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Today
Polls
- My favourite crisis time investment options are ...
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... savings accounts.
17% -
... properties.
7.5% -
... stocks.
2.7% -
... government bonds.
1.4% -
... objects of art.
1.1% -
... pillows crammed full of cash.
10.9% -
... a well-considered mixture.
10.6% -
... something else. / I don’t know.
48.8%
- The Eurozone will...
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... collapse in the crisis.
68% -
... survive but suffer further.
23.2% -
... emerge stronger than ever before.
6.1% -
I don’t know. / I’m not interested.
2.7%
- An increase of taxes on assets is ...
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... a reasonable and fair suggestion.
35.7% -
... a populist and superfluous proposal.
39.5% -
... likely to turn out to be unfeasible.
18.5% -
... nothing I have an opinion on.
6.3%
- Which new ÖVP government team member has done the best job so far?
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Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
11.9% -
Karlheinz Töchterle.
7.1% -
Sebastian Kurz.
11.9% -
Wolfgang Waldner.
16.7% -
I don’t know.
52.4%
- My favourite typical Austrian dish is...
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...Wiener schnitzel.
44.9% -
...Tafelspitz.
7.5% -
...Kaiserschmarrn.
14.7% -
...Apple strudel.
20.9% -
...Something else / I don’t know.
12%
- Are you using social networking websites?
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Yes, I enjoy their diverse opportunities.
26.6% -
I am registered but log in only occasionally.
19.3% -
I am toying with the idea of signing up.
3.7% -
No, I am not interested at all.
50.4%
- My favourite contemporary Austrian novelist is ...
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Arno Geiger.
19% -
Peter Handke.
9.5% -
Thomas Glavinic.
14.3% -
Elfriede Jelinek.
14.3% -
Clemens J. Setz.
4.8% -
Someone else. / I don’t know.
38.1%
- My 2011 summer vacation budget ...
-
... is smaller than last year’s.
19.7% -
... resembles the amount I put aside for 2010.
19.7% -
... outdoes what I spent last year.
8.5% -
... is non-existent. I will not go on holidays.
45.1% -
I don't know yet.
7%
Rising numbers of sheep and goats in Salzburg
The number of farms rearing sheep and goats has been on the increase in Salzburg, Austria for several years now. Domestic farming could still increase by a third as the European demand increases.
Strasser sues Austrian newspaper
The former European Parliament member Ernst Strasser will appear in court today (Mon) in connection with the 2011 cash for influence scandal. Strasser has accused the Upper Austrian News (OÖN) of slander.
Staud's expansion plan
Viennese jam company Staud’s who are famous for their preserve and compote range are expanding production in the capital. The plan calls for the building of a new company site in two years’ time in Ottakring. A new production hall will also be adapted at the current site in Hernals before then.
Le Salzgries
I enjoyed perhaps my most pleasurable eating out experience of the last thirty years one Thursday evening at Le Salzgries.
Record number of callouts as diesel freezes
The bitterly cold temperatures have not only been causing problems for humans in Austria but also for cars. In such harsh conditions, diesel in cars is known to crystallise and the engine cut out altogether.
Freezing temperatures claim life in Vienna
The freezing cold temperatures in Vienna, Austria claimed the life of an elderly woman over the weekend. The 86-year-old was found dead in her garden in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Baby taken over speeding fine
Austrian social workers have taken a baby away from his teenage mother because the toddler's grandmother had not paid a speeding fine.
Best of the winter bookshelf, part two
The Austrian Times offers an overview of what German-speaking Europe’s publishing houses have to offer.
ORF forced to leave Facebook
A media rights watchdog has ordered the ORF to exit Facebook.
Have mercy on gays, says Church rebel
The head of a group of "disobedient" parish priests has called for mercy on homosexuals.
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