The number of reported thefts in public places in Vienna has almost doubled year on year.Official figures presented today (Tues) show an increase from 4,978 offences in the first nine months of 2009 to 9,211 in the same period of this year. The number is expected to soar further in the current quarter as the […]
A panda born at a zoo in Vienna in August has started to explore his surroundings.Schönbrunn Zoo carers said today (Tues) that Fu Hu started crawling around in his roofed enclosure some days ago. They said fans of the panda would need patience and a bit of luck to catch a glimpse of him as […]
More than 1,000 cars were hauled away in Vienna over the past four weekends, it has been announced.Drivers union ÖAMTC said today (Mon) 1,042 illegally parked vehicles were towed away in the capital on the past four Saturdays and Sundays when hundreds of thousands of Austrians and foreigners came to Vienna to do their Christmas […]
Difficult weather conditions and a decline of cultivation areas have led to significant harvest declines this year.Federal statistics authority Statistik Austria announced today (Fri) that overall harvest volumes dropped by 6.5 per cent year on year to around 4.5 million tons.Branch representation authority Agrarmarkt Austria (AMA) predicted a year on year decrease of five per […]
The wife of former Peoples Party (ÖVP) head and Foreign Minister Alois Mock has become the victim of a mugger.Newspaper Heute reports today (Fri) that an unidentified woman snatched the handbag of Edith Mock, 73, on a street in Vienna-Döbling yesterday.The attacker, who is being hunted by police, managed to escape with the bag which […]
Europes economies will strongly benefit from thriving world markets, a leading think tank has claimed.Viennas Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) announced today (Fri) that the global economy will have grown by 4.4 per cent year on year in 2010 and by around 4.1 per cent the following year before a 4.6 per cent improvement is […]
Higher household servicing expenses have avoided a significant decrease of inflation in Austria last month.State agency Statistik Austria found that a 3.3 per cent rise in energy prices and a 2.7 per cent increase of housing maintenance costs kept the annual inflation rate from declining more significantly than from 2.1 per cent in November 2009 […]
The supervisory board of Vienna International Airport (VIA) has decided to remove all three co-chiefs from power.The panel agreed in a 14-hour-long meeting yesterday (Weds) to lay off Herbert Kaufmann by the end of this month. Gerhard Schmid and Ernest Gabmann will leave Flughafen Wien AG, the company managing Austrias biggest airport, next year.The trio […]
Hotels in the city of Salzburg have upped their prices by more than 25 Euros, it has been revealed.International hotel comparison website Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) said today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the holiday hotspot currently costs 129 Euros a night, up from 102 Euros last month.Thousands of skiers spending their holidays in the […]
Energy provider EVN AG managed to increase its earnings in the past business year.The Lower Austrian company said today (Thurs) that its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) jumped by 6.9 per cent year on year to 187.3 million Euros in the 2009/2010 business year which ended on 30 September.The firms turnover edged up by […]