Austria News

The Lower Austrian district of Gänserndorf was the scene of a tragical incident. A 79 year-old woman was killed by her two rottweilers. The rottweilers were on duty as watch dogs.
The reason for the deadly attack is not clear. There was only one single incident in 2006. Usually the two dogs were quite calm and [...]

An emotional card game in a pub in the center of the province of Lower Austria caused two dead persons this week. A 76-year-old man knocked down his 67-year-old friend with a chair. When the victim died because of his injuries, the 76-year-old decided to hang himself.
Reason of the disagreement was the question if the [...]

This years indoor football tournament in Salzburg was overshadowed with a beer cup throw. One supporter of the club called “Austria Salzburg” threw a half-full beer cup on the parquet. The reactions were emotional superheated.
Some people demand to exclude Austria Salzburg from the tournament in the future. The organizer don’t want to hear that. “We [...]

One seriously injured 39-year-old man was the result of a muffed Christmas party which was organized by a tinsmith enterprise in Carinthias capital Klagenfurt.
The guests were so unhappy and disappointed about the boring event that they started to riot and a rude free for all. One man was hit by fists of his opponent several [...]

Portentously coincidence in Styria. A 39-year-old wood carver carved a huge devil on the wooden door of a motorcycle club. It was the last order in his life. He died on his way home after a car accident.
The 34-year-old spent the whole day making a huge devils face into the wooden door of a motorcycle [...]

The organiser of a traditional festival in the south of Upper Austria had the devilish idea to “burn a witch” to spice up his event. At the last moment disgusted citizens and residents were able to prevent such an outrageous spectacle.
The “burning of a witch” during the event was even advertised on placards and posters. [...]

Some of Viennas homeless people have found the university as a new place to stay over the night. A certain auditorium serves as heated place with free eating.
Students support the people in need of help as much as they can. But it seems that Vienna needs more flats and night shelters for its homeless. The [...]

Sunday, the 13th December is going to be the magic day when it’s not allowed anymore to enjoy alcoholic beverages in all local trains of Vorarlberg. Just why Vorarlberg? Because it’s a manageable province, explains a spokesman of the Austrian Federal Railway.
If a person does not respect the new law, the unlucky transgressor will be [...]

The 300 inhabitants of the small village Altenberg an der Rax are very unlucky and depressed. Since the last restaurant has closed its gates, a communication centre is missing.
Altenberg an der Rax is a true idyll in the Styrian district of Mürzzuschlag. But the fact that a restaurant is missing in the centre of the [...]

Currently a passionate discussion is going on in the Upper Austrian border town Braunau, which is also known as the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. The reason can be found in the lodger of Hitlers birth house. He is going to move out next year, and there will be an empty building.
Now the mayor, who is [...]

The start of school in Lower Austria was a bad surprise for many schools. In spite of signed applications, many fledgling teachers prefered to stay at home instead of giving their first lessons. Lower Austrias schools inspector Hermann Helm is upset and mad with anger.
Some of the 166 fledgling teachers told their decision of not [...]

Austrias Broadcasting Corporation “ORF” reports about a creepy series of dead people in the Alps of East Tirol. Every year 15 holidaymakers and hikers die during their leisure activities. Only during the past 2 weeks 7 persons had an accident in the dangerous mountains and died.
Some of the victims were killed by falling rocks, knows [...]

The womens centres in the the federal state of Lower Austria have to fight with two main problems these days. All 6 centres are used to the full capacity, which is nontypical during the summer, and the financing for next year is completely outstanding for the most part.
The provincial government of Lower Austria wants to [...]

An advertising poster for a discotheque in the Upper Austrian village of Unterweitersdorf causes an enormous sensation in the region. There is a tortured back of a woman imaged on the poster. Local politicans of the Socialdemocrats and the Greens see a “shocking villainy” in such a way of advertising.
The message under the tortured back [...]

After the unbearable heat of the past days, heavy storms left a trace of devastations behind in most parts of Austria last night. Especially the provinces of Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, as well as Vienna were affected.
The storm caused damage in a not yet assessable dimension. Wind gusts, storm rainfall, and hailstorm kept thousands [...]

