Police found four pallets of counterfeit bills Photo: APA/AFP DGerman investigators have confiscated masses of counterfeit dollar bills with a face value of $103 million in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. As the State Criminal Police Office in Kiel announced on Friday, the counterfeits were discovered in Jübek in the Schleswig-Flensburg district and in Hamburg during raids … Read more
The fire department cordoned off a large area of the area Photo: APA/dpa Dhe death toll after a fire in the rooms of a nightclub in Istanbul has risen to at least 29. The state news agency Anadolu reported this on Tuesday, citing the Istanbul governor’s office. One person is being treated in a hospital … Read more
Grand Slam tournament victory for Polleres in Turkey (archive) Photo: APA/GEORG HOCHMUTH Judoka Michaela Polleres has won her second title at one of the top-class Grand Slam tournaments in Antalya. The Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo eliminated, among others, vice world champion Giovanna Scoccimarro and Olympic bronze medalist Madina Taimazova in the up to 70 … Read more
Bregenz has introduced a speed limit of 30 km/h across the board Photo: APA/TOPIC IMAGE In Vorarlberg’s state capital Bregenz now has a speed limit of 30 km/h on all public roads in the city. Excluded from the regulation that has now come into force are state roads and meeting zones in which a maximum … Read more
For the Burgtheater, the text, originally written for the “Year of Remembrance 1988” on the occasion of 50 years of Austria’s “annexation” to Germany, is something like the piece of the hour in view of the current resurgence of right-wing and right-wing extremist parties. It was to be expected that Castorf would not do a … Read more
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned Israel against a military offensive in the southern Gaza Strip. “I am particularly disturbed by reports that the Israeli military intends to next focus on Rafah – where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are under pressure in a desperate search for safety,” Guterres told the UN General Assembly in New … Read more
As expected, Salzburg came out of the winter break with a new game system. Gourna-Douath moved into the center of defense between Oumar Solet and Strahinja Pavlovic, who was not taken into account in the last test last week for disciplinary reasons, which thus became a three-man chain. On the offensive, Luka Sucic and Oscar … Read more
Man in custody since Sunday after house search Photo: WHAT EA prison guard from Graz Karlau was taken into custody on Sunday: The man is said to have smuggled both drugs and cell phones into the prison. Last weekend a house search took place in the prison in cooperation with the criminal police and the … Read more
Pinkelnig (129.5 m/127 m) slipped from third place in the final, just behind the Canadian Abigail Strate (131/130.5), but was still happy. “That was a really cool debut,” emphasized Pinkelnig in the ORF interview and saw potential for improvement. “But there are still a few things that can be done better.” Having narrowly missed the … Read more
Nehammer and Van der Bellen emphasized the importance of volunteer work and willingness to donate. Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) wants to not just argue against each other, but also look to where something is successful. He wanted to spread good news on Christmas morning – CO2 emissions in Austria are likely to have fallen … Read more