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General News, page 3

• 2013-05-10 10:40:24
  Boy, 12, dead and second hurt in motorbike accident
  A 12-year-old boy from the district of St. Veit/Glan in Carinthia, Southern Austria, died during an accident with a motocross bike in the Zweinitz area. He collided in a narrow street with a 13-year-old boy who was also on a motorbike.
• 2013-05-09 11:27:20
  New Styrian cancer research centre open
  A new Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) has recently opened in the regional hospital (LKH) in Graz, Styria.
• 2013-05-09 11:26:12
  Heater swap deal not popular - Wien Energie
  Only a very small percentage of Viennese household registered with the Viennese power provider Wiener Stadtwerke have taken up the special action to swap all obsolete gas instantaneous water heaters to avoid potential accidents which started in February.
• 2013-05-09 11:26:38
  14-year-old knife attacker is in custody
  A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been remanded in custody following the knife-attack on a fellow pupil in a school in Kapfenberg, Styria.

• 2013-05-09 11:28:28
  Trappers under observation in Carinthia
  Observers will be monitoring how many foxes and other predators are killed by trappers in Carinthia during the next year.
• 2013-05-08 12:41:40
  Police officer pocketed cash to help disabled son
  The Criminal Court Vienna dealt with a case of abuse of authority yesterday (Tues). The 25-year-old Michael S., a former police officer, is believed to have cashed fines outside service hours and used the money for therapies of his severely disabled son.
• 2013-05-08 12:41:02
  Pupil stabbed in school in Kapfenberg
  A conflict between two pupils of the Dr. Theodor-Körner Secondary School in Kapfenberg, district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (Styria) resulted in a knife wound yesterday (Tues). A 14-year-old girl stabbed a 15-year-old fellow pupil in the stomach.
• 2013-05-08 12:45:47
  Most fires are from electricity faults
  35 percent of all fires are caused by old electrical systems. There are up to 50 casualties and a damage of 100 million Euros, the institute for the promotion of fire protection and safety (IFBS) stated.

• 2013-05-08 12:45:58
  Locals protest against woodland being used as dumping ground
  A citizen initiative from Dornbirn, Vorarlberg (Western Austria) is currently fighting against the plan of using woodland as dumping ground. One hectare of woodland will be cleared. The residents refuse to accept that countless lorries will go through the residential area.
• 2013-05-07 11:30:43
  Million damage as train hits lorry
  A train crashed against a lorry at the railway crossing Rietli in Goldach in Switzerland around 11 a.m. yesterday (Mon). Two people were injured. The accident led to obstructions of trains and car traffic and to damage in the millions.
• 2013-05-07 11:30:55
  Loud explosion warnings in Vienna Schwechat for TV film
  Due to a film shooting of the TV series "Cop Stories", it will get noisy in Schwechat near Vienna tomorrow (Wed) and on Thursday. Pyrotechnics will be used in the filming.
• 2013-05-07 11:30:36
  Teenager injured by firework explosions
  A man caused a gunpowder explosion in Purkersdorf, (the suburbs of Vienna) last Sunday night. He suffered from severe burnings in the face, on the upper body and on his arms.

• 2013-05-07 11:30:28
  Austrian charged over death of Pole in Croatia
  A man from Styria, South-Eastern Austria, caused a deadly car accident in Zagreb, Croatia, last weekend. The 31-year-old man crashed into the car in front so that the trailer became loose. A 50-year-old Polish man died and the Styrian was charged.
• 2013-05-07 11:29:54
  SPÖ Salzburg votes for new party leader
  The current health and social state councillor Walter Steidl has been elected the new head of the Social democratic party of Salzburg yesterday (Mon).
• 2013-05-07 11:30:21
  ORF and Neighbour In Need bid to help Syrian refugees
  Hundreds of thousands of people have escaped from the civil war in Syria. ORF and the organisation "Neighbour in Need" have started a relief operation. Walter Hajek of the disaster management of the international Red Cross is currently in Jordan’s capital Amman.
• 2013-05-06 12:24:50
  Stephansplatz is the most used Ubahn station
  The underground station Stephansplatz in Vienna is one of the most important spots for residents and tourists in the underground network. In the following years, the Wiener Linien will extend the public transport network, once again.

