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Lena and Lukas were the most popular names in Austria last year.
1.055 times “Lukas” was chosen to be the name of the newborn boy (3,1 percent), and 843 (2,6 percent) newborn girls received “Lena” as their name.

Lukas is the most popular name for boys since 1996. For Lena it’s only the second time being the [...]

A generous benefactor from the federal state of Styria has started a new project to make people happy.
He wants to offer free holidays for poor families in Austria. Sponsors, hotel operators, and donors from hotel guests should make his dream come true.

“There are some families in Austria which are not able to afford a simple [...]

Some days ago Rosemarie Fritzl, the wife of Josef Fritzl and mother of Elisbath Fritzl, has left the hospital and her family.
Some newspaper wrote, it was because the treatments were finished, and Rosemarie is healthy again. Other newspapers wrote about a fight between Rosemarie and her daughter Elisabeth.

Now she is a homeless woman, searching for [...]

A new survey showed that a single in Austria has the highest claims on her or his partner in Europe.
Especially the Austrian woman has very high claims how her partner should be and look like. The Austrian man is more shy than the Austrian woman.

Austrians who are not in a relationship are usually searching for [...]

In an interview with Austrias daily newspaper “Österreich”, the Auxiliary bishop of Salzburg represents the opinion that Austrians want to become an extinct species.
The newspaper asked about the decreasing numbers of Christians in his church. The answer of the religious dignitary: “Austrians decided to die out.”

The bishop criticized abortion on demand and a lack of [...]

On October 24, 2007, the newly honoured Peace Nobel Prize Laureate and former US presidential candidate Al Gore, paid Vienna a short visit before rushing off to Paris for a meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy the following day.
Invited by Mobilkom Austria, Austria’s largest Mobile Phone Provider, Gore was the keynote speaker for the mobile.futuretalk [...]

Vienna has the doubtful honour to be the venue of the worlds first exhibition for divorces.
Every second marriage gets divorced in Austria. This created a new industry around the break-up of couples. People make money with divorces.

The consequential result of such a development is an exhibition for those who earn money with that.
On the 27th [...]

After the disastrous 0:2 defeat of Austrias football team yesterday evening against Chile, the Austrian football federation (ÖFB) had other important things to worry about.
Who will sing the official song for the Football Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, was the main issue for the Austrian football society in the past days.

Now the winner is [...]

It was one year ago, when Natascha Kampusch escaped from 8 years of imprisonment.
Now her mother, Brigitta Sirny, wants to present her sight of the case in a book. The presentation is today.

The book has the title: “Mein Leben ohne Natascha (My life without Natascha)”. Brigitta Sirny describes the day of the kidnapping, and the [...]

The 52-year-old Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is in Austria. There are rumours he is searching for an apartment in Vienna.
Bruce Willis wanted to visit the Albertina museum yesterday, but too many women have heard about his plans. When he has seen the bulks of Viennese women waiting for him around the museum, he turned around [...]

The Austrian economy magazine “Wirtschaftsblatt” published the 20 most sympathic advertisers in Austria.
Which Austrians can bring the best popularity for your product?
Last weekend Austrias biggest newspaper published a fee of 6.000 EUR per day for Armin Assinger, to make advertising for the Football Euro 2008 in Klagenfurt.

01st Armin Assinger, 50,70 %
42 years old, former [...]

According to a representative survey by order of “Henkel Central Eastern Europe”, 81 percent of the Austrians over 18 years are active as do-it-yourselfers.
Even a third of the Austrians take the tool kit daily to do works in flat or house.
Also more and more women make home improvements as do-it-yourselfers. Their share amounts 73 percent. [...]

DJ Ötzi is one of the most successful modern artists in Austria. His song “Hey Baby” was number one in the UK charts in autumn 2000. Such position is quite unusual for an Austrian pop singer.
Now DJ Ötzi got a double, and he and his manager Wolfgang Kaminski are not amused about that. A 14-year-old [...]

Besides of the most important persons in Austrian politics, economy and society, the two biggest stars at this evenings Viennese Opera Ball will be Anna Netrebko and Paris Hilton.
Anna Netrebko will open the Opera Ball, and come into the Opera Hall with an historical coach pulled by a horse called “Pascha”. Anna Netrebko opens the [...]

Next Wednesday is Valentine’s Day. According to a survey, Austrians want to spend less money this year as usual.
Still more men as women are buying gifts on that special day in Austria. The men also spend more money. Gifts from men have statistically 10 EUR more value as the gifts women are buying.
The average Valentine’s [...]

