tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Austria http://tips4travels.com/en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:04:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-taxes-and-charges-extremely-high.htm It was never a secret that Austrians have to pay a lot of taxes and charges. But an EU-wide comparison showed the unbelievable size of Austrias tax and charge burden. And Austrias politicans promise t... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/ex-vienna-choir-boys-say-they-were-abused.htm Two former members of the famed Vienna Boys' Choir say they were sexually abused by their supervisors, a top Austrian newspaper reported on Thursday, as allegations of misconduct against children in A... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austria-season-a-near-miss-not-failure-says-raich.htm GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Austria have failed to win a downhill this season, came away from the Vancouver without a single medal in men's Alpine skiing yet could still end up with th... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:10:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/electricity-outage-at-vienna&#039s-akh-hospital.htm Batteries supplied an emergency supply of electricity in critical areas and no damage occurred during the outage, which lasted from 3:39pm to 3:50pm, he added. Krepler said patients had been affected... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/forty-per-cent-of-kids-are-improperly-secured-in-cars.htm Club traffic psychologist Marion Seidenberger said today (Weds) the results of a survey of 1,500 kindergartens and primary schools throughout Austria had exceeded our worst fears . On aver... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/safety-office-says-firms-responsible-for-proper-internal-controls.htm The Styrian Safety Office said today (Thurs) in reference to the ongoing deadly cheese problem that firms were responsible for controls against use of ingredients that had already passed their expirat... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/thugs-arrested-in-vienna.htm Police said the two had confessed that boredom had led them to puncture the tyres of 56 cars in Vienna-Brigittenau and set fire to a baby carriage at an asylum home. Police put the cost of the punctu... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-catholics-to-examine-3-abuse-allegations.htm V IENNA — An Austrian diocese said Thursday it plans to examine abuse allegations against three retired priests at a Catholic school affiliated with a monastery. A former student at the school ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/electricity-outage-at-vienna&rsquos-akh-hospital.htm Batteries supplied an emergency supply of electricity in critical areas and no damage occurred during the outage, which lasted from 3:39pm to 3:50pm, he added. Krepler said patients had been affected... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/dna-leads-to-arrest-10-years-after-robbery.htm Burgenland cops said the 27-year-old crook, then 17, left his DNA on the T-shirt of the shop proprietor, then 45, which led them to him. The young hood burst into the shop on 4 August 2000 and made o... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/two-more-people-develop-listeria-infections.htm Two more people have been hospitalised with listeria bacteria infections, the Agency for Health and Nutrition Safety (AGES) announced today (Weds). Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/nazi-era-mass-grave-found-at-austrian-army-base.htm Vienna, March 10 : Excavations at a newly identified Nazi-era mass grave are set to start soon at an Austrian army base, Defence Minister said Wednesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-lenders-set-to-tackle-exposure.htm Dubai: Austrian banks have an exposure of $1.9 billion (Dh6.97 billion) to the UAE, according to data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. Among them is one of Aus... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-exports-to-uae-fall-31.htm Wolfgang Penzias, Austria's trade commissioner in the UAE, says Dubai has retained its important role as a regional hub for trade and finance despite the economic slowdown. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austria-rocked-by-more-child-sex-abuse-claims.htm Austria’s Catholic Church has expressed deep shame and regret over a growing child sex buse scandal. It has now been revealed a priest from the south east region of Austria is suspected of abus... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/nazi-era-mass-grave-identified-in-austrian-army-base.htm Vienna - Excavations at a newly identified Nazi-era mass grave are set to start soon at an Austrian army base, the Defense Minister said Wednesday. Historians have concluded that some 80 Hungarian Jew... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/q4-2009-telekom-austria-ag-earnings-conference-call-part-3.htm <Time: 10:00:00> <Head: Q4 2009 Telekom Austria AG Earnings Conference Call - Part 3> <Tran: 022410am.780> <Time: 10:03:18> DAVID WRIGHT: Let's leave it at that. Thanks.OP... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/vidc-calls-on-austria-to-shelter-iranian-dissidents.htm The Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) called on the Austrian government today (Weds) to give refuge to Iranian dissidents. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-diplomat-in-croatia-accused-of-wife-beating.htm Croatian weekly Globus claims Sylvie Madeleine told police in capital Zagreb that her husband, Austrian diplomat Michael Kainz, had beaten her in front of their three kids. The paper added that the w... