78-Year-Old Robbed After Visiting Betting Shop in Vienna: Perpetrator on the Run

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A 78-year-old woman was mugged on her way home from a betting shop in Vienna-Döbling in the night from Thursday to Friday and robbed of her winnings of a few thousand euros in cash. The woman noticed that...weiterlesen »

Man Threatened Passersby in Vienna with Stabbings: WEGA Operation

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Several witnesses called the police, who reported this in a statement on Saturday. Officers from the special unit WEGA overpowered the man at the Museumsquartier using a taser. The Slovak, who was showing...weiterlesen »

Native Field and Meadow Birds: Population Stagnates

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Improvements in biodiversity-promoting measures in agriculture have slowed the decline, but an upward trend is yet to be seen, the bird protection organization Birdlife Austria announced on Thursday. This...weiterlesen »

Boku makes the warming of Vienna's groundwater visible

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The warming of Vienna's groundwater could have negative effects on water quality and ecology, according to Boku in a press release. Boku, together with the University of Vienna and Geosphere Austria, has...weiterlesen »

Shots Fired at Burglar in Salzburg: 29-Year-Old Dead

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The deceased is a 29-year-old Hungarian. His partner of the same age - who is also from Hungary - was temporarily detained by the police. The public prosecutor's office has ordered an autopsy of the body....weiterlesen »

Severely Injured in Fire in Vienna-Josefstadt

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According to Andreas Huber, the spokesperson for the professional rescue service, the 35-year-old man suffered burns to his upper body and inhaled smoke gases during the fire in Vienna-Josefstadt, as he...weiterlesen »

Prison Sentence for 15-Year-Old IS Supporter in Vienna

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A 15-year-old student was sentenced to two years in prison, partly unconditional, partly conditional, for terrorist association and incitement to commit a crime. He must serve eight months unconditionally,...weiterlesen »

Homeless Person Arrested in Vienna-Brigittenau

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After officers had evicted two homeless individuals from the basement of a multi-party house yesterday, the police were called there again during the night. Residents reported that the apparently heavily...weiterlesen »

Benko Indictment is Final

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The WKStA accuses Benko of concealing assets during the insolvency of his corporate network, which harmed creditors. He is alleged to have transferred assets to the control of his mother, Ingeborg Benko,...weiterlesen »

Man Threatened Neighbors in Burgenland with Machete

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In a residential area in the district of Mattersburg, a man threatened neighbors with a machete on Thursday evening. After the emergency services were notified, the 43-year-old was arrested in his apartment...weiterlesen »

EU Approves Scanners: Will the Rule for Liquids in Hand Luggage Now Be Dropped?

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For Austria, this means that in Vienna-Schwechat, the new scanners are expected to be operational from 2026. At other national airports, there is a more cautious approach, as a survey by APA on Friday...weiterlesen »

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