An Austrian man may face charges after he blinded a pilot with a laser pen during landing procedures at a Swiss airport.Swiss officials said today (Weds) no decision has yet been made over whether the 27-year-old will get away with a fine or face criminal charges after the incident at Geneva International Airport, which is […]
Traffic officials have said only five people were killed on Austrian roads over the Whitsun weekend.A Traffic Department spokesman said today (Weds) that this was the lowest number of Whitsun traffic fatalities along with figures in 1996 and 2008 since 1967.One car driver, two motorcyclist and two cyclists died in the Whitsun traffic.A record number […]
Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the worlds best quality of living, according to an international study.The Austrian capital comes first for a second year in a row in the 2010 edition of Mercers Quality of Living Survey.The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva follow in second and third place, while Vancouver […]
All of the dozens of AC/DC fans who needed treatment for showing allergic reactions during a concert on Saturday will make a full recovery, medical officials in Wels have announced.Around 150 visitors of the Australian hard rock legends concert in the Upper Austrian city had to be treated after they complained about burning eyes.Doctors found […]
Hiker hospitalised after snakebite
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A hiker had to spend the night in intensive care after he was bitten by a crossed viper.Lower Austrian Franz Seiberl said today (Weds) he tried to scare away a few of the poisonous snakes – which are also known as European adders – when he spotted them winding towards him on a hiking path […]
A vast majority of Austrians said they have a worse opinion of Google after it emerged that the company garnered information about wireless LAN internet access when preparing its Street View service.Public opinion agency Oekonsult said today (Mon) 90.3 per cent of the around 1,100 people they interviewed told them their opinion of the American […]
Hundreds of residents were evacuated in Vienna yesterday (Sun) over fears their apartment building might collapse.Officials said the renters of the 100-odd apartments in Machstraße will be kept from returning until at least tomorrow.Experts feared the 50-year-old eight-storey building might come down due to activities on a nearby construction site and massive permanent rainfall. They […]
Kicking cow hospitalises farmer
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An elderly farmer suffered a fractured lower leg as a cow kicked her during milking this morning (Mon).The woman, 64, from Gradnitz in Lower Austria was transferred to a clinic in Zwettl after her husband and son heard her screams while working in the kitchen.It was the latest in a series of incidents involving farm […]
Vienna Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said today (Mon) he shared the concern of Eisenstadt Bishop Paul Ibys concern about mandatory celibacy for Roman Catholic priests.”The concern that Bishop Iby expressed is shared by all of us (Austrian bishops), and I am happy to be in a Church in which there is freedom of speech and […]
The outlook for flights in Austrian airspace is good for the next few days, a spokesman for Austria air-traffic control agency Austro Control said today (Weds).German news agency dpa quoted the German Flight Safety Agency (DFS) today as saying that “Europe remains free of ash” despite the continued eruption of a volcano on Eyjafjalla glacier […]