Read more about the article Festival Guests In Austria Offered Free Public Transport For A Year If They Get A Tattoo
Image shows Austria's Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler, 45, holding a public transport ticket, undated photo. The country offered free public transport for a year to people willing to get a tattoo reading 'Klimaticket'. (Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology/Newsflash)
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Festival Guests In Austria Offered Free Public Transport For A Year If They Get A Tattoo

Authorities in Austria have faced sharp criticism after offering festivalgoers a free nationwide public transport ticket in exchange for a tattoo. Image shows Austria's Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler, 45, holding a public transport ticket, undated photo. The country offered free public transport…

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August 25, 2023
Read more about the article Wandering Brown Bear Dies On The Railway Tracks After Getting Struck By Train In Austria
Image shows the bear that was struck dead by a train, undated photo. The incident happened near the city of Salzburg, Austria, on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Land Salzburg, Salzburger Jaegerschaft/CEN)
Accidents / Animals

Wandering Brown Bear Dies On The Railway Tracks After Getting Struck By Train In Austria

A migratory brown bear on its way through Austria has died after it was struck by a train. https://vimeo.com/829767069?share=copy The animal was fatally injured by a train operated by the Austrian Federal Railway (OeBB) travelling between the municipalities of Schwarzach im Pongau and Lend, in Salzburg State on Tuesday, 23rd…

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May 24, 2023
Read more about the article Austria Customs Seize Over 2t Of Fake Louis Vuitton And Versace From China
Image shows the fake brands that were seized by customs in the city of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. A total of 44,830 products equal to two tonnes were taken hold of by customs in March 2023. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)
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Austria Customs Seize Over 2t Of Fake Louis Vuitton And Versace From China

Austrian customs have seized nearly 45,000 fake Louis Vuitton purses and Versace sunglasses hidden in boxes at Vienna Airport. Image shows the fake brands that were seized by customs in the city of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. A total of 44,830 products equal to two tonnes were taken hold of…

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March 10, 2023
Read more about the article GOING CHEAP: UK Institution Donates Nearly 20,000-Bird Collection To Austrian Museum
Image shows the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops), undated photo. The British Harrison Institute in Sevenoaks, England will donated 19,000 birds to the Natural History Museum Vienna in Austria on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (Robbie Bright/Newsflash)
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GOING CHEAP: UK Institution Donates Nearly 20,000-Bird Collection To Austrian Museum

A British research and charity institution has donated its enormous bird specimen collection to one of the leading natural history museums of Central Europe. The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM) has announced that it received the Harrison Institute Bird Collection - a Kent-based charity - consisting of 19,000 birds of…

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October 27, 2022
Read more about the article JOEY GOOD FELLOW: World’s Oldest Zoo Spots New Koala Arrival Peering From Mum’s Pouch
Koala bears at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, 29th September 2022. (Tiergarten Schonbrunn/Newsflash)
Animals

JOEY GOOD FELLOW: World’s Oldest Zoo Spots New Koala Arrival Peering From Mum’s Pouch

The oldest zoo in the world has announced that a new koala baby has arrived way after spotting it in its mother's pouch. https://youtu.be/F4GLYnm0ku8 Zookeepers were thrilled to see the little one peeking from its mum Bunji's pouch at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, 29th September.…

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September 29, 2022