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Body blow for coffin calender

Rival coffin-makers are in a fight to the death - over who invented the idea of using heavenly bodies like this to sell their caskets.

Italian makers Cofanifunebri launched a raunchy calender this month claiming to be the first in the world with the dust to bust idea.

Now Polish casket experts Lindner have branded them grave robbers and say them came up with the calender idea years ago.

"Our Polish girls are prettier and our coffins are better and more exclusive. It is our idea," said furious Lindner boss Barthosz Lindner.

The Rome-based company say they had used the wives and girlfriends of employees for calendars in the past - and it was just a spontaneous idea to hire glamour models for the gothic-style shoot in an old church.

A Cofanifunebri spokesman said: "We also produce a 'fashion line' of coffins including ones in the colours of the city's football teams AS Roma and Lazio."

Austrian Times

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.