Austria News

The police of Vienna has a new concept how to create a bigger feeling of security for the Viennese population. Policemen on patrol (beat constable) are going to spread notepads with messages on doors and cars.
The Viennese citizen reads messages like “We were here – the police” or “For your security on the move – [...]

The sister of Jörg Haider and politican of Austrias orange party called “BZÖ”, Ursula Haubner, demands more money and support for children. Reason: soon there are state elections in Upper Austria, and she is the prime candidate of her party.
Haubner thinks that there are increasing numbers of children in Austria who has to live under [...]

Employees of a mobile phone operator in Vienna were confronted with a rude death threat of an angry customer from Tirol. Reason: the mobile phone reception was not good enough for the sensitive Tirolean.
Even two times he called the office of the mobile phone operator and promised to kill everyone with a huge bomb. For [...]

Harsh words come from the politican of the Freedom Party known as “David Lasar”, who is also a member of state parliament. He thinks that Vienna is not only the capital of Austria, but also the capital of burglars and thieves.
The reason for such a disastrous balance can be found in the Socialdemocratic mayor Michael [...]

Austrias civil servant minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek from the Socialdemocrats has a brillant idea how to remove the lack of policemen in Austria. Yesterday she has presented he plans to the public: 1.200 postmen should become policemen.
Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek thinks that skillful postmen can help the Austrian police with valuable assistance. Her detailed plans are still a [...]

The Austrian Federal Railway seems to have a serious problem with an internet forum about the railway in Austria, which has many critical postings. Medias report that the employees of the Federal Railway have no internet connection anymore to this website.
The Austrian Federal Railway is known to react very sensitive about critical voices. Three years [...]

Politicans of Austrias most southern province Carinthia are not happy about the plans of the Interior Minister. The Interior Minister of the Peoples Party, Maria Fekter, desires more police for Vienna, which should be taken from Carinthia.
It’s a rare thing in Austrian politics when the Orange party BZÖ and Socialdemocrats have the same opinion. But [...]

A group of actors was arrested by the police in a forest of Innsbruck because they wore blue and scuffed clothes. The actors gave a performance within the event called “dancing and hiking.”
As the event was already over, the victims of the police had no witnesses to prove that they are harmless. All visitors of [...]

Yesterday evening 3.500 people protested against right-wing extremism in Austria infront of the parliament.
The protest was organized through the internet portal “Facebook” by two young ladies, who are worried about the present political situation.
The traffic around the parliament was blocked. The female youth spokesman of the Socialdemocrats, Angela Lueger, said that “the event was a [...]

Every second male Viennese and every third female Viennese visit a restaurant once a week.
Their destination in the evening is usually an Italian restaurant. Viennese prefer Italian cuisine.
This reveals a new study of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. In spite of the financial crisis, the gourmets of Vienna don’t want to save money by choosing [...]

Austrias federal state of Tirol is preparing for the summer holiday season. Tourism experts predict a difficult situation. The international financial crisis should decrease the number of holidaymakers.
But Tirol is still relaxed. Reason: the past winter season was the second best in Tirols history ever. The holiday and tourism managers of Tirol are very motivated. [...]

The former party leader of the Greens, Alexander Van der Bellen, shows his anger and discomfort about the election result in Iran in a press release. His favourite candidate lost the election, and the winner is not able to satisfy the ideas and beliefs of the Green politican.
Alexander Van der Bellen: “The re-election of Ahmadinedschad [...]

A restaurant in Carinthias second biggest town Villach closed exactly on the legally required closing time. Too early for an highly sensitive customer. He lost his mind and started to riot.
He took his barstool and used it as missile against the waiters of the restaurant. Later the angry customer also threw with glasses and destroyed [...]

An international competition of the special kind took place in Austrias most Western province of Vorarlberg. Young men from Austria and Albania were having a violent disput on the street. Two men had to be brought to hospital with heavy injuries.
According to a report of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Albanians started the fight, because a [...]

Carinthias most successful family businessman 2009 comes from an entrepreneurial family which had a small grocery for more than 100 years. But as he did not wanted to work in a grocery shop, he decided to find an employment in a bank.
After five years of hard work in a bank, he found out that he [...]

In spite of a loss of 3 percent, the Peoples Party turned out to be the shining winner and the absolute number one in the election for the European Union yesterday. But there were more winners as just the Peoples Party.
Also the candidate of Austrias biggest newspaper, Mr. Martin, was able to make a brillant [...]

