Madman surfs at high tide on the river Ybbs Video of the daring action goes viral. The fire brigade is very very angry! The situation was dramatic: heavy rain on Saturday night and until late in the evening on Sunday caused around 410 firefighting operations in the Lower Austrian...
An Austrian court has sentenced a retired army colonel to three years in prison after convicting him of spying for Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU) for more than 25 years. But the 71-year-old officer, who has not been named and whose trial was held behind closed doors, was released...
Over the weekend, the President of Austria, was caught in a Vienna restaurant, with his wife, after legal hours. The restaurant owner had gone home and left the couple in the restaurant! This has caused some consternation in Austria to say the least. The Federal President is protected from...
Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, there have been many arguments about ski villages and guests. The cause for concern was letting skiers return to their home countries, freely from the Tirol. Was this the intial cause of the virus spread in northern Europe?? This is a current...
The COVID 19 crisis could be changing the property market for ever. The trend at the moment is towards virtual real estate viewing at least at the start of a property search. Due to the social distancing, a property inspection in the usual form was practically impossible in the...
It took a long time, but recently the bathing guidelines for the opening of the Public swimming pools becomes available from May 29th. The Austrians love their outdoor swimming and sun bathing….who would not after a long winter? So the regulation guidelines was greeted with some smiles. There had...
#AmazingAustriaProperty It will be a two-stage process in many places, said Chancellor Merkel yesterday. Germany is preparing to relax the border regime imposed by the corona crisis. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a “two-stage process” to party colleagues in the Bundestag on Tuesday. From Wednesday, some German-Austrian border crossings should...
In order to protect key industries from hostile investors from third countries, the rules of the game are now tighter: Up to 10% holding is allowed but more than this can be prohibited. The precautions against a sell-out are in full swing in Austria. It remains to be seen...
First Flight to Austria since lockdown. A Eurowings plane from Düsseldorf was the first flight movement since the shutdown five weeks ago. Salzburg Five weeks after the complete shutdown, Salzburg Airport gave another sign of life: On Wednesday morning, the landing signal for the slow return of flights...
Empty villages and no one at the lakes. Austria’s attempts to restart the tourism engine for this summer. But after the numerous infections of German and Scandinavian holidaymakers in the Austria village of Ischgl, during the ski season, have not met with a positive response in Berlin. They ...