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/fleeing-thieves-cause-car-crash.htm The Slovaks, aged 23 and 34, drove towards Vienna after stealing items worth 500 Euros at the supermarket. After colliding with another car but finding their car still drivable, the Slovaks kept driv... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/brit-and-german-collide-on-tyrolean-slope.htm A 32-year-old British ski instructor and a 22-year-old German skier were hospitalised after an on-piste smash in the Tyrolean ski resort of Scheffau on Monday, local officials announced today (Weds). Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/switzerland-austria-to-play-in-euro-2012-warm-up.htm (AP) — BERN, Switzerland - Switzerland will travel to face Austria in an Aug. 11 warm-up match before beginning their qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championship. The Alpine neighbo... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/current-steel-prices-pose-major-breaks-for-regional-industry-says-danube.htm The current price of steel in the UAE has seen a monthly increase from December 2009 to reach Dhs2,150 per tonne in March this year - a growth pattern that is posing major prospects for the regional m... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-arch-abbot-admits-child-abuse.htm Arch-abbot Bruno Becker says he abused a 12-year-old boy more than 40 years ago. In a statement cited on Tuesday by the Austria Press Agency, he says he informed church authorities last year after his... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-dutch-catholic-church-react-to-new-abuse-cases-summary.htm Vienna- Fresh allegations of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergy surfaced in Austria and the Netherlands on Tuesday, prompting the ousting of an abbot in Austria and an independent investigat... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/narrow-escape-as-train-hits-coach.htm Passengers and a driver had a narrow escape after their coach was hit by a train after it got stuck between railway crossing barriers, yesterday (Mon). Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/police-confiscate-french-couple&#039s-animals.htm Styrian police confiscated 12 undernourished dogs and a pot-bellied pig they found in a vehicle owned by a French couple moving from Bulgaria to Hungary today (Tues). Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/taxi-driver-charged-with-human-trafficking.htm A Vienna taxi driver was charged yesterday evening (Mon) with human trafficking for trying to take an Albanian man from Maribor, Slovenia, to Vienna, police said. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/verbund-management-board-member-kern-departs-for-austrian-railways-job.htm Kern will leave Verbund in early June to assume the role of new chief executive of Oesterreichische Bahnen AG, the Austrian Federal Railway company. Kern was responsible for mergers and acquisitions ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/bark-group-inc.-subsidiary-today-launches-a-daily-magazine-for-leading-private-austrian-tv.htm BKPG ), a U.S. company with a multinational client base, announced today that the company's subsidiary, Anaconda.TV Munich, has signed a contract with one of the biggest private Austrian TV broadcaste... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/abuse-cases-surface-in-austrian-catholic-church-summary.htm Vienna- Cases of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergymen surfaced in Austria on Tuesday, as the boarding school of Mehrerau abbey confirmed anonymous accusations and a Salzburg abbot admitted ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/skier-almost-hangs-himself-on-a-cable.htm A skier is in a critical state after skiing into a piste grooming machine cable on Sunday evening at the Wagrain ski area in Salzburg, police said yesterday (Mon). Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/serb-couple-held-young-romanian-woman-captive.htm The 28-year-old man and his 31-year-old wife, who have three children, held the Romanian captive and abused her repeatedly since summer 2007. They claimed they had simply been kind to the young woman... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/woman-run-over-by-her-own-car.htm The 36-year-old care assistant, who wanted to park her car in the underground garage of her apartment building, had been walking down to open the garage door when her car began rolling towards her. U... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/almost-100-missing-maddie-tips-in-austria.htm Police in Austria registered almost 100 tip offs by people in the case of Madeleine McCann who went missing at a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/us-military-behind-haiti-quake-says-innsbruck-scientist.htm Innsbruck political scientist Claudia von Werlhof has accused the USA of being behind the Haitian earthquake in January, it emerged today (Tues). Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/josef-fritzl-&#039scared-for-his-life-in-prison&#039.htm Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who is serving life after he confessed to keeping his daughter Elisabeth as a sex slave in a dungeon, has had two prisoners transferred after he became convinced they were plotting to kill him, it has emerged. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/green-politican-wants-barbara-rosenkranz-to-resign.htm Vorarlbergs Green politican Harald Walser was never happy with Barbara Rosenkranz being the candidate of the Freedom party for the next Federal President election. Now he even demands a cancellation o... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/candidate-in-austrian-poll-forced-to-back-holocaust-law.htm IAN TRAYNORA FAR-RIGHT contender to become Austria’s head of state was forced to denounce the Nazis yesterday, promising to uphold a national ban on denying the Holocaust after previously insist... