A railway employee lost a leg when he was run over by a slow-moving train in Carinthia yesterday (Weds).The 52-year-old from St. Veit an der Glan was engaged in repair and maintenance work at a Weißenstein chemistry firms railway system when he failed to observe an oncoming train.Christoph Posch, a spokesman for Federal Railways ÖBB, […]
Former Wacker Innsbruck captain Theo Grüner lost a long battle against cancer yesterday (Tues).Officials at the Austrian Bundesliga club announced today the ex-midfielder passed away at Innsbrucks University Clinic yesterday afternoon at the age of 33.Grüner, who joined the club from Austria Lustenau in 2003, had to retire from professional football after being diagnosed with […]
Rapid Vienna beat Red Bull Salzburg thanks to a last minute goal, but a strong midfield was the key to glory yesterday (Sun).The home team performed much better than in the first two Bundesliga rounds in which they suffered bitter defeats against Wacker Innsbruck and Magna Wiener Neustadt.Christoph Saurer scored the opener in the 49th […]
Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Werner Faymann appealed to Israeli leaders to lift the Gaza Strip embargo as he met with the countrys Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday (Weds).Faymann explained: “We (the Austrian government) want Israel to end the embargo of the Gaza Strip.”The chancellor stressed at the same time that he accepted that goods transported […]
A Romanian man accused of setting a prostitute on fire in a feud over protection money payments was arrested yesterday (Weds).Vienna police said today Adrian Bogdan “Cretu” Negrei, 29, from Cluj-Napoca has been put in custody after a team from the special police unit Cobra stormed a flat in Alsergrund district yesterday.Officials said another wanted […]
Twelve holidaymakers had a lucky escape as a crane crashed on a gondola suspension yesterday (Thurs).Officials in the Tyrolean tourism hotspot Mayrhofen said today it was still a matter for investigation why the building crane used at a nearby construction site landed on the lift framework.But they added it could not be ruled out that […]
An Austrian and his Dutch girlfriend were arrested after police discovered more than 500 marijuana plants at their homes attic yesterday (Weds).Officials in the Dutch city of Kerkrade announced today the man, 46, and his 36-year-old partner were accused of illegally selling cannabis. They added a special police squad stormed the house after having received […]
A Slovakian biker shocked drivers on an Austrian motorway by driving in the wrong direction to look for his wallet.The motorcyclist was stopped by Carinthian traffic policemen near the Wolfsberg exit after terrified motorists called to report him speeding the wrong way down the A2 southern motorways breakdown lane yesterday (Weds).The 34-year-old man told police […]
A Burgenland pensioner died after falling off a tree yesterday (Tues).Police in Gols said today the man, 77, wanted to cut some of the trees branches in his garden. But after climbing onto a treehouse to cut the branches the roof collapsed sending him plunging five metres to the ground.The man, who was found lying […]
A 36-year-old man was injured yesterday (Sun) afternoon when his paraglide crashed into a meadow shortly after he had taken off in Kürnberg in Lower Austrias Amstetten district.Police said the man, from Upper Austrias Steyr district, had failed to make use of the wind after a tension line in the left wing of his paraglider […]