Christmas Sales Expected to Rise Slightly This Year

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The forecast for Christmas sales from the Institute for Retailing, Sales, and Marketing is based on a consumer survey and anticipates gift expenditures of about 2.35 billion euros this year. The previous...weiterlesen »

20-Year-Old in Vienna-Brigittenau Threatened Girlfriend with Knife

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He is said to have pushed her against the wall and the wardrobe and hit her head against the wall. During the altercation and physical confrontation, the young man in Vienna-Brigittenau allegedly grabbed...weiterlesen »

20-Year-Old in Vienna-Brigittenau Threatened Girlfriend with Knife

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He is said to have pushed her against the wall and the wardrobe and hit her head against the wall. During the altercation and physical confrontation, the young man in Vienna-Brigittenau allegedly grabbed...weiterlesen »

Manhunt After Brutal Robbery in Vienna City Park

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Two unknown men are said to have threatened and robbed two people using violence on July 29 around 10:40 PM in the Vienna City Park. According to the police, one of the victims was pulled by the hair and...weiterlesen »

Despite Rising Costs: Viennese Do Not Skimp on Visits to the Christmas Market

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The people of Vienna plan about four million visits to the capital's Christmas markets. 71 percent want to visit at least once, with many going once or twice and a quarter even weekly or more often. There...weiterlesen »

Man in Vienna-Floridsdorf Ignored Restraining Order: Violence Against Partner

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In the night leading to Tuesday, officers from the Donaufelder Straße police station arrested a 30-year-old Austrian citizen. He is suspected of having disregarded a restraining and no-contact order issued...weiterlesen »

Innsbruck: Bodies of Mother and Daughter Were Hidden in Freezer Behind Wall

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A 34-year-old woman and her ten-year-old daughter, missing since July 2024, were found dead on Friday hidden behind a drywall in two freezers in an apartment in the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck. Two men,...weiterlesen »

Trial Over Fatal Workplace Accident in Lower Austria: Two Acquittals

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According to court information, the verdicts are not legally binding. A 36-year-old was severely injured during maintenance work on April 22 and died three days later in the hospital. A team leader and...weiterlesen »

AK Survey Shows: More Than Half in Part-Time Due to Childcare or Caregiving for Relatives

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In the Chamber of Labor's online survey, the question "Why do you work part-time?" could be answered with multiple responses. For nearly a quarter of the respondents, the high professional workload was...weiterlesen »

Robbery on Vienna's Mariahilfer Straße

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The incident occurred around 5:30 PM. A 31-year-old is said to have stolen a perfume tester from a drugstore. When two store detectives stopped him, the Syrian national resisted. However, the suspect was...weiterlesen »

Innsbruck: Bodies of Mother and Daughter Were Hidden in Freezer Behind Wall

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For several months, the Tyrolean State Criminal Office had been investigating the missing persons case under the direction of the Innsbruck Public Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of two homicides. In...weiterlesen »

Man in Vienna-Floridsdorf Ignored Restraining Order: Violence Against Partner

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In the night leading to Tuesday, officers from the Donaufelder Straße police station arrested a 30-year-old Austrian citizen. He is suspected of having disregarded a restraining and no-contact order issued...weiterlesen »

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 »

Missing Since 2024: Bodies of Mother and Daughter Discovered in Innsbruck

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Two suspects, a 55-year-old Austrian and his 53-year-old brother, had already been arrested in June, the police reported. They are believed to be connected to the deaths of the two victims. The two men...weiterlesen »

Allegations of Abuse Against Former Train Driver: Already 13 Victims Known

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The interviews with the alleged victims are still pending, according to a spokesperson's statement to the daily newspaper. The ex-train driver is accused of having abused underage, partly still immature...weiterlesen »

Complaint Against Wöginger Diversion: WKStA Cites General Prevention

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The fact that "even in the case of a - as here condensed - suspicion, a conviction ultimately cannot be expected" could not have a "deterrent effect on potential imitators," quoted "Der Standard" from...weiterlesen »

After Acquittal in Abuse Case: Two Boys in Custody on Suspicion of Robbery

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They are alleged to have committed a robbery in a garage in Vienna, confirmed Mirsad Musliu, the lawyer of the younger one - he is 17 years old - initially on Monday in response to an APA inquiry, following...weiterlesen »

21-Year-Old Beat Ex-Girlfriend in Vienna-Meidling to the Point of Hospitalization

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Emergency services from the Meidling City Police Command were alerted around 12:45 AM after the woman was found injured in her apartment. She was already receiving emergency medical care from the Vienna...weiterlesen »

Ex-girlfriend threatened with gun: 43-year-old triggered WEGA operation in Vienna-Favoriten

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On November 16, a 43-year-old man pulled a firearm in the apartment of his former partner in Vienna-Favoriten and threatened the woman with it. He then fled the scene. The police were able to arrest him...weiterlesen »

Feverish Search for the Gunman of Vienna-Ottakring: Who Has Seen Him?

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Following the shooting in front of a venue in Vienna-Ottakring on November 6, where three people were injured and a 33-year-old man was fatally shot, investigations are in full swing. Two suspects have...weiterlesen »

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