Police are hunting a robber who took his victim on a 20-minute train journey before forcing him to deposit money.The criminal approached the 26-year-old on a train at Handelskai station. He asked the man to hand over his wristwatch and cash but refused to let him go. The robber instead told the man to get […]
Police have detained a woman suspected of having robbed and injured a taxi driver 10 years ago, it has emerged.Officials in Vienna said today (Weds) that the 39-year-old was arrested in the Lower Austrian district of Krems yesterday evening. She is in custody in Viennas Josefstadt prison awaiting a trial regarding the crime in Vienna-Währing […]
A 51-year-old tank lorry driver sustained serious injuries when he crashed against a church wall around midday today (Tues).The man was hospitalised in Horn after the incident in Untermarkersdorf in Lower Austrias Hollabrunn district. Police, who plan to question the driver as soon as he recovers, are currently trying to find out whether a technical […]
A young German skier died after an accident yesterday (Mon).The 22-year-old tourist lost control as he skied down a slope at high speed in the Tyrolean winter sport resort of Hochgurgl. He skidded off the piste and plunged down a 50-metre descent. Witnesses carried out first aid measures immediately, but the holidaymaker had already died […]
The vast majority of Austrians would support a ban on plastic bags, according to a poll.Viennese researcher Karmasin found that 73 per cent of Austrians would back such a law, while only 24 per cent rejected the suggestion. The agency said the number of supporters of a ban on the ecologically harmful bags seems to […]
Viennese public transport agency Wiener Linien has defended itself over a series of defects and major delays in service.The company has come under fire for various occurrences in the recent weeks including the case of a pensioner whose foot got stuck in the door of an U-Bahn train. The public transport vehicles door allegedly failed […]
A confused elderly man tried to find his way home in a German town almost 400 kilometres from his Austrian hometown, it has been reported.Newspapers in Bavaria reported yesterday (Mon) that the 81-year-old from Vienna had wandered around a retirement home in Breitbrunn at the Ammer Lake for more than three hours on Saturday before […]
Cow lucky can you get?This terrified heifer that hoofed it when she broke out of a slaughterhouse in Bergheim, Austria, has been rescued after a millionaire businessman adopted her.The panicked animal now named Isabella trampled over fields after the escape bid – crossing busy main roads as police tried to cordon her off so she […]
A German tourist suffered serious injures in a sledging accident yesterday evening (Thurs).The 38-year-old man came off the illuminated track in Jerzens, Tyrol, and skidded down a 15-metre ravine. He was unconscious when pals discovered him at the bottom of the rocky descent shortly after the incident.The man was transferred to the valley by mountain […]
A shop manager had a narrow escape as an elderly driver crashed though the stores glass front this morning (Fri).The 76-year-old woman from Wels had tried to park her car outside the Billa shop in Bad Ischl in Upper Austrias Gmunden district, but smashed through the front door. The pensioner is understood to have mixed […]