A three-year-old girl must have a guardian angel as she survived falling from a balcony yesterday (Weds).The child was clambering around on the balcony at the family home in Prutz, Tyrol, before she fell six metres on to a concreted area. She is being treated in a hospital in Innsbruck. Doctors refused to announce what […]
A group of hikers were rescued unharmed after getting lost in the Vorarlberg Alps yesterday evening (Thurs).The five Germans called mountain rescuers after getting lost near Zürs am Arlberg when it got dark around 6pm. The group, who started their walk around midday, were soon discovered and transported to the valley with a helicopter.The men […]
A crocodile couple have had babies for the first time in their 18-year residence at an Austrian zoo.Officials at Viennas Schönbrunn Zoo said yesterday (Sun) that the Morelets crocodile pair have become parents to three babies.The adult reptiles called Durango and Puebla moved into the zoos “crocodile pavilion” in 1993 but never had any newborns […]
A German woman had a lucky escape when she survived a dramatic car accident yesterday (Weds).The 41-year-old sustained injuries to her vertebra after she came off a pass road and fell down a 40-metre ravine near Brandberg in Tyrol.The car, which landed on its roof, had to be salvaged with a rope after the driver […]
A five-year-old girl has become the third swine flu victim in Austria this winter.The mentally and physically disabled child passed away in Salzburgs Provincial Hospital yesterday (Sun) after having suffered from pneumonia for some time, local authorities confirmed today. The girl was hospitalised after her condition worsened last Wednesday.A 32-year-old male German holidaymaker died of […]
The discovery of a wartime hand grenade caused panic in Vienna yesterday (Tues).Workers called the police after unearthing the World War Two era grenade during excavation activities at a building site in Landstraße district yesterday morning, police in the capital announced today.Explosives experts of the federal interior ministry, who were alerted by police, secured the […]
A 31-year-old paraglider died instantly after crashing against a rock face yesterday (Thurs).The man from Linz, Upper Austria, was paragliding in a mountainous area in the Styrian district of Liezen. He was already dead when a helicopter rescue team discovered him shortly after the incident around 3pm.Only last week, a 35-year-old Tyrolean paraglider was killed […]
A drunken pub-goer has been put into custody after attacking a waitress.The 28-year-old turned violent after being asked to pay the 18-Euro bill for six large beers at the pub in the Viennese district of Simmering yesterday afternoon (Thurs). He attacked staff and damaged some of the pubs interior.The inns manager called the police who […]
Wine and champagne will become up to 15 per cent more expensive next year, a branch representative has warned.Gerhard Wohlmuth of the wine and spirits trade department at the Federal Economy Chamber (WKO) said yesterday (Mon) customers must brace for a five to 15 per cent increase of prices for wine and champagne next year […]
Police in Leibnitz are investigating after a Turk was knifed down by a kebab shop owner yesterday (Mon).The seriously injured 34-year-old man is currently recovering at a local hospital. The suspect a 29-year-old Turkish man has been put in custody as investigations continue.Regional newspapers report that the men met to settle an ongoing […]