Statistics vs. Feeling: How Safe Are Vienna's Residential Areas Really?

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Whether it's a Gründerzeit district, a municipal housing complex, or a new development on the outskirts of the city – the question of safety in one's own living environment concerns many people in Vienna....weiterlesen »

BP-Election: Dornauer Raises Eyebrows with Statement about Platter

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Political friendship among compatriots: The former state party leader and deputy governor Georg Dornauer, who was excluded from the Tyrolean SPÖ, once again surprises and brings ÖVP former governor Günther...weiterlesen »

Natural History Museum Vienna Displays Mallnitz Meteorite

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The find was made during a hike in the Tauerntal in Carinthia. A unique stone with a dark, smooth crust caught the finder's attention on a farm road covered with light limestone near the Jamnigalm. The...weiterlesen »

Hotel Savoyen Vienna in Wien-Landstraße Becomes Sheraton Hotel

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Specifically, MHP Hotel AG will take over the operation of the property located in the immediate vicinity of the Belvedere on Rennweg at the beginning of 2027. A franchise agreement was concluded with...weiterlesen »

Viennese "MS Eisvogel" Celebrates Milestone Birthday

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"As Austria's largest public Danube port, the Port of Vienna must remain open in winter not only for goods transshipped by rail and truck but also for shipping. When a massive cold front moves over Vienna,...weiterlesen »

29-Year-Old Killed Own Son in Delusion: Conditional Placement in Specialized Clinic

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The woman who killed her four-year-old son with a throat cut in her apartment in Vienna-Favoriten on November 17, 2024, was placed in a forensic-therapeutic center by the Vienna Regional Court on Tuesday...weiterlesen »

Tyrolean Woman Lay in Her Excrement on the Floor for a Week and Died: Verdict for Daughter & Grandchild

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The verdicts were initially not legally binding. Originally, the mother and son had been charged with neglect or mistreatment. Ultimately, however, it resulted in a charge of grossly negligent homicide,...weiterlesen »

Doubling of Deaths in E-Bike & E-Scooter Accidents: More Controls Announced

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According to Karner, the reasons for the increase are primarily "excessive speed or overestimation of one's own abilities." With e-bikes, for example, "it's relatively easy to get to the top of the mountain...weiterlesen »

Gmeiner Park in Vienna City Center to be Renamed Following SOS Children's Village Case

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Following the recently publicized abuse allegations against the founder of SOS Children's Villages, Hermann Gmeiner, who died in 1986, he should no longer be honored in public spaces in Vienna. The first...weiterlesen »

Christmas Village Belvedere Palace 2025: Advent Romance in a Baroque Setting

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With the start of the Advent season , the area in front of the Belvedere Palace in Vienna once again transforms into an atmospheric Christmas landscape. The Christmas village at Belvedere Palace, in front...weiterlesen »

Response to Abuse Allegations: Dornbirn Renames Hermann-Gmeiner-Park

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A park and the Hermann-Gmeiner-Weg in the Bergparzelle Knie are affected. The abuse of children is "particularly reprehensible, and it cannot be that public spaces in Dornbirn remind us of it," it was...weiterlesen »

Fewer Children with Poor German Skills in Vienna's Schools

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The number of extraordinary students in public compulsory schools in Vienna has decreased this year after years of increase. This was announced by the office of City Councillor for Education Bettina Emmerling...weiterlesen »

Partner Beat and Locked Up Children: Mother in Krems Convicted of Neglect

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A woman from the Waldviertel was sentenced on Monday in Krems to 20 months of suspended imprisonment for tormenting or neglecting minors, younger, or defenseless persons. According to court information,...weiterlesen »

Accusations in the SOS Children's Village Case Also at the Location in East Tyrol

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"I would be surprised if there had been no violence or abuse in an SOS Children's Village. The closed, patriarchal system of the past was the breeding ground for it," said a woman who grew up in the SOS...weiterlesen »

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