Escalation in Vienna Shopping Center: Woman Bites Police Officer in the Leg

vor 12 Stunden - VOL.at

Shortly before 9 PM, the police were called to a dispute in the Millennium City in the 20th district of Vienna. It allegedly initially involved a children's birthday party. According to the police, a security...weiterlesen »

Process in Wiener Neustadt 13 Years After Spectacular Cell Phone Robbery

vor 12 Stunden - VOL.at

Over 13 years after a large-scale mobile phone robbery in Wiener Neudorf (district of Mödling), a man was put on trial in Wiener Neustadt on Monday. 5,705 mobile phones were stolen during the heist in...weiterlesen »

Escalation in Vienna Shopping Center: Woman Bites Police Officer in the Leg

vor 13 Stunden - VOL.at

Shortly before 9 PM, the police were called to a dispute in a shopping center in the 20th district of Vienna. According to the police, a security employee was hit by a person while trying to mediate a...weiterlesen »

Brawl at Vienna's Schwedenplatz: 23-Year-Old Arrested

vor 14 Stunden - VOL.at

Around 3:00 a.m., a violent altercation occurred in the area of Schwedenplatz in the Inner City. According to the police, a 23-year-old Syrian national allegedly punched a 32-year-old man in the face in...weiterlesen »

Blank shot on the balcony triggered police operation in Vienna-Favoriten

vor 14 Stunden - VOL.at

On Sunday, a suspected gunshot noise was reported in the Laaer Berg area in Vienna-Favoriten. A large-scale police operation ensued, and as it turned out, a shot was indeed fired from the balcony of a...weiterlesen »

Vienna-Hernals: Drunk Driver in Luxury Car Attacks Policewoman

vor 14 Stunden - VOL.at

Late in the evening of December 21, a police operation took place in the 17th district of Vienna after a high-end car ran a red light. Officers stopped the vehicle at 11:40 PM on Hernalser Gürtel. According...weiterlesen »

Teenie Trio Attacked 20-Year-Old in Bad Vöslau and Demanded Cash

vor 14 Stunden - VOL.at

Following a witness tip, the police caught the Viennese in the station area, according to information from Monday. The trio refused to make a statement. The 13-year-old was released into the care of his...weiterlesen »

Apartment Fire in Vienna-Favoriten: Fire Department in Action

vor 16 Stunden - VOL.at

During an apartment fire in Angeligasse in Vienna-Favoriten, several residents were rescued by the fire department on the night of Monday. Four people had to be rescued via turntable ladders, reported...weiterlesen »

Accident on A1 in Lower Austria - Two Injured

vor 16 Stunden - VOL.at

A driver turned around on the exit ramp of the West Autobahn (A1) at Oed (Amstetten district) on Sunday evening and drove back onto the highway towards Linz as a wrong-way driver. The 71-year-old Pole...weiterlesen »

Head-on Collision in Weinviertel - 69-Year-Old Dead

vor 16 Stunden - VOL.at

A 69-year-old man died following a car collision on Sunday in the Mistelbach district. His 66-year-old wife was on her way from Unterolberndorf in the Kreuttal municipality towards Schleinbach when her...weiterlesen »

Crash with Seven Injured in Upper Austria

vor 18 Stunden - VOL.at

In a head-on collision in Neuhofen im Innkreis (Ried district) on Sunday, seven passengers from two involved vehicles were injured, including three children aged five, six, and seven years. As reported...weiterlesen »

Taxler allegedly raped teenagers: DNA convicted him

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The Styrian police have arrested a 41-year-old taxi driver who is suspected of raping two teenage customers. A police spokesperson confirmed a report by the "Kronen Zeitung" on Sunday in response to an...weiterlesen »

Fire in Family Hotel: 200 Guests Evacuated

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The Aigen im Mühlkreis fire department was alerted around 10:30 PM. When the breathing apparatus team located the source of the fire, the fire had presumably already extinguished due to a lack of oxygen...weiterlesen »

Arrests after Killing of Austrian Woman in Costa Rica

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

In the case of an Austrian woman and her German partner killed in Costa Rica, arrests were made on Friday, as reported by several media outlets. They refer to a report from the investigative authority...weiterlesen »

Lost in the Christmas Hustle: Vienna Police Reunite Father and Daughter with Travel Group

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

In the dense pre-Christmas hustle in downtown Vienna on December 20, a distraught 50-year-old tourist from the Czech Republic approached officers from the Vienna Traffic Department. Together with his five-year-old...weiterlesen »

Police Uncover Donation Fraud at Vienna Christmas Market

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

During the pre-Christmas season, the Vienna police are increasingly on duty - not only in uniform but also in plain clothes. This was the case on December 20, when officers from the police station Am Platz...weiterlesen »

Shots in Vienna-Favoriten: 19-Year-Old Fired from Apartment in the Middle of the Night

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

A major police operation was triggered on December 20 in Vienna-Favoriten. Several calls from alarmed residents were received by the police – a man had apparently fired multiple shots out of the window....weiterlesen »

Traffic Dispute Escalated: Pistol Brandished at Favoriten Roundabout

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

A 25-year-old driver called the police emergency number on December 20th around 12:30 PM after a traffic dispute in the area of the Favoriten roundabout got out of hand. He told the officers at the Ada-Christen-Gasse...weiterlesen »

Peace Light 2025: Here is where you can pick it up in Vienna

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

Between 9 AM and 12 PM, the Peace Light 2025 can be collected at all main fire stations of the Vienna professional fire brigade. At the central fire station in Vienna's first district (Am Hof 7), the fire...weiterlesen »

Record High in Care Allowance Recipients in Austria

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The number of care allowance recipients rose slightly again in November. With a total of 505,388 eligible individuals, the number was 2.08 percent higher than that of the same period last year (495,090)....weiterlesen »

Duo Manipulated Deposit Machines: Store Detective Uncovered Receipt Fraud in Vienna-Favoriten

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

A quite lucrative fraud involving deposit vouchers has been exposed in Vienna. A 28-year-old woman and her 35-year-old companion are said to have manipulated the machine so that it illegitimately printed...weiterlesen »

After Brutal Beer Glass Attack in Vienna Venue: 39-Year-Old Turned Himself In

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The 39-year-old came to the Brandstätte police station on December 19 in the presence of his lawyer. He did not confess. After consultation with the Vienna public prosecutor's office, he was reported at...weiterlesen »

Manhunt for Brutal Beer Glass Attack on Woman in Vienna Venue

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The incident occurred on the night of October 4, 2025, in a venue in downtown Vienna. According to the police, the 36-year-old woman reportedly reprimanded a man several times because he repeatedly bumped...weiterlesen »

Four Per Mille Intoxicated: Armed Viennese Man Causes WEGA Operation

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The 41-year-old had previously stolen four bottles of vodka from a neighbor's apartment. When the 18-year-old confronted him about it, he lost his temper and initially threatened the young woman with a...weiterlesen »

Pyrotechnic Injuries: Two Thirds Are Under 24 Years Old

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

Around 200 to 400 people need to be treated in hospitals annually. About two-thirds of the injured are children, teenagers, and young adults up to 24 years old, reported the Austrian Road Safety Board...weiterlesen »

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