A veteran playboy inviting international stars and starlets to the Vienna Opera Ball was mentioned more often in Austrian papers than any of the countrys politicians last week.Political magazine profil reports that Viennese businessman Richard Lugners name occurred in Austrias leading newspapers and magazines 217 times between Monday and Friday of last week. This means […]
EVN AG, one of Austrias main energy providers, has announced it has managed to reduce its debts.EVN said today (Thurs) that it had debts of 1.37 billion Euros in the first quarter of the 2010/2011 business year, 6.9 per cent less than in the same period of the previous business year. EVN added its investments […]
A shopping list scribbled by Ludwig van Beethoven will be auctioned in Germany later this year, it has emerged.The German composer, who spent many years working and living in Austria, wrote the memo to himself in Vienna in 1817. The list features soap, a mousetrap, a knife and a metronome.Auctioneers in Cologne said today (Fri) […]
An Islam-criticising lecturer has been fined for vilification of religious theories.Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff was in court yesterday (Tues) for calling Islam “hostile” and the Koran “evil” in a seminar held in a Viennese hotel in 2009.An ongoing debate about the Austrian system of subsidising party academies was fuelled when it emerged that the event which […]
Peter Alexander, one of the greatest entertainers in German-speaking Europe, died at the age of 84 in Vienna at the weekend.The Austrian singer and actor passed away on Saturday, his spokeswoman Erika Swatosch said yesterday (Sun).Alexander born Peter Alexander Neumayer starred in more than 50 films and hosted dozens of TV shows. He […]
Police are investigating after a priceless grapevine was chopped to pieces.The plant was discovered at an unused estate in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, one and a half years ago. Examinations revealed it was several hundred years old and worth around 100,000 Euros since it was found to be a unique precursor of the Grüner Veltliner.The white wine […]
Award-winning actress Tilda Swinton has revealed she still feels like a tourist in the United States of America.Swinton told Austrian magazine Live: “Im a European at heart and feel honoured about invitations to make movies in the USA. But I go there with a tourist visa and I feel as such.”The London-born Scottish actress […]
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 […]
A woman tagged as Austrias oldest murderer will not be extradited after she fled to Poland, the country of her birth, it has emerged.Bronislawa Jarosz was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing her neighbour in 2007. The Polish-born woman stole jewellery and four bottles of wine after beating Austrian Maria P., 78, to […]
Richard Lugner has asked Cher to attend the upcoming Vienna Opera Ball with him, according to an Austrian magazine.Weekly magazine News reports today (Thurs) that the 78-year-old businessman has put in a request with the American film and pop stars management. It is unclear whether Cher has shown interest in following the invitation.Cher won an […]