Wrought-up emotions during an election campaign event of the Freedom Party in Vienna. About 200 violent left wing protesters tried to break up the meeting.
Eggs, potatoes, beer cans and firecrackers were thrown on the visitors and politicans of the Freedom Party. One of the pyrotechnic article was thrown on the stage and almost hit Freedom [...]

A new study revealed the worrying fact that 18 percent of all Austrian women already had a problem with stalking. Now Austrias women minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (Socialdemocrats) wants to evaluate the anti stalking law.
What is stalking? Stalking is an sulky answer to unrequited love. Unwanted daily telephone calls, e-mails or presents are already categorized as [...]

Peoples Party prime candidate Heinrich Strasser declared during in a visit in Austrias federal state of Styria, that he wants to win the EU election. Another target for him is to become the number one party in Styria, he confirmed.
The reasons why he should win the election are obvious to him. “We need a strong [...]

Upper Austrias every 2 years recurring Festival Of Regions is this year located in the Southern part of Linz called “Auwiesen”. “Normality” is the official title of the festival.
The official website fdr.at writes: In 2009, in collaboration with Linz 09 Cultural Capital of Europe, the Festival of Regions will be oriented toward the southern edge [...]

Yesterday 1.400 protesters were on the street to demonstrate against and for the building of a mosque in Vienna. The demonstration against the mosque counted 700 people. The other half of the protesters wanted to show their agreement to the controversial construction plans.
The spokeswoman of the public campaign against the mosque declared that the demonstration [...]

The leader of the workshop for prophylaxis of addiction in Vorarlbergs Western province of Vorarlberg damns the reviviscence of cheap alcohol in discotheques. The critical man even locates a “barbarization”.
He demands a discussion with mayors and public authorities from towns and villages with discotheques. Alcoholic drinks should be more expensive again, is the main wish [...]

Yesterdays performance of the Green prime candidate for the EU election and vice leader of their parliamentary group, Ulrike Lunacek, in a live discussion in Austrian TV, caused anxiety and anger among all political parties.
BZÖ’s EU election prime candidate Ewald Stadler said that “a party which want to give social benefits to asylum seekers in [...]

The industry of Austrias most southern province Carinthia feels the effects of the international financial crisis. Two third of the companies confirm a very bad order situation. And the lowest point is still not reached yet, claim experts.
Industries like construction and food are still doing relatively well. The timber and electronics industry, as well as [...]

Austrias agriculture minister Nikolaus Berlakovich from the Peoples Party visited the town of Dornbirn on Wednesday.
Reason of the visit was the claim of some farmers that something should be done against the milk price crash.
Berlakovich said that the only possible exit of the crash is the increased consumption of Austrian milk by Austrian citizens. [...]

The church council has found a new enemy in the Freedom Party. Leading members of the council are not happy about a certain election campaign slogan of the party for the EU election. The Freedom Party touts with the sentence: “Occident in Christian hand”.
“The Freedom Party is not allowed to capture our Christian religion”, was [...]

A speech of Austrias minister of defence Norbert Darabos (Socialdemocrats) infront of 500 soldiers in Mautern (Lower Austria), caused a lot of disgust and outrage in Austrias domestic politics.
Darabos was talking about Austrias army budget for 2009, and found blandishments for it. For Freedom Party member Mario Kunasek an unbearable situation. He sees the existance [...]

The Green justice spokesman Albert Steinhauser is out of sorts with the Austrian police. He thinks that policemen have problems with their attitude to do a proper job.
Steinhauser claims that a demonstration against racism in Linz was attacked with unusual violence by police officers. On the other hand 100 right wing extremists were able to [...]

The Socialdemocrats of Vienna decided a higher tax on property. The Greens consented the new decision. Peoples Party and Freedom Party were against it.
The Peoples Party was talking about “Milkmaid Marxism”. The Viennese Freedom Party sees a shock for the middle classes.

The main basis of the new law is a financial transactional tax and a [...]

A 28-year-old burglar failed to complete a burglary in Upper Austrias provincial capital of Linz, because he sustained an epileptic seizure. It was a paradoxical situation when two policemen had to help the unlucky burglar and applied first aid.
Doctors said that the nervousness and tension for the young man was too high to complete a [...]