On Friday the 9th February, the “Ball of the Viennese coffee house operators” celebrate its 50 years of existence. The celebration has the motto: “a melange goes around the world” and will be hosted in the Viennese Hofburg.
The organizer of the ball is “the club of the Viennese coffee house operators” and there will be [...]

The 70-year-old star conductor will fill the traditional concert in Vienna the fourth time in his life. Also this time it will be challenge for him, he told at the press conference.
The last time he conducted a Viennese New Year’s concert was 9 years ago. During that time it happened several times he was watching [...]

The new year is almost here. Time to make a public opinion poll how Austrians will celebrate the New Year’s Eve into 2007.
More than half of the Austrian population, namely 52%, will celebrate the new year at home within the family circle, tells the result of a Markant market research.
39% of the Austrians wants to [...]

Yesterday Natascha Kampusch told about her new life on Austrian TV.
After 4 months in freedom the Austrian TV-man Christoph Feurstein asked Natascha Kampusch how she is doing. “I am sorry for the people who think I am doing so well, and want to be in my shoes”, says the 18-year-old lady.
“They really should try to [...]

The consumption of meat decreases every year about three percent. Every fifth woman stopped eating meat. The Austrians on the best was to become a nation of vegetarians?
Austrians also became more sensitive about the origin of meat, quality and prefer regional products.
The new food report shows that more than 50 percent of the Austrians try [...]

The sport elementary school in Scheibbs (Lower Austria) came into the Austrian medias today because of a “hug and kiss prohibition”.
Two 14-year-old girls were punished by teachers because they were hugging and kissing eachother hello.
The headmaster of the school gave the order to his teachers to observe the pupils for “not appropriated behaviors”. When a [...]

Yesterday the first book about Natascha Kampusch was published and presented in England.
Natascha Kampusch always delcared that nobody has the right to write a book about her. If there should be a book about Natascha Kampusch someday, she wants to write it herself. Since yesterday there is a book about Natascha on the market, but [...]

Because there were signs that several books about Natascha Kampusch are worldwide in work, the lawyers of Natascha Kampusch are preparing precautions against such projects.
Kampusch lawyer Dr. Gerald Ganzger: “Mrs. Kampusch has told in public several times, she won’t accept it if somebody is writing a book about her. All those book projects, paparazzi and [...]

Dannii Minogue, the sister of Kylie Minogue, will come to Wels on the 24th November.
The Australian pop singer will be live on stage within the scope of the Energy Globe Austria Gala in the Boschhalle in Wels.
Dannii Minogue will present her song “Amazin”, and impress her fans with new dance performances.

According to a big online opinion poll with more than 10.000 participants, the Austrian real estate portal findmyhome.at found out the latest trends in living. Result: Viennese want to live at the outskirts of their city. If possible with family.
The way of living is changing in Vienna. Not only the future wishes were analyzed, also [...]

The Austrian author and Nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek has her 60th birthday today. Chancellor Schüssel appreciates her work and activity in a letter to her.
Schüssel sees himself as a critical reader of Jelinek’s lyrics and theater plays. He also remembers his last meeting with Jelinek during the course of the festival “Steirischer Herbst” which [...]

A real Hollywood actor has visited Vienna yesterday for a couple of hours. Liz Hurley presented a chopard collier to the value of 3,5 Mio EUR in the jewelery shop of Wagner.
Liz Hurley smiled with a radiant happiness when she showed herself to the many journalists and photographers with the 3,5 Mio EUR expensive necklace. [...]

One month after her first interview, Natascha Kampusch has again answered some questions for the medias. The Austrian daily newspapers “Kurier” and “Der Standard” were talking with the kidnapping victim.
The 18-year-old said it’s not unpleasant if she is recognized in the underground, because people are polite and do not molest her.
“Free? No, I am not [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to visit Austria after the governer election of California which will be held on the 7th November.
If it’s not possible to come this year, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to visit his home town Thal in Styria next year to his 60th birthday. But it’s also possible he already comes for christmas, reports the [...]

The idea to nominate Natascha Kampusch for the “woman of the year” was refused today by the committee of the Women’s World Award.
The title “woman of the year” will be given to the medical doctor and scientist Robin Herbert from New York, for a study about the 11th September 2001. The study concerns itself with [...]