Three earthquakes were registered near Villach last night (Mon/Tues), according to a Viennese institute.The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) announced today that there were three minor eruptions just outside the Carinthian town at 9.50pm, 21.54pm and 0.48am. They had magnitudes ranging between 1.9 and 2.2 on the Richter scale.ZAMG explained it was unlikely […]
Plunging ice injures car passenger
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A teenager suffered a cut above his eye in a freak traffic incident yesterday (Mon).The 15-year-old was sitting in the passenger seat of a car being driven by his father near Bergheim in the province of Salzburg when a three-centimetre thick sheet of solid ice smashed through the windscreen window.The object, which was a square […]
The former residence of incest monster Josef Fritzl will be torn down in spring 2011, it has been claimed.Newspapers report today (Tues) that Amstetten City Hall has granted liquidator Walter Anzböcks request to have the house in 40 Ybbs Street demolished within the next few months. Anzböck initially planned to sell the property to financially […]
A Lower Austrian pensioner killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, it has been reported.Both the 80-year-old man and his wife of the same age had been suffering from serious illnesses for a long time, according to local newspapers.The couples daughter discovered her dead parents at their house in St. Valentin yesterday evening […]
Many young Austrians feel a strong pressure in school or at work, a survey has revealed.Pollsters GfK Austria said 40 per cent of Austrians aged between 12 and 24 claimed being confronted with an “immense pressure to perform” in school or at work.Around a third of those polled also said their financial situation causes them […]
Elderly skier hits snow groomer
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A skier is recovering after crashing against a snow groomer.The restaurant manager, 64, was skiing down a hill in the winter sport resort of Heiligenblut, Carinthia, when he failed to notice the vehicle parked on the side of the slope on Thursday evening.Local officials said staff briefly parked the groomer while they checked a fake […]
Authorities are looking for a tractor driver after a hit and run offence in Braunau, Upper Austria, this weekend.A 49-year-old cyclist sustained serious injuries when he was hit by the tractor in an overtaking manoeuvre on Saturday night. The unidentified driver failed to stop after the incident.Meanwhile, a 72-year-old Graz resident was arrested for beating […]
An Upper Austrian has been accused of having stolen dozens of chainsaws and other objects during the past few months.The 34-year-old forestry worker from Kirchdorf could be behind more than 50 reported thefts of around 200 electric appliances, used chainsaws and various tools in the area, police announced today (Mon).The man allegedly cooperated with a […]
More than 1,000 cars were hauled away in Vienna over the past four weekends, it has been announced.Drivers union ÖAMTC said today (Mon) 1,042 illegally parked vehicles were towed away in the capital on the past four Saturdays and Sundays when hundreds of thousands of Austrians and foreigners came to Vienna to do their Christmas […]
A couple suspected of having stolen antiques worth millions of Euros from a Habsburg family-owned estate have been arrested in Morocco.Claudia and Engelbert M. applied for support at the Austrian embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat after having run out of money at the weekend. The married couple were arrested when officials realised they are […]