The capital of Austria has a problem to receive new police forces. Many young policemen don’t want to work in Vienna, and prefer to do their duty in the province.
The reason is simple. Being a policeman in Vienna is more stressful and dangerous as in the province. But the situation for the director of the [...]

The website of Austrias Broadcasting Corporation reports about a carptenter from Tirol, who wants to become a brothel operator. His only problem are those mayors in Tirols little villages and towns, who are not very excited about his idea. The reason why to change the profession is not known. Maybe the work as carpenter turned [...]

The public transport operators of Vienna have decided not to ban eating and drinking passengers from their transportations. “We as a service company have not the right to fight social standards”, said the “Wiener Linien” manager Michael Lichtenegger.
It’s allowed to eat and drink, but a voluntary renunciation would be highly appreciated, he confirms, and adds [...]

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 [...]

A 69-year-old woman from Kundl became the victim of a white-headed eagle. The huge bird snatched her handbag after a masterful power dive from the sky.
The Tirolean woman wanted to go to put some flowers on a chapel. She was surprised by a white-headed eagle, who is also known as American egale, from the sky. [...]

The prison of Stein, directly next to the Danube river, has bad toilets. Such discovery comes out of a report from the peoples attorneyship after several complaints by prisoners.
The official accusation is devastating. Those toilets are not just bad. They even offend the human dignity. Two prisoners have to share one toilet which has no [...]

A 20-year-old man from the town of Trieben was released from prison after 8 months, but it seems he was not happy about it. When he returned back to his family, he started to beat his 69-year-old and hampered grandmother.
Also the 51-year-old father had to feel the anger of his son. He received several punches [...]

A Viennese workman with a broken heart and a hammer in his hand. This caused a police operation last Friday during the afternoon in the garage of the Ringstrassen hotels in Vienna.
The 21-year-old workman took a hammer out of his tool kit and wanted to find the secret lover of his girlfriend. But the secret [...]

At the moment the provincial capital of Lower Austria, St. Pölten, is full of journalists and bystanders from around the world. The incest trial against Josef Fritzl is a true media spectacle.
A resourceful restaurateur in the centre of the city thought this could be the perfect situation to make good money. He changed the name [...]

There is a family from Norway who claims to be the legal heir of the famous castle in Gmunden. At the moment the whole family is making holiday in Gmunden again, and one more time they demand the surrender of the castle.
The first time when the Norwegians appeared in the popular holiday destination and demanded [...]

The city government of Vienna started a new advertising campaign against excrements of dogs in parks and streets. Dog owners should receive the motivation to remove the dirt of their dogs when they see those advertisments.
One of the advertising slogans is “Geld Scheisser” which means something like “Money Shithead”, and should remind the people that [...]

The hunters of Lower Austrias village Rohr im Gebirge are upset. A billionaire from Russia has bought 2 million square metres forest, and protects the animals in this place with a fence from trigger-happy hunters.
The Russian billionaire uses the Austrian animal protection act. This law allows the enclosure in a forest for the protection of [...]

A 43-year-old hunter from Styria was the victim of a cheeky fox last Saturday. Usually it should be the other way round. The fox should be the victim of the hunter. Finished by his shot gun.
But this time the fox had something against such kind of finalisation. The hunter and his hunting dog were on [...]

A teacher was attacked and maltreaded by two Viennese policemen in the open street in Vienna. The girlfriend of the teacher was eye witness of the violent incident.
The teacher had to be brought to hospital. He confirmed that he did nothing wrong. “The policemen just came and knocked me down”, he said. Then they started [...]

The avowing football supporter of Austrias Premiere League club “LASK” was pastor in Upper Austria, and designated to the new auxiliary bishop of Linz on the 31th January by the pope. His name is Gerhard Maria Wagner, and he was born 1954 in Linz.
Austrian medias and pious fellow believers of the Roman Catholic church reacted [...]