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/christoph-waltz-basks-in-oscar-glory.htm Success at the Oscars has vaulted Christoph Waltz from a little-known Austrian character actor to the toast of Hollywood. He won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his portrayal of a suave Nazi o... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/&#039closet-nazi&#039-in-running-for-austrian-presidency.htm Barbara Rosenkranz, a far-Right candidate for the upcoming Austrian presidential election. Barbara Rosenkranz, 51, a regional leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe), looks likely to be the only ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/poorly-packed-parachutes-cause-soldier&#039s-death.htm An improperly packed parachute was probably the cause of the death of a soldier during a training exercise on 2 March in East Tyrol, the Defence Ministry said last Saturday. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/mauthausen-wall-defaced-again.htm The outer wall of the former Nazi concentration and death camp at Mauthausen, Upper Austria, was defaced again last Friday night, police said. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/doctors-charged-with-negligent-manslaughter.htm The 23-year-old who underwent a routine foot operation at the hospital on 27 November 2008 had been sedated with the pain killer. But a medical expert has said doctors administered too much affecting... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/waltz-vows-no-more-nazi-roles-austrians-cheer-oscar-triumph.htm VIENNA: An Oscar triumph tops an extraordinary year for Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, who has now won every major film prize for his portrayal of a sadistic Germany officer, but has vowed never to p... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/brit-skier-dies-in-tyrol.htm General News 2010-03-08 A Czech skier was seriously injured yesterday (Sun) when he fell 100 metres while touring on the Krippenstein mountain in Upper Austria, police said. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/pub-goer-leaves-child-in-sub-zero-car.htm A Viennese man is facing child neglect charges after leaving his three-year-old daughter in his car at sub-zero temperatures on Saturday night. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/russian-saved-trying-to-cross-alps-on-foot.htm Local residents notified police after seeing the 35-year-old Russian battling through heavy snowfall on the Timmelsjoch high-Alpine highway, which is closed for the winter. The man, who did not have ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/drunk-lets-teenage-son-behind-the-steering-wheel.htm Police in Vorarlberg said today (Mon) they were pressing charges against a man who let his 14-year-old son behind the steering wheel Saturday night. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/suffocated-man-was-about-to-be-evicted.htm A 27-year-old man who suffocated to death after burning charcoal in an outdoor grill to warm his apartment in Villach, Carinthia, was about to be evicted, police said today (Mon). Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/tractor-driver-dies-from-internal-injuries.htm A 71-year-old man who was seriously injured in a tractor accident last week near Neusiedl, Lower Austria, died from internal injuries over the weekend, the Krems clinic where he was being treated said... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-tourist-attacked-in-uttar-pradesh.htm A 30-year-old Austrian tourist was attacked, robbed and left unconscious near a rail track in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said on Monday. Mario Max was found Sunday evening in Auragabad ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/&#039closet-nazi&#039-runs-for-austrian-presidency.htm A far-right candidate for Austria's presidential election has brought the country's dark past to the surface once more, after denouncing a law banning Nazi groups and Holocaust denial. Barbara Rose... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-tourist-attacked-in-uttar-pradesh.htm A 30-year-old Austrian tourist was attacked, robbed and left unconscious near a rail track in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Monday. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/oscars-under-way-with-wins-for-austrian-actor-waltz.htm Inglourious Basterds . Oscar and Penelope -- that's uber bingo, a delighted Waltz said after receiving the famous golden statuette fromSpanish siren Penelope Cruz. Th... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/defector-highlights-vienna&#039s-role-as-north-korean-spy-post-feature.htm Vienna - As North Korean defector Kim Jong Ryul tells it, he was a luxury shopper for Pyongyang's power elite, working from Vienna, as well as a translator attached to his country's nuclear programme.... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/oscars-under-way-with-wins-for-austrian-actor-waltz.htm The 82nd Academy Awards got under way here Sunday with Austrian actor Christoph Waltz winning the first Oscar of a new-look show at Hollywood's Kodak Theater. Waltz scooped the first honors of the ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/capello-to-announce-world-cup-squad-on-may-30.htm London, Mar 7(ANI): England manager Fabio Capello has revealed that he will call his 30-man provisional squad in a sudden death team meeting at their Austrian training camp, and then fire off the final list of 23 names who will travel to the World Cup. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/former-concentration-camp-vandalized-in-austria.htm VIENNA (Reuters) - A former concentration camp in Austria has been vandalized with anti-Semitic and anti-Turkish graffiti by suspected far-right activists, police and officials said on Friday.Abuse wa... