Gambling in Austria

Austrias politicans promise a new law for the gambling market in Austria.

According to the latest press release of Peoples party politican Dr. Reinhold Lopatka, the new law should be ready very soon. The politican promised that it should stop the uncontrolled growth of illegal slot machines, and increase the protection of the gamblers.

The result should be a massive reduction of slot machines in every Austrian province. An online connection for every slot machine to the federal data processing centre should guarantee a secure monitoring if there is no violation of a law.

Every gambler has the right to

Fight between Swiss cyclist and policeman in Lustenau

The website of Austrias Broadcasting Corporation “ORF” reports about a strange fight between a cyclist and a policeman in Vorarlbergs metropolis Lustenau. The guardian of the law tried to jump on the cycling cyclist. The cyclist was quick enough to avoid the surprising attack, and kicked the policeman down on the floor.

The policeman sustained heavy injuries. The reason of his sudden attack on the cyclist is completely unknown and not published. The cyclist decided not to escape and stayed on the spot. Later it turned out that he is a 16-year-old tourist from Switzerland. He was reported to the

More and more Germans become Carinthians

Citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany are Carinthias biggest immigrant group. In parallel the numbers of tourists from the Federal Republic of Germany in Carinthia are declining.

The number of immigrants in Austrias Southern province Carinthia from Germany doubled since the last nine years. 9.121 Germans have their main residence in Carinthia. Most of them are pensioners. Only 3.600 are employed. Usually in the tourism industry.

Reason of Carinthias popularity is the high quality of living. Many of the German pensioners know the province from their former holidays very well. The decision to move there is not a difficult

Bride dies in car crash after wedding

A very cruel fate in the province of Salzburg. A bride dies several hours after her wedding in a car crash. The bride groom, his parents, and the driver of the other car survived. Reason of the crash: the 45-year-old father of the bride groom has fallen asleep at the wheel, and crashed into a another car from the opposite direction.

The 22-year-old bride was still alive when the rescue forces found her on the crash site. She died later in the hospital of Zell am See. None of the drivers was drunk. The bride groom, who was sitting next

Drug addicts should leave Viennese underground station Karlsplatz

Local politicans from Vienna decided that the underground station Karlsplatz should be free from drug addicts in the future. At the moment this underground station is one of Viennas most favourite places of the local drug scene.

The plan of the city is to offer drugs for free or very cheap prices in another place legally, to destroy the illegal market of the drug dealers. Then drug addicts does not need to come to the underground station Karlsplatz anymore, and the place lost its current problem. In addition also the police presence should be increased. “Zero tolerance”, already declared a

Deportation of Nigerian football players in Vienna

Two Nigerian football players, who were arrested during their football training last week, should be deported back to Nigeria this week, reports the website of Austrias Broadcasting Corporation “ORF”. The police did not wanted to confirm any certain appointment for the deportation.

The two men who played in a lower Viennese Football League for the team “FC Sans Papiers” lived in Austria since 2002 and 2004. Both had no valid permits of residence. The chairman of the club Di-Tutu Bukasa can’t believe that, and talks about “racism” as the true motive of the deportation.

Last week 250 supporters of the

Bloody fight between cook and waiter in Styrian restaurant

Last Saturday a bloody fight took place in a restaurant in Styria between the cook and the waiter of the gourmand temple. The reason of the conflict is still unknown. There are rumours in circulation that the waiter did not wanted to taste the culinary works of the cook.

The angry cook was fighting with his kitchen knife. The waiter fought with chairs and tables. At the end the waiter turned out to be the better fighter. In spite of his knife, the cook had to escape out of the restaurant. But even on his escape he still had some