21-year-old man from Armenia bit Austrian police woman in finger

A very aggressive man from Armenia was arrested in the city of Innsbruck. The detention was characterized by a lot of violence. Four police man and woman were injured during the official act. One police woman sustained heavy injuries on her finger. The Armenian tried to bite off a part of her fingertip.

But that was not enough. The aggressor also smashed the side window of the police car with his head and injured three other policeman who tried to calm him down. It took quite a while and many police forces to get him into the prison cell. Now

Transsexual teacher is allowed to teach in Vienna

The anxiety among the parents was huge. A transsexual teacher should educate their children in a Viennese school. Massive protests were the consequence. The transsexual teacher should leave the school.

Now the Education Secretary exercised her authority. The transsexual teacher is allowed to stay and teach the pupils. The Education Secretary explains: “Transsexuality is not a communicable disease. The pupils does not need to be protected in that case.”

Also the assistant federal chairwoman of the transgender community in Austria is relieved. “Qualification is the most important thing for a teacher. Not the appearance”, she said.

Source: Austria News

Tourism in Upper Austria with a clear minus in overnight stays

The federal state of Upper Austria has a problem with its tourism industry. The overnight stays experience a dramatic decrease. There was a minus of 4,2 percent between May and July. In numbers: 10.000 visitors fewer with a minus of 92.000 over night stays.

There is no difference between domestic and foreign guests. The interesting thing about this statistics is the fact that almost all other provinces in Austria have increasing guests and overnight stays. For example Vienna has an increase of even 13 percent in arrivals. The reason why Upper Austria is doing so bad is unknown. Critical observers

Town sign defiled: 50-year-old Carinthian arrested

A 50-year-old Carinthian man was arrested because he has defiled one of the new bilingual town signs with a white varnish spray.

There was a long discussion about bilingual town signs in Carinthia. Since the end of the second world war Carinthians consider the deployment of bilingual town signs. The first of them were positioned at the beginning of the 70′s, but removed after just several days. A new dicussion lasted until 2010.

Now those town signs are here again, and already defiled by a 50-year-old Carinthian. After so many years and decades of discussions. The anger is enormous. The

Soldiers song in retirement home

Discomposure in the Freedom party. Freedom parties borough chairman of Viennas district Brigttenau indicates in one of his press releases that members of the Socialdemocrats sang the German soldiers song “Lilli Marleen” during the celebrations in a retirement home.

The song “Lilli Marleen” was written by the German soldier poet Hans Leip during the first world war in April 1915 before his departure to the Eastern Front.

The politican wrote in such a context about a scandal in inverted commas. He thinks that political sleaze watchdogs and anti-fascists would usually appear on the scene, if somebody else as the Socialdemocrats

Toilet fight between Russian man and Albanian family in Austria

A bizarre toilet fight between one Russian man and an Albanian family took place in the province of Tirol. Both parties to the dispute were discordant in the use of a toilet on the motorway service area Gries.

The 52-year-old Russian knocked the 62-year-old Albanian family patriarch down with one stroke. Then the son of the 62-year-old Albanian became active and started to batter the Russian. The Russian replied with a 70 centimeter iron stick. Now also one of the Albanian ladies got involved in the fight. At the end two persons had to be brought to hospital. The Russian

Viennese mayor outraged about election posters of Freedom party

Every time there is an election in Austria, the Freedom party is faced with loud criticism from all competitors about their way of election campaign. This time no less a figure than the mayor of Vienna seems to be very unhappy about the election posters of the Freedom party for the next election in Vienna.

Viennas mayor Häupl labeled those posters as “the worst sort of provocation.” The Freedom party wants to win some votes with following sentence: “More courage for Viennese blood – too much foreign is not good.”

Freedom party man Kickl, who usually designs Freedom party posters,

Austrians spend a lot of money for their garden

Garden centres make magical sales in Austria. The reason is simple. Austrians enjoy to spend loads of money to embellish their garden. Now also a study proves that. Austrians love to spend their money in garden centres. Not even the crisis can change such a behaviour.

The garden is an important retreat area of the Austrian. On the average 1/10 of the household budget is spend for the garden.

