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Austrian arms for Lithuania and Latvia

lithuanian flagThe police of Lithuania and the army of Latvia will perform its duty in future with arms from the Carinthian town of Ferlach.

The Lithuanian chief of police Vytautas Grigaravicius was very impressed about the Glock 17 and Glock 19, which should replace the Russian Makarow pistols by one quarter.

Also the Latvian army wants to trust arms made in Austria, and bought Glock-pistols in the value of 609.144 EUR. Reason: the Latvian army must adapt its equipment to Nato standard.


Santa Claus banned from Viennese kindergartens

“Santa Claus is dead”, says Christine Spiess, the boss of 360 municipal kindergartens. She declares a ban for Santa Claus on entering the kindergartens in Vienna. Even Catholic kindergartens are not allowed anymore to invite Santa Claus to meet the children. Children are afraid of Santa Claus, and after his visit many of them are [...]

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Austrian beer: most breweries per head in Austria

In comparison with other European nations, Austria is the country with the most breweries per inhabitant. Danmark is on the second place, Germany third. The Danish tourism center in Germany has made the investigation about the European beer nations, and published the result yesterday. The ranking: 1. Austria, 2. Danmark, 3. Germany, 4. Sweden, 5. [...]

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