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Austrian Alpine salmon becomes export hit

The breeding of the Austrian Alpine salmon started 30 years ago in the Lower Austrian village of Gutenstein. Now the salmon becomes more and more to an export hit. The federal government of Lower Austria worked out a quality securing program with the breeders.

The fish who was brought to Lower Austria from the polar sea is accepted as very healthy, and breeded in 16 domestic enterprises.

According to the plans of the federal government of Lower Austria, the export sales of the Alpine salmon should be optimized. Especially Germans are very interested. A top restaurant proprietor from Cologne orders every week.

Compared to the normal salmon, the Alpine salmon is quite expensive, but the demand exceeds the supply distinctly.

The federal government of Lower Austria wants to support the breeders also with new foundations and advertising.


Greens demand prohibition for helicopter skiing in Vorarlberg

The green party is not happy with the federal government of Vorarlberg. The Greens think the campaign “respect your borders” against helicopter skiing, is not taken seriously enough. Also this year the Greens want a general prohibition for helicopter skiing. In the view of the Greens, helicopter skiing is a a dubious pleasure and only [...]

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Halloween terror riot in the Upper Austrian town of Bad Schallerbach

The Halloween riots in Austria are increasing from year to year. This year young “Halloween Hooligans” have caused a 10.000 EUR damage in the Upper Austrian health resort of Bad Schallerbach. The 16-year-old “Halloweenians” damaged flowerpots, smashed glass doors, destroyed bank machines, and lighting fixtures. In the area around the railway station the angry youths [...]

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Winter is coming to Austria

Traffic on icy roads in the early morning caused car accidents in whole Austria. Especially in and around the Upper Austrian capital Linz the situation was very bad. There was a multiple pile-up with 20 cars who caused delay on the road to Linz. Because of yesterdays public holiday the worst case did not happen. [...]

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