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Vienna hotel prices up against European trend
While the cost of hotel rooms in Vienna have soared, prices in 34 of the 50 most popular European citieshave declined year on year.
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Vienna businesses welcome night-time underground service
An all-night underground service to operate on Friday and Saturday nights and begin this summer has been welcomed by Vienna’s taxis, restaurants and t ... -
Red Bull denies interest in German digital radio market
Salzburg energy drink producer Red Bull has denied that it is interested in entering the German digital radio market as reported by German newspaper H ... -
Stranz enters bankruptcy proceedings
Personnel leasing firm Stranz based in Fernitz in Styria’s Graz-Umgebung district entered bankruptcy proceedings yesterday (Mon). ... -
Generali Bank has new leadership
Generali Bank reported yesterday (Mon) that it had new leadership following a meeting of its supervisory board. ... -
Vienna 'centre of Mafia money-laundering operation'
Vienna was the linchpin of a Mafia money-laundering operation by Italian telecom firms between 2005 and 2007, it emerged yesterday (Mon). ... -
Strabag bags €40mn Saudi order
Austrian construction company Strabag SE won two assignments in Saudi Arabia together worth 40 million Euros, it has been announced. ... -
Low-priced lederhosen on sale at discount Hofer
Austrian supermarket chain Hofer has added a new item to its wide range of cut-price products: lederhosen and dirndls. ... -
Fischer expresses support for women
President Heinz Fischer expressed his support for women’s equality yesterday (Sun) on the eve of today's (Mon) International Women’s Day (IWD). ... -
Number of working women on the increase
The number of working women, 40 per cent of whom work part time, has risen, according to Social Democratic (SPÖ) Labour Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer. ... -
Magna Look to E-Car Systems
Magna–Steyr President Günther Abfalter sees many challenges and opportunities as the Styrian auto company unveils a major push towards E-Cars as an in ... -
FlyNiki stakeholder Air Berlin's passenger numbers up
FlyNiki stakeholder Air Berlin's passenger figures jumped 3.1 percent on a year earlier, the company said today (Fri). ... -
Last Cosmos stores to close
Bankrupt electronic chain Cosmos will end its sale and close its remaining 17 stores tomorrow (Sat), the company announced yesterday (Thurs). ... -
Andritz 2009 net profit down
Styrian industrial plant producer Andritz-AG reported today (Fri) that its net profit had fallen by 30.7 per cent year on year to 96.8 million Euros i ... -
Greiner Group suffers a decline in turnover
Plastics manufacturer Greiner Group reported that its turnover had declined by eight per cent year on year to 1.031 billion Euros in 2009 yesterday (T ... -
CEE recovery will take until 2012, warns think tank
It will take until 2012 for all the countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to recover from the global economic crisis, according to an Austrian ... -
Paper industry workers get a raise
Austria's paper industry workers are to get a pay rise. ... -
New control tower for Salzburg airport
Salzburg Airport is to get a new 10 million Euro control tower. ... -
ÖBB's MAV Cargo changes name
Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB) subsidiary MAV Cargo is changing its name to Rail Cargo Hungaria, it was announced yesterday (Thurs). ... -
Ski lift operator sees business go downhill
Bad weather has driven the debt-stricken St. Urban ski lift company in Carinthia’s Feldkirchen district out of business. ... -
Josko stays on board as SV Ried sponsor
Upper Austrian windows and doors producer Josko is to remain the main sponsor of Bundesliga side SV Ried, it was announced today (Fri). ... -
ÖBB boss Klugar to leave
Peter Klugar, the head of Austria’s Federal Railways (ÖBB), has announced he would leave the company by the end of this year. ... -
Household energy costs up six per cent
Household energy prices rose 6.1 per cent in January compared to the same month last year. ... -
Baby and Children Hotels to expand in Europe
The Carinthian chain Baby and Children Hotels has announced it will further expand in Europe. The chain has 53 hotels at present in Austria, Germany a ... -
ÖVP fraction wins WKO election
The People’s Party’s (ÖVP) VP-Business Association has won this year’s Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) election for members’ representatives in special ... -
BauMax opens first store in Turkey
Lower Austrian building materials retailer BauMax opened its first store in Turkey yesterday (Weds) in Samsun on the Black Sea coast, the firm announc ... -
Lenzing 2009 earnings crash
Upper Austrian fibre producer Lenzing AG reported today (Thurs) that its results had been significantly worse in 2009 than in 2008. ... -
Austrian CEE investments down sharply
Austrian companies drastically reduced their investments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the first three quarters of last year, it has been ann ... -
Bet-at-home.com reports good results
Betting platform bet-at-home.com reported good results for 2009 yesterday (Weds), and predicted it would do even better in 2010. ...
Austrian women artists for Haiti
An exhibition and auction by a leading Austrian artist raised 4,500 Euros for female victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Government reveals harsh 2011 budget cut plans
The coalition government has announced drastic plans for higher taxes next year in its bid to reduce the Austrian budget deficit.
Freestyle ski and snowboard event on Semmering
A snowboarding and freestyle skiing contest that was open to all took place at Semmering this weekend.
Strabag bags €40mn Saudi order
Austrian construction company Strabag SE won two assignments in Saudi Arabia together worth 40 million Euros, it has been announced.
Generali Bank has new leadership
Generali Bank reported yesterday (Mon) that it had new leadership following a meeting of its supervisory board.
Skier almost hangs himself on a cable
A skier is in a critical state after skiing into a piste grooming machine cable on Sunday evening at the Wagrain ski area in Salzburg, police said yesterday (Mon).
Media Insider: Journalism Without Borders
As David Rogers reports - An Austrian-based journalist, an Austrian charity and an Austrian marketing company have teamed up to offer help to those in the media spotlight once the media has moved on.
Vienna 'centre of Mafia money-laundering operation'
Vienna was the linchpin of a Mafia money-laundering operation by Italian telecom firms between 2005 and 2007, it emerged yesterday (Mon).
Military frontier patrols useless, says report
Military patrols of Austria’s eastern frontiers are practically useless in terms of increasing public security, the Federal Audit Office (RH) said yesterday (Mon).
Police confiscate French couple's animals
Styrian police confiscated 12 undernourished dogs and a pot-bellied pig they found in a vehicle owned by a French couple moving from Bulgaria to Hungary today (Tues).
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