Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Austria has banned non-biodegradable plastic bags from the start of this year. The ban was approved in January last year and implemented this month as part of a plan to see a massive drop in the amount of plastic waste produced by the…
Picture Credit: CEN Austria's most wanted female fugitive has been arrested after evading the authorities since 2011. Elisabeth Gertrude Skarits, who is accused of cheating several companies and private individuals out of millions of euros, was arrested in the municipality of Seeham in the central-western Austrian state of Salzburg on…
An Austrian officer who smiled as he blasted off an army recruits testicle when he shot him with a loaded gun has been fined. The court in the Austrian city of Graz in Styria heard that the 26-year-old, who was not named, had believed that the gun, a Glock pistol,…
Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Two Austrian politicians from the far-right Freedom Party are facing criminal charges for posting Hitler tributes online. One of the politicians' ex Lower Austrian FPO club boss Martin Huber is accused of posting birthday wishes to Hitler on his Facebook page, whereas a Lower…
Picture Credit: CEN/bestattungsmuseum Swiss kids have been presented with funeral themed Lego - including a ghoulish crematorium - to help them understand death. The exhibition held in the city of Lucerne, in central Switzerland was all about the finite nature of life. The Lego sets which include Lego coffins, Lego…