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/croatia&#039s-zagorec-investigated-by-austria.htm 05/03/2010VIENNA, Austria -- State Prosecutor Helmut Jamnig said on Thursday (March 4th) that Austrian authorities are investigating former Croatian General Vladimir Zagorec for his alleged help in de... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/technology-&#039no-substitute-for-training-in-avalanche&#039.htm Josef Schiefer, 45, from St. Johann im Pongau, said taking an avalanche course and being trained in how to use sensors and shovels were also important, adding that such equipment should always be brou... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/teen-gang-broken-up-by-vorarlberg-police.htm The four-man gang aged 15 to 19 were involved in numerous robberies between 19 January and the end of February. Police said the gang had broken into inns, cars and a firm in the Dornbirn, Hohenems an... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/kebab-stand-robber-gets-two-and-a-half-years-in-prison.htm A 21-year-old man who tried to rob a kebab stand was sentenced to two and a half years in prison yesterday (Tues) by Feldkirch provincial court. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/car-slams-into-bus-stop-injuring-two.htm A teen who backed his car into a bus stop while turning around injured two young women yesterday (Tues) in St. Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia, police said. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/boy-seriously-injured-in-fall-from-scooter.htm A six-year-old boy suffered severe head injuries yesterday (Tues) when he fell from his scooter while playing near his house in Schladming, Styria, police said. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/signal-box-failure-paralyses-tyrol-rail-traffic.htm Thousands of commuters were left stranded after signal box failures at Schwaz, Tyrol, paralysed rail services for two hours this morning (Weds). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/linz-doctors-save-worker&#039s-arm.htm Doctors at Linz provincial hospital managed to rescue the lower right arm of the 40-year-old shift supervisor last night (Tues/Weds) after he inadvertently stuck it into the milling machine whilst at ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/out-of-control-garden-fire-burns-three-hectares.htm A fire started by a woman who wanted to clear a small part of her garden quickly got out of control and wound up burning three hectares of land yesterday (Tues) in Lower Austria. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/chip-fat-behind-massive-fire-in-vorarlberg.htm A fire which burnt down a multi-family home in Wolfurt, Vorarlberg on Monday, was caused by excessively hot chip fat, it emerged today (Weds). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/ansfelden-mayor-commits-suicide.htm Ernhard, 56, who left a good bye note, was found in a garden shed behind his house by his wife. She found the body after discovering a farewell note. Ernhard made headlines on 2 February when he rece... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/vienna-to-ban-professional-beggars.htm Speaking yesterday (Weds), Lindenmayr said the provincial parliament would pass an amendment to the provincial security law at its 26 March session that would ban such beggars with a view to cracking ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/ecj-rules-against-minimum-cigarette-prices.htm The minimum price for a pack of cigarettes in Austria is a violation of EU guidelines, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today (Thurs). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/driver-seriously-hurt-as-truck-overturns.htm The 44-year-old from Altheim, Upper Austria, lost control when a belt holding his cargo of timber in place broke as he was making a turn. The load shifted, causing the truck to veer off the road and ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/military-and-ams-to-cooperate-on-job-front.htm The military will allow the unemployed to take the menial jobs for which there is no need for previous military training. A large number of recruits have been assigned to such jobs in recent years. C... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/man-shoots-neighbour-with-a-gas-pistol.htm A man shot a neighbour with a gas pistol from his balcony as the victim was standing in a courtyard in Carinthia, police reported today (Fri). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/more-attacks-on-public-transport-employees-and-passengers.htm A spokesman for public transport agency Wiener Linien today (Fri) said attacks on passengers had risen by 23 per cent from 253 in 208 to 310, the highest in the last 10 years, in 2009. He stressed, h... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/return-of-winter-brings-heavy-snow.htm < pages; i++) e... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/facebook-group-shut-as-users-call-for-nazi-camp-reopening.htm A Facebook group calling for the reopening of Austrian concentration camp Mauthausen was taken offline after winning more than 13,000 members, officials have said. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/north-korean-defector-reveals-austrian-connection.htm North Koreans bow before the statue of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung erected in Pyongyang. Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austria-shocked-by-coach-allegations.htm One of Austria's most senior and respected coaches, Linz-based Helge Godecke, is reported to have attempted suicide after being questioned over allegations that he filmed two teenage swimmers watching... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-architect-raimund-abraham-dead-at-72.htm Architect Raimund Abraham (right) is pictured here with then Austrian Cultural Forum Director Christoph Thun-Hohenstein during an event in New York City, in 2002. Abraham, an Austrian who renounced hi... