A postman has quit after more than 1,000 letters were found in his car.The 21-year-old told bosses he had “lost the overview” after the undelivered mail was discovered by police during a random traffic check in Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday (Weds).Officials said some of the letters the man had been hoarding in his vehicle had […]
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Melissa Auf der Maur to come to Austria
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Melissa Auf der Maur will perform in Vienna later this year.Britishrock.cc reports today (Weds) that the Canadian virtuoso who sings and plays both guitar and bass was set to rock the Szene on 1 December.The former Hole members eponymous solo debut album, which was released in 2004, received critical acclaim. Her follow-up, called […]
Soaring flat rent rates and car fuel prices have kept the Austrian inflation level from declining more significantly year on year than by just 0.2 per cent, new research has shown.State agency Statistik Austria announced today (Weds) the inflation rate was 1.9 per cent last month, down by 0.2 per cent compared to August 2009 […]
Vienna University has been knocked down 11 places on a British research firms World University Ranking.QS said today (Fri) that Vienna University, the only Austrian higher education institution on the companys top 200 list this year and in 2009, dropped from 132 to 142. The university was given just 55.27 overall points.Cambridge University in Great […]
Adam Lambert gig revealed
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Adam Lambert will perform in Austria for the first time in his career later this year, according to a music news website.The singer who finished the eighth season of popular casting format “American Idol” last year will rock Viennas WUK club, according to a report by Britishrock.cc.The platform also reports that US pop […]
Posh pigeon loft reopened
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A Viennese tourism body has spent more than 270,000 Euros on the renovation of a pigeon loft, it has emerged.The citys Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und BetriebsgesmbH which manages Schönbrunn Palace, its gardens and the adjacent zoo said today (Fri) it had invested 272,000 Euros on the refurbishment of the baroque dovecot.Schönbrunn Zoo director […]
A leading think tank has claimed the Austrian economy grew stronger than it was initially predicted to do.The Vienna-based Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) announced today (Fri) the countrys gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2.4 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2010, adding that this was a 1.2 per cent […]
Ten per cent of Austrians struggle to make ends meet, according to a new survey.Pollsters IFES and SORA who carried out the study for the Upper Austrian Labour Chamber (AKOÖ) announced today (Fri) that one in 10 Austrians (350,000) said they were unable to get along on what they earned. The agencies stressed […]
Viennese hotels have increased their prices following a record number of overnights in the first half of this year.Online hotel comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) announced today (Thurs) a double room in the Austrian capital cost 125 Euros a night on average this month, up from 113 Euros last month.The development means Vienna is currently the […]
Vienna tops NGV registration ranking
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The number of natural gas-operated cars is on the rise, new figures have shown.Statistik Austria announced today (Mon) there were more than 5,500 natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the country. The agency said 320 NGVs were registered in the first half of this year.Viennese energy supplier Wien Energie stressed the capital made first place compared […]