CARE Austria turns 25

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A special stamp and wine will be presented to mark the 25th anniversary of an Austrian charity organisation.CARE Österreich, the Austrian branch of humanitarian organisation CARE, was established in 1986. CARE has 24 employees in Austria. The organisation currently focuses on 35 projects in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Europe.CARE Österreich said today […]

Jude Law gorges on sweet dumplings

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Jude Law enjoyed a fish dish, steak and a typical Austrian dessert when he made a surprise appearance at the 20th anniversary party of a trendy eatery in Vienna.The British actor – currently in the city for the shooting of a new film called “360” – had tuna tartare, chocolate-chilli steak and strawberry-nougat dumplings at […]

Salzburg sets up free WLAN

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Political decision-makers in other Austrian tourism hotspots may be pressed to act after Salzburg’s officials introduced free wireless local area network (WLAN) internet access.City officials said today (Thurs) residents and holidaymakers can enter the World Wide Web (WWW) free of charge with their laptops, notebooks, tablets, PCs and smartphones at three popular places in the […]

Watchdog gives sausages the thumbs up

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The vast majority of Frankfurter sausages examined by a consumer information organisation have passed the quality check with flying colours.The Association for Consumer Information (VKI) said today (Thurs) that the quality of just four of the 34 products on sale in Austrian supermarkets it tested was rated “not satisfying” due to the discovered lactic acid […]

Ruby to hit slopes in Tyrol

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An exotic dancer who has been in the centre of the sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will go skiing in Austria tomorrow (Thurs).A spokesman for Karima El Mahrough – better known as Ruby the Heart Stealer – said today that the 18-year-old will hit the slopes in the Tyrolean winter sports resort […]

Young Austrians shun church, study shows

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One in two young Austrians never go to church, a new poll reveals.Public opinion agency Karmasin, who questioned 500 Austrians for the study published by magazine profil – found that 50 per cent of Austrians aged 30 and younger never attend Catholic masses. The firm’s research also shows that 35 per cent of all Austrians […]

One in three women consider plastic surgery

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A third of Austrian women can imagine undergoing cosmetic surgery, a poll has revealed.Researcher Marketagent said today (Thurs) around 33 per cent of women considered plastic surgery as an option, while only one in six men said the same.Breast reductions and enlargements were identified as the most popular potential surgery among women in the poll, […]

Veteran trucker may be a record breaker

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A Styrian haulier could be on his way into the record books.Franz Pregartner from St. Ruprecht an der Raab has not had any kind of accident in 44 years. The 63-year-old – who has never been off work due to illness throughout that time – said he had covered around 4.2 million kilometres.”I have been […]

Age feud tarnishes Romanian’s Miss Austria triumph

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Miss Austria competition organisers have pledged to do all they can to get winner Carmen Stamboli into this year’s Miss World competition regardless of an apparent breach of regulations.Stamboli, a brunette FlyNiki stewardess, was crowned Miss Austria 2011 at the Casino Baden in Lower Austria at the weekend.The event’s jury has been criticised for picking […]

Recycling-endorsing Austrians claim clean record

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A vast majority of Austrians claim to engage in recycling their garbage, it was revealed today (Tues).A study carried out by the European Commission (EC) shows that 97 per cent of Austrians say they recycle some of their household waste. This share helps Austria to a joint first place among the 27 member states of […]