Drunken Danish tourist went on the rampage in Salzburg

A drunken 23-year-old tourist from Denmark gave vent to his feelings in Salzburgs 2.700 inhabitant village Flachau. First he destroyed the driving mirrors of some parking cars. Then he broke into a car and stole a laptop and a suitcase.

But this wasn’t enough. He also took bed linen from an hotels terrace, and at the end he set three cars on fire. After his destruction works were finished, he escaped out of the village with bed linen, a laptop, and the suitcase. A taxi driver was suspicious when he saw the young man running around in the nature with

Acting president Heinz Fischer starts election campaign

The acting federal president Heinz Fischer starts in the election campaign for his reelection. Fischer told that Austrians should not vote invalid. He is afraid that many votes are going to be lost, because the Peoples party resigned to choose a candidate for this election.

The acting predisent was talking about a society which should not drift apart, and that he would be the right person for such a job. “The common thread is more important as the separator”, he said, and explained that “solidarity and performance are no contrasts.” Fischer also thinks that Austria needs a better outlook for

Freedom party against ban of foreign currency loans

Upper Austrias provincial Freedom party chairman Lutz Weinzinger shows himself very upset about the decided ban of foreign currency loans in Austria. The only exception are “wealthy customers”. They are still allowed to take those controversial foreign currency loans.

Weinzinger said that Austrias capital market supervisor known as “FMA” is the henchman of the banks. They are the true profiteers of this decision, he confirmed. The Freedom party man explains that credit users are forced to take expensive credits in the EURO currency now. Banks are the only winners in such a situation. They are going to earn 1,6 billion

94,45 percent against asylum seekers in the south of Burgenland

Public opinion polls against camps for asylum seekers are quite in fashion in Austrias eastern province Burgenland these days. Already for the second time within a short period the people in Burgenland were called to the urns, to decide if there should be camps for asylum seekers or not.

Also the second time the result was crystal clear. 94,45 percent voted no. In many villages and districts was not even one single aye.

The village of Stinatz was the place with the biggest approval. 15,2 percent of the people there would like to have a camp for asylum seekers in their