently started testing an electric bus (e-bus) on whether it could be used in the city centre. The vehicle could be implemented in its regular schedule next week, the company said, adding that it currently transported […]
A waltz penned by actor Anthony Hopkins has been performed in Vienna for the first time. The live performance of the piece called “And the waltz goes on” by Andre Rieu and his orchestra at Belvedere Palace on Sunday was a world premiere. Hopkins (“The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Human Stain”), who has composed […]
More than 120 people may lose their jobs due to the bankruptcy of an Upper Austrian company. The Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (OÖN) newspaper reports today (Thurs) that Acamp will soon start a final clearance sale. The paper claims all measures to keep the firm afloat have failed. Acamp, which specialises in manufacturing garden furniture, filed for […]
A multimillion-Euro project masterminded by Red Bull may get underway as planned after a lawsuit would have almost ended the endeavour at an early stage. The Austrian energy drink producer announced today (Mon) that it reached an out of court settlement with Daniel Hogan. The American claimed he approached the Salzburg-based company with the idea […]
Jürgen Melzer has triumphed at Wimbledon for the third time in his career. The Lower Austrian tennis ace and Czech Iveta Benesova, 26, won the Grand Slam tournament’s mixed double event in London, Great Britain, yesterday (Sun). The duo celebrated a clear 6-3, 6-2 win over Indian Mahesh Bhupathi and Russian Elena Vesnina. Melzer, the […]
An Austrian Airlines (AUA) manager has claimed the struggling company “had lots of bad luck” in the past few months as he warns it will fail to meet previously set goals this year. AUA co-chief Andreas Bierwirth said today (Fri) the loss-making carrier “will not make our initial target” of making a profit this year. […]
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski will visit Austria later this month. The office of Austrian President Heinz Fischer announced today (Fri) that the former Polish minister of defence will arrive for talks in Vienna on 13 July. The presidential office explained Komorowski was also set to meet Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Werner Faymann, and the SPÖ’s […]
Austria’s biggest travel agency has revealed that bookings of trips to Greece are up despite the turmoil in the country. Hundreds of thousands downed tools and took to the streets in Athens and elsewhere in the Eurozone member to voice their disagreement with the government’s fiscal decisions. Greece has received hundreds of millions of Euros […]