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An Italian woman has woken from a coma after 10 months, according to local media reports. Cristina Rosi, 37, was seven months pregnant when she suffered a heart attack in July last year. Her daughter, Caterina, was delivered by emergency Caesarean section. However, Ms Rosi was left in a coma with suspected brain damage. She […]
An Austrian hospital amputated the wrong leg of a patient, blaming human error for what it called a “tragic mistake”. The elderly patient is suffering from many illnesses, the Freistadt Clinic, in a town of the same name near the Czech border, said in a statement. Previous sicknesses have affected his legs, to the point […]
A man who was slapped with a fine of €500 for farting in public last year, now has a reduced amount of €100 after he challenged the matter at court. The unidentified Austrian man was charged with the fine in Vienna after ‘offending public decency’ by ‘farting provocatively’ at police. However, following an appeal, the […]
An Austrian man left his inheritance to a French village as a gesture of gratitude decades after residents took in his family during World War 2. Erich Schwam, who died last month at 90, arrived in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, in south-east France with his Jewish mother and father in 1943. The town’s mayor says he left […]
Austrian police made 14 arrests after a gunman murdered four people in the heart of Vienna on Monday. The man, described as a 20-year-old Islamist terrorist who had been freed from jail last December, was shot dead by police as he fired on passers-by. Security has been tight in the Austrian capital as police launched […]
Gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna, Austria’s capital on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding over a dozen. One suspect was shot dead by police and a manhunt was launched for at least one more, officials said. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer described the assailant killed by police as an “Islamist terrorist”. “According […]
As coronavirus infections continue to keep rising in Europe, many nations have once again imposed restrictions. On Saturday, Austria and Portugal announced new restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of virus. Austria: In Austria, the restrictions include a curfew from 8pm to 6am Cafes and restaurants will be takeaway only. On Friday, Austria […]
Austrian police fined a man €500 for loudly breaking wind after officers stopped him earlier this month to check his identity. The police defended the massive fine saying he had deliberately emitted a “massive flatulence,” lifting his backside from the bench where he was sitting. The accused complained of what he called the disproportionate and […]
Austria Princess Maria Galitzine of Austria, who was married to Indian-origin chef Rishi Roop Singh, passed away in Houston after suffering a “sudden cardiac aneurysm” at the age of 31, Fox News reported. Maria Singh, nee Princess Maria Galitzine who lived in Houston, with husband Singh whom she had married in April 2017, leaves behind […]
Under coronavirus lockdown horse-drawn carriages were spotted delivering meals to those most at risk during the pandemic in Vienna. So-called ‘fiaker’, derived from the French term ‘fiacre’, have been a feature of Vienna life since it was the capital of a vast empire. Now they live off tourism, their often bowler-hatted drivers offering tours of […]
Austria is investigating a bar at a popular ski resort for allegedly not reporting a case of coronavirus. The inquiry focuses on reports that a worker fell ill at the Ischgl resort, in the province of Tyrol, in February. The resort has been linked to hundreds of cases in Austria, Germany and Scandinavian countries. Despite […]