Also do-it-yourself stores have realized the huge potential of garden equipment in Austria. They have increased their sales area for such products up to 50 percent. 5 vendors share 85 percent

Innsbruck: 63-year-old hotel owner raped 17-year-old chamber maid

One year ago a 63-year-old hotel owner from Tirol raped a 17-year-old chamber maid. Yesterday he was sentenced to 12 months prison. In his defence strategy he declared that he was seduced by the young girl. The judge did not believe him and replied it’s quite cynical to claim seduction for the reason of his despicable deed.

This was already the second trial in this case. In the first trial he received only a financial penalty of 18.000 Euro. Too much for the hotel owner. He wanted to pay less and decided to appeal. This was another bad decision. Now

Young female politican of Socialdemocrats wants minister of justice to resign

Laura Rudas, who is a young politican of the Socialdemocrats and a hope for a better future, made it into the headlines of Austrias newspapers again. She is not happy about the work of Austrias minister of justice, and wants her to resign.

There are some scandals around the Socialdemocratic coalition partner Peoples party, and still no results in the investigations. Claudia Bandion-Ortner, who is the independent minister of justice nominated from the Peoples party, still can’t show any results. Laura Rudas can’t understand that and starts becoming impatient. “Austrias justice should have results since two days ago”, Rudas says,

Very expensive hotel prices in Salzburg

Devastating result for Salzburgs hotel prices in the trivago hotel price index. While hotel prices in all important European cities decrease, Salzburg is the only exception. The hotel prices were even increased. And that not in a modest way.

In Venice, Rome or Paris the prices for a hotel room decreased down to 19 percent. The difference to Salzburg? In Salzburg hotel prices increased up to 34 percent. One of the reasons is the time during the Salzburg Festival. And Salzburg is still a very popular holiday destination.

Source: Austria News

Too little money for summer holiday: murder!

A blonde 34-year-old fivefold mother from Upper Austria killed her 77-year-old neighbour because she had too little money for a summer holiday with her husband and her 5 children.

The murder already happened on the 28th July, but it took some time to find the offender. The victim was killed in her own house by a kitchen knife. The 34-year-old offender was convicted because she tried to sell a coin collection which was stolen in the victims house.

The alleged murderer is described as a very inconspicuous person and well financially situated. But too little money for a summer holiday

Carinthians not friendly enough to tourists?

“Carinthia – holiday by friends” is a famous advertisment for making holiday in Austrias southern province of Carinthia. But are Carinthias really such friends and very friendly to their tourists? A survey among 7.000 tourists who spent their holidays in Carinthia shows something else.

The beauty of Carinthias landscape was confirmed and is undisputed, but friendly and polite hosts? No! The survey, which was commissioned by the tourism department, revealed problems with the quality during the accommodation. But also the missing friendliness of the staff was a frequently mentioned point of criticism among tourists in Carinthia.

Nevertheless Carinthia is a

Public toilet in Vienna under monumental protection

Anger about a public toilet in a Viennese park. The toilet is closed since more than 10 years. Reason: the facility is under monumental protection and a redevelopment would cost 300.000 Euro. Too much for the financial stricken city of Vienna.

But visitors of the park can’t understand that. They want to have a toilet if they are in need to use one. But the Antiquities and Monuments Office in Vienna don’t want to understand such a desire. It’s not allowed to build a new toilet in the park. The old one must be refurbished. “It’s part of the Viennese

Secret bank accounts in Liechtenstein: friend of Jörg Haider escaped to Paraguay?

A former confidant of Jörg Haider, who is probably involved in the scandal of the secret bank accounts in Liechtenstein, left Austria and escaped to Paraguay. He was the personal advisor of Jörg Haider.

Austrias daily newspaper “Österreich” reports that the wanted person lives in a hacienda on the countryside, but close to Paraguays capital Asuncion.

He disappeared in 2004. Haider tried several times to find him and bring him back to Austria, but it wasn’t possible. The mysterious person seems to have some important secrets to hide. 45 million Euro were found on the bank accounts in Liechtenstein. After