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The woman fell about 150 meters over rocky steep terrain at an altitude of about 1,300 meters, finally coming to rest in a scree field, as the police reported on Wednesday. The emergency doctor and paramedics,...weiterlesen »
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To ensure safety and order during the summer months, Seestadt Aspern relies on its own security team. Particularly in the evening hours, the team ensures respectful interactions around the lake. A security...weiterlesen »
With an unemployment rate of 11.1 percent, Vienna currently records the highest rate of all Austrian states. According to AMS head Winfried Göschl, the population growth in the federal capital exceeds...weiterlesen »
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In the height of summer, tomatoes are particularly in demand and top the popularity scale among Austrians. In 2024, 33,440 tons of tomatoes were sold in the food trade, representing an increase of 1.8...weiterlesen »
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After a stabbing of a 33-year-old in Vienna-Floridsdorf, the police searched the area around the water park at the Upper Old Danube with a large contingent of forces on Tuesday morning. The man was found...weiterlesen »
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Section Chief Mathias Vogl, head of the Legal Section in the Ministry of the Interior, is to chair the commission on the Peršmanhof operation. Previously, he led the commission on Loibacher Feld. Members...weiterlesen »
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He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for terrorist association and criminal organization, which were conditionally suspended with a three-year probation period. The jury unanimously acquitted the 19-year-old...weiterlesen »
According to internal documents obtained by the US news site "Politico," the space agency is expected to solicit concrete proposals from the industry for a 100-kilowatt reactor within 60 days, which is...weiterlesen »
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The trial against a pair of brothers, aged 20 and 22, was postponed on Tuesday. The court cited the need to obtain an IT expert report as the reason. The two Austrian citizens are accused of forming a...weiterlesen »
Wifo economist and chairwoman of the Pension Commission Christine Mayrhuber suggested that child-rearing periods should be valued more highly to better recognize this work. Currently, in the first four...weiterlesen »
The FPÖ sees the affair surrounding obscene blog posts by an Austrian ambassador as an "incredible scandal" and a "state affair." For Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz, many questions remain open, including...weiterlesen »
Finance Minister Marterbauer ruled out reducing food prices by lowering VAT, as the current budget situation does not allow for it. On Monday, in an interview with the "Salzburger Nachrichten," he described...weiterlesen »
Witnesses reported an ongoing burglary at the bakery branch in Vienna-Döbling on August 4th at around 12:45 AM. The alerted police officers, together with the WEGA, went to the scene and entered the building....weiterlesen »
After a stabbing of a 33-year-old in Vienna-Floridsdorf, the police conducted a large-scale search of the area around the water park at the Upper Old Danube on Tuesday morning. The man was found by passersby...weiterlesen »
When the police noticed a car traveling at a significantly excessive speed, they signaled it to stop. The driver steered towards the officers, who saved themselves by jumping to the side, and continued...weiterlesen »
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The Styrian, who was mistakenly thought to be the Graz shooter on some social media due to a similar name and was branded as the alleged perpetrator in the days following - receiving thousands of messages,...weiterlesen »
The 24-year-old and his bandmate, who is two years younger, were reportedly on their way home from a band rehearsal when several far-right extremists and neo-Nazis boarded the train, shouting hate slogans....weiterlesen »
The earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 was registered on Monday four kilometers east of the municipality of Pfunds in the district of Landeck, reported the Austrian Seismic Service (GeoSphere Austria)....weiterlesen »
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The animals, terrified by a thunderstorm, escaped through a dug hole from their owner's property, reported the Burgenland State Police Directorate on Tuesday. Subsequently, they broke into a private chicken...weiterlesen »
After the discovery of a man seriously injured by multiple stab wounds in Vienna-Floridsdorf on Tuesday morning, the authorities have launched a large-scale manhunt. A spokesperson for the state police...weiterlesen »
Steinhart explained at a press conference in Vienna that many doctors from the baby boomer generation will retire in the coming years. "This contrasts with the problem that the population is growing" and...weiterlesen »
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A 27-year-old woman was bitten by a dog on Monday evening in Gramastetten (district of Urfahr-Umgebung). The four-legged animal jumped over a garden fence and bit the woman from Schardenberg (district...weiterlesen »
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A passerby reported a small dog that was wandering alone and neglected on the street. The condition of the animal was very poor. The dog is about nine years old, a Maltese mix, which the TierQuarTier has...weiterlesen »