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/nkorean-who-shopped-for-dictators-breaks-his-silence-after-16-years-under-cover-in-austria.htm Former highly decorated North Korean colonel Kim Jong Ryul gestures at a news conference in Vienna, on Thursday, March 4, 2010, on the occasion of the presentation of the book Im Dienst des Diktators... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austrian-coach-attempts-suicide-after-child-pornography-allegations.htm LINZ, Austria, March 4. ACCORDING to a variety of articles, Austrian coach Helge Godecke attempted to commit suicide after authorities performed a house search in an attempt to find alleged child porn... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/north-korean-agent-appears-in-austria-years-after-defecting.htm Vienna - A former North Korean secret agent surfaced after living underground in Austria for over 15 years, when he presented a book in Vienna on Thursday telling the story of his work as a procuremen... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/barbara-rosenkranz-wants-to-become-austrias-next-president.htm The 51-year-old married mother of 10 children runs for the next election to become Austrias Federal President. She is the candidate of the Freedom party, against the acting president of the Socialdemo... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/jake-chooses-vienna-on-abc&#039s-&#039the-bachelor&#039-finale.htm Jake Pavelka chose Vienna Giraldi on The Bachelor finale, concluding his lovey-dovey stint on the ABC reality television show, just as he prepared to join another: Dancing with the Stars. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/jake-chooses-vienna-on-abc&#039s-&#039the-bachelor&#039-finale.htm In this publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka, right holds the hand of Vienna Giraldi after the final rose ceremony on the season finale of The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love, Monda... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/tenley-&lsquohappy&rsquo-for-&lsquothe-bachelor&rsquo-and-vienna.htm Millions tuned in to see Jake Pavelka propose to 23-year-old fitness consultant Vienna Girardi on Monday night’s season finale of “The Bachelor.” In the hours that followed the telecast, many fa... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/austria-far-rightist&#039s-presidential-bid-draws-ire-of-local-jews.htm Austrian far-right presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz drew sharp condemnation from the country's Jewish organizations Tuesday - who highlighted her controversial stance on Holocaust deniers.Ros... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/new-prophylactic-for-ms-victims.htm New tablets with greater prophylactic effect than older remedies are available at pharmacies for multiple sclerosis victims, it was announced today (Tues). Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/german-worker-crushed-between-trucks.htm Police in Linz said the man was crushed between a forklift truck and a lorry. Officials assume the driver of the forklift failed to see the man who had got out of his lorry to unload cargo at the Che... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/via-taxi-smoking-ban.htm Provincial authorities warned breaching the rule could be punished with a fine of up to 7,000 Euros. They argued that the taxis could be considered as publicly accessible venues and there... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/police-find-booty-in-car-boot.htm Police who stopped to help a Romanian man whose car had broken down because of engine problems were surprised to find the boot packed with stolen goods. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/woman-run-over-by-her-tractor.htm The woman had driven to a meadow where bales of hay had been left. When she stopped the tractor on a steep slope, she failed to engage the handbrake properly. The tractor began to go downhill while s... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/number-of-holiday-trips-soars-in-2009.htm The number of holiday trips by Austrians soared last year, with 5.34 million over-15s making 17.2 million trips, according to Statistik Austria. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/salzburg-mayor-rules-out-slashing-public-transport-prices-for-the-needy.htm Salzburg Mayor Heinz Schaden has claimed there was no need to change current regulations as NGOs called on the city government to slash public transport prices for needy people. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/welder-cracks-head-open-in-fall-from-bridge.htm A welder suffered severe head injuries yesterday (Mon) when he fell five metres while working on a bridge over the Mur River in Judenburg, Styria, police said. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/iaea-can&#039t-confirm-iran-nuke-program-is-peaceful.htm Vienna (Austria), Mar. 2 (ANI): The UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said it can't guarantee that the Iran nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:50:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/migrants-issue-stokes-political-passions.htm VIENNA, Mar 2, 2010 (IPS) - Support for the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in Austria has soared amid debate over controversial plans for the construction of a new centre to house asylum seekers.The FP... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/europe/austria-news/jake-chooses-vienna-on-abc&#039s-&#039the-bachelor&#039-finale.htm (AP Photo/ABC, Greg Zabilski)In this undated publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka,is shown during the filming of the romance reality series, The Bachelor . Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:10:00 +0100