• 2013-05-06 12:24:13
  SPÖ see devastating loss after weekend election
  The SPÖ lost a huge amoung of votes in the Salzburg state election yesterday (Sun). The party of Governor Gabi Burgstaller only achieved 23.81%, which is a loss of 15.58% compared to 2009. Even though the ÖVP lost more than seven percent, they came first. The Green Party is a winner of this election.
• 2013-05-06 12:24:59
  Extreme weather conditions in Lower Austria
  Last Saturday, heavy thunderstorms devastated large parts of Lower Austria. 500 members of the fire brigades had to set out in order to tackle the consequences of landslides, rain and hail.
• 2013-05-06 12:25:13
  Police probe drive by shooting in Vienna
  A female employee (42) of a small pub in Vienna-Meidling was just issuing the bill for the last three guests at around 2 a.m. last Saturday, when they heard a loud bang. As she thought that it was a stone, Sabine K. went outside.
• 2013-05-06 12:25:06
  Facebook party gets out of control
  A 15-year-old girl just wanted to organise a nice TV evening with her girlfriends when her mother was not there. However, she made the event public on Facebook– 60 people arrived at her house and devastated it.

• 2013-05-04 13:34:37
  Atomic Safety Plant Workers Left Contaminated
  Two Austrian nuclear waste workers have been hospitalised after handling radioactive material that was mistakenly marked as "harmless".
• 2013-05-03 13:41:53
  Video cameras to enforce emergency lane
  One month ago, Traffic Minister Doris Bures presented her plan to monitor emergency lanes on motorways by video cameras. The new regulation has been substantiated: 49 sections will be monitored.
• 2013-05-03 13:42:00
  Police release pics of Bankomat fraudster
  Unknown offenders are believed to have damaged several bank customers by manipulating cash mashines in St Pölten. The police request any information.
• 2013-05-03 13:41:33
  ÖVP NÖ wants to slow wind farm madness
  The ÖVP wants to reduce wind farms in order not to spoil the image of the landscape. The government of Lower Austria decided to develop a new Planning Law and to keep the budget low.

• 2013-05-03 13:41:15
  VAT fraudster arrested in Germany
  The police of Flachgau, state of Salzburg, arrested a presumed fraudster from Germany. The 35-year-old is suspected of having committed tax evasion as the head of a European-wide operating union.
• 2013-05-03 13:41:23
  Copper cable thieves stop railway line
  As thieves stole copper cables from a construction site, the Westbahn railway line between Blindenmarkt and Amstetten (Lower Austria) had to be closed completely yesterday (Thurs).
• 2013-05-03 11:59:41
  New study shows trust in Austrian Justice increases
  The Federal Ministry of Justice has published a follow up study entitled "Confidence in the Austrian Justice 2013" by Fr.MMag.Dr.Sophie Karmasin.
• 2013-05-03 11:56:59
  Oldest Concentration Camp Survivor Dies
  One of the oldest known survivors of the holocaust who refused to renounce his faith has died aged 107.

DJ Ötzi manager dies
A rap star died when he slipped on a platform in St Polten, Austria, and fell under the wheels of the train he was running to catch.

Pint Sized Rocky Helps handicapped Kids
Rocky the pint-sized pug dog is full of life despite being paralysed in his hind legs after falling down a set of stairs at his home in Absdorf, in Tulln, Lower Austria.

Birth balance negative once again
The birth balance of 2012 has been negative for the first time in three years. This was due to an increase in deaths. Another trend is that women give birth to their first child when they are older.

Holidays against burnout
The growing pressure in the working environment makes holidays even more important. This has been shown by a survey of the European Travel Insurance Company.

Record winter for tourism in Tyrol
Winter tourism in Tyrol (Western Austria) has set a new record for the season of 2012/13. Around 26.2 million overnight stays and almost 5.4 million arrivals were registered. Tirol Werbung stated that some regions have reached their capacity level.

Skimming conman jailed
The state court of Linz convicted a 33-year-old man for skimming, which is the manipulation of the cash machine in order to spy on the pin code. The man stole almost 5,800 Euros. He was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Wednesday.

Football manager fined 30,000 Euro
Adi Hütter, the manager of the football team SV Scholz Grödig (Salzburg state), was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 Euros on Wednesday due to tax evasion. Mr Hütter has to pay half of the amount.

Suspected fraud in community flats sector
Five recently renovated community flats are being taken apart again. The state-housing organisation "Wiener Wohnen" is examining whether the renovation works have been carried out properly.

New theatre alliance
Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater Phönix Linz, Schauspielhaus Salzburg, Klagenfurter Ensemble and Theater Kosmos Bregenz have formed an alliance. They want to reach a bigger audience and sustain the production.

Long Night of the Churches tonight
The programme of "Long Night of the Churches" offers hundreds of events in Vienna alone. It partly focuses on the topic of asylum. The question whether aliens go to heaven will also be discussed.

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