A Lower Austrian teenager broke his leg when he fell 15 metres out of a window he had opened because he felt sick.Officials in Klosterneuburg said today (Thurs) Christian V. had left his classroom at the BR/BRG Buchbergergasse to go to the toilet. On his way there, he opened a window in the hallway for […]
Police in St. Andrä am Zicksee in the province of Burgenland are hunting an animal torturer who has killed 18 cats over the past five weeks.Cops said today (Thurs) they had started an investigation after a resident discovered bait. They said the cat killer had placed pieces of sausage and ham covered with rat poison […]
More than two thirds of Austrians back so-called study fees and admission tests at the countrys universities and other higher educational institutions, a new poll has shown.Public opinion research agency Market said today (Weds) 68 per cent of the 704 Austrians aged 15 and older who had been polled had said they were in favour […]
Austrian’s yacht stolen in Croatia
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Police in Croatia have begun an investigation after an Austrian reported his yacht has been stolen in Adriatic coastal town Opatija.Online news platform Index reported today (Weds) that the man, 30, told cops that his 11-metre-long yacht had disappeared from the towns Icici marina yesterday or on Monday night.The yacht is an eight-year-old Performance 1107 […]
Around 100,000 Austrians do not have health insurance, a social issues expert has revealed.Speaking on the occasion of passage of US President Barack Obamas health reform by the US Congress, Martin Schenk said today (Tues): “Austria has a good health insurance system compared to the United States, but gaps in the network need to be […]
A Lower Austrian ski tourer was rescued with a rope via helicopter after falling 250 metres at a steep snow-covered area in the Dachstein region today (Tues).The injured 42-year-old woman was hospitalised in Schladming, Styria, rescue operation group ÖAMTC said.Local officials said the woman who was on a ski tour with her husband […]
Tyrolean police are hunting for a driver who managed to escape by foot after a wild road chase on Saturday.Cops in the province said today (Mon) the man had caused a trail of destruction after he fled from a police check point at high speed near Innsbruck.He then crashed through a road block going around […]
Fritzl focus on German TV
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Incest beast Josef Fritzl is the main focus of a new crime cases documentary on German TV.Internationally acknowledged Austrian profiler Thomas Müller has been signed up to analyse infamous crime cases such as that of 74-year-old Fritzl for “Urteil: Mord” (Sentence: Murder) on private channel Sat.1.The series, which started earlier this month, is screened at […]
A pensioner who sexually molested two girls aged nine and 11 has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, by Klagenfurt provincial court.The court heard yesterday (Thurs) how the 71-year-old man, who had already been convicted four times of sexual molestation, lured the girls to his bedroom in 1984 by offering them gifts.After the crime, […]
The prices of petrol and diesel-fuel in Austria are lower than the EU average, the Economics Ministry said today (Fri).The averge price of a litre of Eurosuper 95 petrol in Austria on 8 March had been 1.143 Euros, compared to the EU average of 1.295 Euros, a difference of 15.21 cents a litre.In addition, the […]