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Social Minister Korinna Schumann (SPÖ) has called for "courage for change" and patience in light of "Equal Pension Day" on Thursday and the still significant pension gap between men and women. The government...weiterlesen »
The Austrian real estate market recorded rising asking prices again in the first half of 2025. For condominiums, an average of 5,951 euros per square meter was demanded - an increase of 4 percent compared...weiterlesen »
And the state can hardly counteract due to a lack of funds. He emphasized that he did not want to give any tips on wage negotiations. Costs in Austria have also risen significantly more than in other countries....weiterlesen »
On the day a refrigerated truck with 71 dead refugees was discovered in a breakdown bay near Parndorf, the then state police director Hans Peter Doskozil visited a refugee support center in Nickelsdorf....weiterlesen »
At the height of the refugee movement, Burgenland became the scene of a tragedy in 2015: On August 27, an employee of Asfinag discovered a roughly 7.5-ton refrigerated truck parked in a breakdown bay on...weiterlesen »
In a study published in the journal "PNAS," a research team has now investigated what would most likely motivate this group of refugees to relocate again. According to the study, job prospects and earning...weiterlesen »
"I have a great family, many very good friends, and have been connected to football my whole life. I've always landed on the buttered side," said Herbert Prohaska to the APA. Prohaska won seven championship...weiterlesen »
During the altercation on Saturday, a 26-year-old was seriously injured. According to the Vienna State Police Directorate, the criminal investigators from the Wattgasse police station identified a 32-year-old...weiterlesen »
During the altercation on Saturday, a 26-year-old was seriously injured. Through investigations by the criminal investigators of the Wattgasse police station, they quickly managed to identify the alleged...weiterlesen »
The Schleifgasse is located between the Floridsdorf train station and the Schlingermarkt and was redesigned in 2023 as part of a "climate-friendly" renovation. However, after completion, defects were found...weiterlesen »
The student, who lives in the Tyrolean capital, had "ordered" the bomb threat from a 17-year-old Viennese. The boy carried it out on April 24, 2025, with a call to the police emergency number, triggering...weiterlesen »
People affected by long-term unemployment must be offered opportunities with innovative approaches, said Marterbauer according to a press release. A lot can be learned from the now-concluded job guarantee...weiterlesen »
On August 3, the fire departments of Weissenbach an der Triesting and Altenmarkt were alerted to a traffic accident with a rescue operation on the B18. A van with two adults and two children went off the...weiterlesen »
"Out of respect for the older generation, we demand a pension adjustment for 2026 according to legal requirements," were the words of presidents Birgit Gerstorfer (SPÖ-affiliated Pensioners' Association)...weiterlesen »
The accused veered onto the opposite lane on a country road in daylight and collided head-on with a Mercedes Sprinter. The 55-year-old woman, represented by defense attorney Peter Philipp, accepted the...weiterlesen »
During the altercation on Saturday, a 26-year-old was seriously injured. According to police spokesman Markus Dittrich, the West branch of the State Criminal Office identified a 32-year-old as a suspect....weiterlesen »
On August 3rd, two men aged 18 and 19 became victims of an armed robbery on Troststraße in Vienna-Favoriten. According to the police, two as yet unknown perpetrators allegedly forced the young men to hand...weiterlesen »
The station's security forces, who had already been alerted, intervened and took the folding knife from the 28-year-old. Officers from the police station at the main train station provisionally arrested...weiterlesen »
On August 3, a 24-year-old Syrian national was provisionally arrested in Vienna-Favoriten. According to the police, he allegedly threatened a 40-year-old man on Favoritenstraße with a folding knife around...weiterlesen »
The resident had observed the two suspects from his window while they were tampering with a bicycle and spoke to them, whereupon they quickly walked away. He then notified the police emergency number....weiterlesen »
The Vienna police are investigating a robbery that occurred on April 14, 2024, around 3:00 a.m. in the Favoriten district. A 39-year-old man stated that he had made contact with the alleged perpetrator...weiterlesen »
In 14 hours, 5 minutes, and 40 seconds, Köberl swam from Kirckere (on a peninsula north of Bangor, Northern Ireland) to Portpatrick (Scotland) – with a water temperature of 13°C, strong currents, and several...weiterlesen »
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling on value adjustment clauses in rental contracts, consumer protection advocates from the Chamber of Labor (AK) and the VSV have spoken out, emphasizing that the...weiterlesen »
"The main reason for this is budget consolidation, which requires cuts and budget discipline from all public bodies," said a statement from the Presidential Chancellery regarding Federal President Van...weiterlesen »
Roland Pomberger, who heads the Chair of Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management at the Montanuniversität Leoben, was brought in by Zöchling as an expert. According to the report, all investigation...weiterlesen »
According to a survey by the Chamber of Labor, children and adolescents in Austria spend an average of one week per year in holiday camps. The regulations for this are the responsibility of the federal...weiterlesen »