Gas Station in Vienna-Favoriten Robbed with Gun: Perpetrator on the Run

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On August 6, a masked perpetrator entered the gas station in Vienna-Favoriten around 3:00 AM. He threatened the 45-year-old gas station attendant with a pistol and demanded cash. Meanwhile, an accomplice...weiterlesen »

Murder Suspicion in Lower Austria: Winemaker Allegedly Drove Partner to Death

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The man is suspected of having persuaded his then partner – a 71-year-old woman from the St. Pölten district – to consume a medication that ultimately led to her death. This was confirmed by Leopold Bien,...weiterlesen »

Knife Attack in Vienna-Floridsdorf: Victim Survived, Feverish Search for Perpetrator

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The 33-year-old, who was critically injured by a knife attack on Tuesday morning in the area of the water park in Vienna-Floridsdorf, was initially stabilized by an emergency operation. This was stated...weiterlesen »

Almost 3 Per Mille: Drunk Driver Crashes with Child in Car Against Tree

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As reported by the police, both were "miraculously" only slightly injured. A preliminary alcohol test on the 36-year-old from Lower Austria showed a level of 2.94 per mille. The man will be reported. The...weiterlesen »

Pensioner from Vienna Fell on Traunstein: Dead

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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 »

Security Team Ensures Safety in Seestadt Aspern in Vienna

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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 »

Day of the Tomato: Austrians Pay Attention to the Origin of Tomatoes

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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 »

Commission to Provide Clarity After Peršmanhof Operation

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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 »

IS Propaganda: Imprisonment for Vienna Military Serviceman

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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 »

NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon

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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 »

Blog Affair in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: FPÖ Demands Clarification

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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 »

Repeated Break-In at Vienna Bakery: WEGA Apprehends Duo

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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 Fleeing from Police in Vienna-Simmering: Arrest

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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 »

Graz Rampage: Wrongly Accused Man Defends Himself

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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 »

Uninvolved Individuals Attacked in Vienna Subway After Demonstration by Far-Right Identitarians

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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 »

Babler on the 80th Hiroshima Memorial Day: "Never forget."

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On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, he emphasized: "Since 1945, there can only be one answer: Never again! Never again atomic destruction,...weiterlesen »

Tyrol: Minor Earthquake in the District of Landeck

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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 »

Chickens Torn by Escaped Dogs

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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 »

Two Women in Upper Austria Bitten by Dogs

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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 »

Neglected Dog "Idefix" Found in Vienna-Simmering: Request for Information

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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 »

Car Landed on Roof After Accident in Baden

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Upon the arrival of the emergency services, the crashed vehicle was lying on its roof. The slightly injured person had already freed themselves from the car and was being treated by the Red Cross. ©Freiwillige...weiterlesen »

AMS Chief: Austria in "Tricky Situation" Regarding Unemployment

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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 »

Doskozil criticizes asylum policy: "System has not changed since 2015"

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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 »

Refugee Drama on the A4 Still Shakes 10 Years Later

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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 »

60-Year-Old Did Not Return Home After Visiting a Local: Body Found

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In Styria, a moped rider who had a fatal accident was found on Monday afternoon. The accident in the municipality of Vasoldsberg is believed to have occurred on Friday night, the police announced on Monday...weiterlesen »

Football Legend Herbert Prohaska Turns 70

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"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 »

Stabber from Yppenplatz Caught in Vienna Hospital

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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 »

Stabber from Yppenplatz Caught in Vienna Hospital

vor 2 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Bomb Threat Against Tyrolean School: 14-Year-Old Convicted in Vienna

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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 »

Shot Woman in Pinzgau: Murder Suspect Extradited

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

The man who allegedly shot his former partner in a parking lot in Maria Alm (Pinzgau) on May 3 and was arrested in the Netherlands after days on the run has now been extradited to Salzburg. The 32-year-old...weiterlesen »

Car Crashed into Tree in Lower Austria: First Responders Freed Family from Wrecked Vehicle

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Fluffy "Souvenir": Kitten Traveled as a Stowaway from Croatia

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The volunteer fire department of Baden-Leesdorf was alerted on Sunday because "cat meowing" was heard in the engine compartment of a car, necessitating an animal rescue. The peculiarity of the operation...weiterlesen »

55-Year-Old Sentenced After Accident Due to Microsleep

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Stabber from Yppenplatz Caught in Vienna Hospital

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Crime Scene Favoriten: Armed Robbers on the Run - Manhunt

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Drunk Man Caught After Threatening with Knife at Vienna Central Station

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Police Find Drugs After Knife Threat in Vienna-Favoriten

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Strangled with Belt and Robbed: Vienna Police Search for Youth

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Bicycle Thieves Caught Red-Handed in Vienna-Leopoldstadt

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Report Sees No Environmental Hazard from Landfill in Lower Austria

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

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