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Second truck stuck in Styrian underpass Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Police added that it was the third time in eight days that a truck had got stuck in the underpass. A truck driven by a 23-year-old man that was carrying two bales of hay weighing 760 kilos got stuck ...
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Burgenland announces massive wind park investment Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The move comes as Burgenland bids to become "electricity independent" by 2013 through use of renewable sources of energy. At present, there are 206 windmills in Burgenland used to generate ...
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Wifo expert calls for new state social aid system Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Vienna think tank the Institute for Economic Research (Wifo) has called for a new state social aid system with "productive elements."
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Last Hitler relatives tracked down in Austria Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The 46-year-old farmer was horrified to learn the blood of the "greatest criminal" is in his veins. But he is not alone. A Belgian journalist who tracked him down and persuaded him to donat...
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Student fights off sex attacker Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
A man grabbed the woman from behind and tried to rip her clothes off but she turned round and kicked him until he fled. Police said the woman described the man as unkempt and 30 to 40 years old.
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Slovak stopped with 47 puppies in van Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
General News 2010-02-25 Styrian police discovered 47 puppies stashed in a Slovakian van during a routine motorway traffic check on the A2 yesterday (Weds).
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Carinthias image badly damaged Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
According to a new survey among Carinthians and None-Carinthians the image of Austrias southern federal state Carinthia is badly damaged. Carinthians know about their loss of image and do not try to s...
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Lufthansa downsizes Austrian Airlines' units Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Vienna, Feb 25 : Lufthansa is reducing the cargo business of Austrian Airlines, the newly acquired subsidiary said Wednesday - 24 hours after announcing cuts in its technical maintenance unit.
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Lufthansa downsizes Austrian Airlines' cargo and maintenance units Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Vienna - Lufthansa is reducing the cargo business of Austrian Airlines, the newly acquired subsidiary said Wednesday - 24 hours after announcing cuts in its technical maintenance unit. The troubled Au...
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EU leaders to discuss Danube region Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
EU leaders and ministers will meet on Thursday in Budapest to discuss economic and environmental developments for the Danube region. The conference is part of Brussels' drive for an "EU Strategy for t...
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Swingers in Vienna Art Hall Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
An interior view of the swingers club "Element6" that is part of a provocative project by Swiss artist Christoph Buechel at Vienna's Secession, seen on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Visitors who want to see...
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Drug dealer crackdown in Upper Austria Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Upper Austrian police said today (Weds) they had arrested a total of four drug dealers who had sold heroin and cannabis worth 132,000 Euros in the Kirchdorf district in Upper Austria.
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Strong support for legal euthanasia Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Vienna-based research agency Karmasin said it had interviewed 500 Austrians for its weekly poll for news magazine profil. The pollsters announced 46 per cent of questioned people had said doctors who...
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Church rejects blackmail bid Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
The Roman Catholic Graz-Seckau diocese has today (Weds) revealed how a former victim of sexual abuse by priests tried to blackmail them for one million Euros.
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Hunter punched after shooting pitbull Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
A hunter walked into a dog owner's home and shot dead a pet pitbull terrier after claiming it was a danger to the public, it emerged today (Weds).
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Swingers in Vienna art hall Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Published Date: February 24, 2010 In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk through a swingers club to reach one of Gus...
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Death toll in Austrian tainted cheese case rises to seven Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Vienna - A seventh Austrian has died from eating cheese tainted with listeria bacteria, the national food safety authority confirmed Wednesday. The 57-year old man from the province of Lower Austria d...
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Pensioner severely injured in roof fall Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
A 72-year-old man was severely injured yesterday (Tues) when he fell six metres to the ground while clearing ice and snow off the roof of a house in Hirschegg, Vorarlberg, police said.
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Pensioner lies dead in apartment for four months Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
A 69-year-old man lay dead in his apartment for four months before police in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, found his body, they said today (Weds).
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Nine people in hospital after eating deadly cheese Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Twelve people have been hospitalised with listeria infections, nine of them having become ill after eating deadly Quargel cheese produced by Styrian firm Prolactal GmbH.
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