By Rob Hyde Male students in Austria are getting more financial support from their parents, a recent survey shows. In a report from the non-profit research body, the Institute for Advanced Studies (HIS), women students receive on average 40-80 Euros less funding per month from their mothers and fathers. The figures show that male students […]
Siemens is to start building a “smart city” in Vienna which will be one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. Together they are supposed to explore ways of optimizing resources by integrating interactive communication systems, power grids and building systems. The 38.6 million Euro budget project is due to be located in Aspern, […]
By Rob Hyde Thieves managed to remove the contents of a hundred cellars within the same municipal housing complex on a street in Vienna. Shoes, tools, clothes, bikes and even skis were stolen from a hundred cellars of flats belonging to the Schüttausstraße housing estate, which lies just a brief stroll away from the United […]
by Rob Hyde Unemployed people not prepared to accept work offered to them should face harsher penalties says the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour (WKÖO). The WKÖO contacted 11 jobless people for a 2,900 Euro per month position on an Upper Austrian construction site. As none took up the position, the authority said this was […]
A man who had had a severe allergic reaction to a wasp after being stung whilst out for a walk around a lake was rescued by rowing boat. The 51-year-old was walking around the Hierzmannstausee reservoir in Voitsberg, Styria with his wife and dog when he was stung by a wasp after he bent over […]
Hotels are more expensive in Innsbruck than in any other part of Austria according to a new study by the online booking portal hotel.info. The study also found that in general across the country Hotel prices have risen on the previous year by around 4.32%. In Innsbruck there are the highest prices as opposed to […]
Vorarlberg’s favourite holiday destination is Turkey, according to the regional travel agents. The spokesperson for the Vorarlberg travel agents Michael Nachbaur said that was clear in the bookings. There is also a renewed interest for holidays in Greece, and charter flights to the Italian islands of Sardinia and Elba are still very popular. Nachbaur said […]
The Carinthian media owner Hansjörg Berger has confirmed he is currently being investigated by the anti-corruption authorities. Part of the money earned from advertising is thought to have flowed back into the accounts of the former freedom party in Carinthia (FPK). He is accused of having transferred money to the party through an advertising agency […]
Prices for public transport in Vienna have gone up as of today (July 1). The increase affects single journeys, weekly and monthly passes as well as some other types of transport tickets. Prices remain the same for owners of the yearly pass. The operator of the Viennese metros, trams, buses and local trains (Strassenbahn) Wiener […]
Heavy traffic is expected on the roads to the east of Austria as 470,000 children in Vienna, Lower-Austria and Burgenland start the nine-week summer holiday today. Regions to the west of Austria begin the summer holidays one week later, but holidays are also starting today for school children in Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and […]