A German holidaymaker ended up in hospital after a confusion over hotel rooms turned into a fistfight.The injured man, 48, was part of a group of three tourists partying in a hotel suite in the Tyrolean ski resort of Ischgl last night (Thurs/Fri).The pals boozy get-together was interfered by another German. The man, who just […]
Three teenagers have been given suspended jail sentences for firing plastic bullets at a group of Nazi slave labour camp survivors.The male friends, aged between 14 and 16 when the incident occurred at the former stone quarry in Ebensee in Upper Austria, in May 2009.The defendants admitted having approached the group of elderly Frenchmen and […]
Passengers trapped in a crowded underground train for two hours in Vienna will receive nothing but tickets worth less than 30 Euros as compensation by the citys public transport agency.Answer Lang, a spokesman for Wiener Linien announced today (Thurs) that the company had decided to offer the eight-day rider tickets costing 28.80 Euros to the […]
Steel joist theft reported
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Plucky thieves made off with steel girders weighing almost 30 tons, it has been revealed.Officials in Eggelsberg, Upper Austria, said today (Thurs) that 14 stainless steel joists each weighing two tons disappeared from a local companys indoor storage site during the night.The thieves are suspected of lifting the objects up with a special crane truck […]
Almost one in two drivers killed on Austrian motorways are foreigners, new research has revealed.Traffic Club Austria (VCÖ) said today (Thurs) that 49 per cent of motorists who died on the countrys motorways during the past five years were foreigners. The independent traffic and transportation watchdog added that 44 per cent of people involved in […]
Temperatures will edge up again next week, meteorologists said today (Thurs).Weather experts announced that temperatures may increase up to six degrees centigrade in some areas in western Austria on Monday. Regions currently blanketed in around 30 centimetres of snow may experience some rainfall at the beginning of next week, while conditions in the eastern flatlands […]
Around 200 passengers were trapped in a crowded underground train for two hours in Vienna yesterday (Tues).The U4 line train got stuck in a tunnel between Schottenring and Roßauer Lände stations between 2pm and 4pm after a power cut.According to Viennese public transport agency Wiener Liniens error management guidelines, a stranded train must be evacuated […]
Family murder / suicide in Vienna
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A man killed his mum before committing suicide, police in Vienna said today (Weds).Officials announced that the bodies were found in puddles of blood in a flat in the Josefstadt district this afternoon. They said the man probably stabbed his mother with a knife, adding that more information would be given out later today or […]
Plunging plate kills builder
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A construction worker was killed by a falling concrete panel yesterday morning (Tues), officials in Vienna said today.Isar K., 25, was already dead when an emergency doctor arrived at the building site in the Floridsdorf district. He suffered serious internal injuries when a huge concrete plate dropped on his upper body.Only some days ago, a […]
An Austrian Airlines (AUA) plane is to undergo investigation after pilots were incorrectly informed about problems with the landing gear on Sunday night.The company said today (Tues) the pilots of the Fokker 100 jet which departed from Vienna International Airport (VIA) informed the 81 passengers to prepare for a possible landing operation without an operating […]