09. 02. 10. - 12:00

• more Panorama news
• RSS Feed Panorama

09. 02. 10. - 12:00

Millionaire gives it all away

Tyrolean multi-millionaire Karl Rabeder has told how he has given away his 3 million Euro fortune to help others after realising his money has never made him happy.

The 47-year-old from Telfs is moving out of his country home overlooking the Alps and into a bedsit living on just 1,000 Euros a month.

His business, his cash and all his other assets are going to be donated to help poor families in South America.

"I had the idea on holiday in Hawaii. My cars and plane have already gone and the rest follows very soon. I can't wait to be free of them," said Rebeder.

Austrian Times

Related articles: quirky Austria

1. Hitler's gift causes renewed controversy

   » General News 2010-03-17

   Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s 1942 gift to the city of Linz of a duplicate statue of Greek goddess of love Aphrodite is causing renewed controversy.

2. Robber uses betting shop loo to mask up

   » General News 2010-03-17

   A man who used a betting shop toilet in Vienna-Floridsdorf then held up staff at gun point yesterday (Tues) evening, police said today.

3. Polar bears get government godfather

   » Panorama 2010-03-17

   Polar bears at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo got a new godfather yesterday (Tues) in the shape of People’s Party (ÖVP) Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich.

4. Crash diets can lead to crashed cars, says doc

   » General News 2010-03-17

   Crash diets could lead to car crashes, car club ÖAMTC doctor Heimo Vedernjak warned today.

5. Doctor burglarises patients' homes

   » General News 2010-03-16

   A trainee doctor who broke into his patients’ homes and nicked their belongings while they were in hospital was arrested, police announced today (Tues).

6. Austrian elite forces join international 'parachuting dogs' training

   » Panorama 2010-03-16

   Austrian soldiers have taken part in an international military exercise parachuting with explosives sniffing dogs.

7. Austrian men have the most sex partners

   » Panorama 2010-03-15

   Austrian men have the most sex partners in the world, according to the British newspaper The Sun.

8. Three injured when hayloft collapses

   » General News 2010-03-15

   Three people were seriously injured Saturday night when a hayloft hosting a party collapsed, sending two of them plunging four metres to the floor, police said yesterday (Sun).

9. Fire door foils robbers in Burgenland

   » Panorama 2010-03-15

   Hapless burglars who wanted to break into a store in Mattersburg, Burgenland, were foiled Friday night by a fire-protection door they could not open, police said today (Mon).

10. Dead man walking - suspected suicide found alive in monastery

    » Panorama 2010-03-15

    A 68-year-old Vienna man thought to have committed suicide in Croatia to escape charges of sexually abusing his daughter has been found alive and well at a monastery in Upper Austria, the Federal Crime Office (BK) said t [...]

Strache calls for drug addicts' centres in suburbs
New ideas on the Viennese drug scene problem by Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Heinz-Christian Strache is set to cause controversy.

Direktanlage.at looks back on year of growth
Austrian discount broker Direktanlage.at said it managed to grow on all areas "despite the crisis".

Crash diets can lead to crashed cars, says doc
Crash diets could lead to car crashes, car club ÖAMTC doctor Heimo Vedernjak warned today.

Lauda to promote Romania 'to make destination profitable'
FlyNiki CEO Niki Lauda revealed plans to promote Romania in Austria.

Thousands of fags found in Austrian car
Beady-eyed customs officers found more than 1,100 cigarette boxes hidden in an Austrian-registered Mercedes trying to cross the Croat-Serb border.

Vienna overnights sharply up year on year
The Viennese tourism industry continues to boom as overnight figures stay up year on year.

Donna Leon to read at Haydn Days
Bestseller author Donna Leon will take part in this year’s Haydn Days festival, organisers announced today (Weds).

Gebrüder Weiss remains firm despite dropping turnover
Vorarlberg freighting firm Gebrüder Weiss is putting on a brave face after reporting today (Weds) it had seen turnover drop 15.7 per cent year on year to 830 million Euros in 2009.

Sex abuse claims drive thousands away from church
The Catholic Church in Austria could be on the verge of a crisis as reports of clerical child abuse drive thousands of worshippers away, it emerged today (Weds).

Man killed by snowmobile plunge
A ski hut owner died Monday evening when the snowmobile he was driving plunged into a stream near Sportgastein in Salzburg’s Pongau region, police said today (Weds).