The Christmas Markets in Vienna 2025: Opening Hours and Offerings

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In hardly any other city in Europe are there more Advent and Christmas markets than in Vienna: This year, a total of 14 official Christmas markets with more than 900 stalls (including 180 food stalls)...weiterlesen »

Employee Tied Up, €1.63 Million Damage: Suspect Caught 13 Years After Robbery in Wiener Neudorf

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At least four perpetrators were involved in the coup on the night of April 4, 2012. Two employees were threatened by three masked men with pistols and left tied up with duct tape; they were only able to...weiterlesen »

85-Year-Old Driver in Styria Hit by Train: Dead

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An emergency doctor could only confirm the death of the 85-year-old at the scene. There were about 30 passengers on the train. They remained uninjured. The accident occurred shortly before 7:00 PM. The...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 »

After "Hitler Salute" at Rock Concert: Nazi Memorabilia & Drugs Found with 44-Year-Old

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Investigations against the Styrian had been ongoing since early 2025. He is said to have performed the "Hitler salute" in front of about 50 people at the rock concert in Leoben. A photo of this appeared...weiterlesen »

Austria's Unknown Hollywood Legend Otto Nemenz Has Passed Away

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Born in 1941 in Judenburg, Styria, as the son of an Austrian and a Greek, Otto Nemenz grew up between Vienna and Istanbul. "Like a wild radish," he once said in an interview. In Hollywood, he became the...weiterlesen »

Arrests After Drug Deal in Vienna Apartment

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Two of the individuals stated that they had purchased cannabis in a woman's apartment. Additionally, the two buyers claimed to have bought drugs multiple times from two men in the same apartment. Upon...weiterlesen »

Aggressive Patient Injured Emergency Personnel on Vienna's Mariahilfer Straße

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A 23-year-old man attacked paramedics and police officers on Mariahilfer Straße in Vienna-Rudolfsheim on November 3rd around 6:30 PM. The heavily intoxicated Romanian was extremely aggressive upon the...weiterlesen »

Westbahn orders new trains from China, sparking debate

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The partially private railway company Westbahn introduced four new trains on Monday. There is now criticism that the double-decker units come from the Chinese manufacturer CRRC. The Chamber of Labor, unions,...weiterlesen »

NÖ: Shoplifter Injured Supermarket Employee

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Two employees caught the 32-year-old in the act as he attempted to steal several bottles of spirits and coffee with a total value in the mid-three-digit range, and detained him. The Romanian repeatedly...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 »

Westbahn Expands Fleet with Four Double-Decker Trains

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The Westbahn ordered the trains back in 2019. Haselsteiner criticized the long approval duration: "You are not a customer, but a supplicant." According to Haselsteiner, the European industry takes four...weiterlesen »

Atmospheric Advent Ambience at the Christmas Village at Vienna's Stephansplatz 2025

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The Christmas Village at Stephansplatz is once again one of the festive highlights in the center of Vienna this year. Starting November 8, 43 lovingly decorated huts invite you to stroll, enjoy, and linger...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 »

Escaped from Prison and Founded a Party: Inmate in Court

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A prisoner who did not return after a leave in 2019 founded a party while on the run and sought sponsors for it. Because he allegedly used the funds provided to him for other purposes and due to other...weiterlesen »

Robbery Series in Vienna Supermarkets Solved: 30-Year-Old Confesses

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Following a series of armed robberies at supermarket branches in Vienna, the Vienna police have arrested the suspected perpetrator. As announced on Monday, he is a 30-year-old Serbian national. He was...weiterlesen »

Federal Chancellor Stocker Back Home After Back Surgery

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According to the Chancellery, Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) will now continue to recover from his back surgery at home. Stocker plans to work from home for a "certain period" and manage official duties...weiterlesen »

Armed Robbery in Vienna-Meidling: Manhunt for Possible Serial Offender

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A man, whose identity is currently unknown, is suspected of having threatened two employees of a grocery discount store with a firearm on 10.10.2023, around 8:00 PM, instructing them to lie on the floor....weiterlesen »

5,000 Euros for Information on Vienna Supermarket Robber

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On December 21, 2023, a serious robbery occurred in a supermarket branch on Süßenbrunner Straße in Vienna-Donaustadt. The man visible in the wanted photos threatened two female employees with a handgun...weiterlesen »

Armed Robbery in Vienna Supermarket: Information Requested

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He is then said to have entered the office and threatened two employees with the handgun, demanding cash. He allegedly tied the women up with cable ties and then took the money. When he left the office,...weiterlesen »

Wife Threatened with Knife: Man Arrested in Vienna-Penzing

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In an apartment in the 14th district of Vienna, a 47-year-old man allegedly threatened his wife with a knife on Sunday evening. The man was shortly thereafter arrested in a nearby establishment. Emergency...weiterlesen »

Vienna-Liesing: Husband Threatens to Kill His Wife

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A 49-year-old man is suspected of having beaten his wife in their shared apartment in Vienna-Liesing and threatening to kill her. The police were alerted by the couple's daughter. The incident occurred...weiterlesen »

Police Officer Recognized Suspect: Arrest After Attempted Robbery in Vienna Tobacco Shop

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As previously reported, on 29.10.2025, there was an attempted aggravated robbery in a tobacconist in Vienna-Alsergrund. The suspect allegedly threatened the tobacconist's employee with a knife. When she...weiterlesen »

Numerous Drugs Seized in Vienna Apartment

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Already in mid-October, a suspected drug dealer was arrested in Vienna-Brigittenau. Officers from the Task Force for Combating Street Crime (EGS) carried out the operation. As part of further investigations,...weiterlesen »

Car Accident in Lower Austria: Five Teenagers Injured

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The car crashed into a tree for reasons initially unknown, overturned, and came to rest on its roof in a field. A 17-year-old girl from Wiener Neustadt was flown to the AKH in Vienna, the police reported...weiterlesen »

Knife Attack in Vienna-Meidling: Teenager Arrested

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A 17-year-old was arrested on All Saints' Day in Vienna. He is suspected of having critically injured a peer with a knife stab at the end of October. The investigations are not yet concluded. On October...weiterlesen »

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